People all over have been celebrating the Notorious B.I.G.'s birthday, as the late rapper would have been 42, this past Wednesday. Ma$e now comes forth unveil to  his past experiences with the Brooklyn great.

When Mase sat down with the LA Leakers, earlier this week. The story Ma$e told actually originated outside of the booth. He explained how Biggie once pulled out his Ready to Die on a plane to ease the anxiety of the other people on board.

"One time everybody was on the plane and the plane start shaking. It was everyone’s first time on a private jet. We all from the ghetto, we don’t know about no private jets. So we on a private jet and the joint just started shaking. Everybody getting scary, cause the the plane is shaking like it’s about to crash. Then Biggie puts his head down with his hoodie on and pulls out his CD….Ready To Die. [Laughs] Everybody started laughing and it just made the whole trip better."

You can check out the rest of the interview below, where Ma$e also explains why he felt like he was "a rookie on a championship team" during his debut album, Harlem World.

[LA Leakers]

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