“Tryna starve my kids and give my money to his firstborn,” read some of the lyrics on the newly released diss track by 90s rapper Mase, a diatribe towards media mogul Sean “P. Diddy” Combs. Mase publicized his struggle to obtain his music publishing rights from Combs, and though financial compensation may be the tangible end goal Mase is pursuing, what seems to be the driving force of his vengeance is the need to be respected as a legendary hit-maker by his former mentor and the rest of the world.