Ma$e

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Don't call it a comeback.

Former Bad Boy rapper-turned-pastor-turned rapper again, Ma$e is ready to make his return to music with a new album this Fall and Love & Hip Hop Atlanta’s Stevie J’s problems are mounting as he recently failed a drug test.

He went from Bad Boy to the pulpit and dipped back into the music scene briefly before taking another hiatus.  However, it looks like Ma$e is gearing up for another comeback and this time around, not as a Bad Boy artist.