Sean Combs’s keynote speech at Clive Davis’s dinner has caused significant backlash. Previously, it was noted that his remarks were filled with inaccuracies and selective details, presenting him as a champion for musicians’ rights while glossing over controversies in his career.

Rapper Mase, who rose to fame in the 1990s alongside Sean Combs—known as Puff Daddy and later P Diddy—has spoken out about their past dealings. Mase alleges that 24 years ago, Puffy paid him just $20,000 for his publishing rights, and he is now demanding their return. According to Mase, he even offered $2 million to buy them back, but Combs has yet to respond.

Mase, whose real name is Mason Durell Betha, claims the rights will automatically revert to him when he turns 50, but with six years to go at age 44, he remains frustrated by the delay. Ironically, Mase performed during the tribute to Combs at the same event where the speech was given, before Combs made his now-controversial remarks.

In an Instagram post, Mase criticized Combs’s business practices, accusing him of unfairly withholding publishing rights from artists who helped build the Bad Boy label and achieve its success.

He called out the disconnect between Combs’s advocacy for artists’ control during his Grammy speech and his alleged exploitation of those same artists.

Mase expressed that he remained silent for years to avoid being seen as bitter, but he believes it’s time for change, urging Combs to lead by example. He concluded that love, often emphasized by Combs, is not freely given without fairness.