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Masta Pi has been immersed in music since he was very young, lulled by the sounds of Motown by his mother.
It was during the long walks home from parties that he began to improvise with his friends along the way.
As time went by, he began to take an interest in writing and put his first text on the 4 6 8 0 project mixtape.
From mixtape to mixtape, Masta Pi started to make a name for himself in the Brussels and Belgian rap scene. At the beginning of the year 2000, they created with Anouar le Sarrasin, Ertug and Ismaël, the collective "Ecrits 20", with whom he performed on beautiful stages such as the Ancienne Belgique as the opening act for Psy 4 de la rime or 113.
Being a fan of battles (given his improvisational background), he decided to test himself and took part in the Zulu Nation battle in 2002, which he won for his first participation, and he also won the 2005 battle, which makes Masta a complete Mc's from writing to improvisation.
Why the blaze Masta Pi, because in Lingala "Masta" means friend and his personality is festive, jovial and friendly.
Why the panda, because this animal is his representation, Masta Pi is a quarteron and therefore the result of crossbreeding, black and white like the panda. Moreover, this animal is also Asian, what better representation of the acceptance of the other than an animal that brings all this together.
In 2002, he created the collective "OPAK" with Dj'Alien, Karib, Scylla and Ab7, with whom he released two albums, the first in 2002 "L'armes à l'oeil", the second in 2006 "Dénominateur commun". With the collective, they played numerous shows all over Belgium and participated in the Dour Festival. Both albums were very well received by the public, but unfortunately the members of the "OPAK" collective no longer had the same objectives, so they split up shortly afterwards.
Masta then went solo and released a few tracks and net-tapes: "En quelques gouttes", "Je vous parle d'un temps", j'm'en bats les couilles", "Les Prémices"...
He goes on and releases a first album "Les sens s'enflamment" in 2011 on which we find some collaborations with Hexaler and in 2022 he released his 2nd album "Un Panda sous la capuche" on which we find other friends of his such as Mc'Yeeb, Stermah, l'Olivier, Dostie, Dj'Alien, Dj'Koneckst, Gee Prod, Malkez prod?
Still working with his long time friend Nefast Beatmaker, he is starting to work on some tracks that should be released in the near future.
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