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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 goes by he starts to be interested in writing and puts his first text on the mixtape 4 6 8 0 project.
From mixtape to mixtape, Masta Pi starts to make a name for himself in the Brussels and Belgian rap scene. It is at the beginning of the years 2000 that they create with Anouar le Sarrasin, Ertug and Ismaël, the collective "Ecrits 20", with which he makes beautiful scenes such as the Ancienne Belgique in first part of Psy 4 de la rime or 113.
Being a fan of battles (given his improvisational base), he decided to test himself and participated in the battle Zulu Nation in 2002 which he won for his first participation and he also won the battle 2005, 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 its representation, Masta Pi is quarteron and thus fruit of the mixture, 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 gathers all this.
In 2002, he creates the collective "OPAK" with Dj' Alien, Karib, Scylla and Ab7, collective with which he leaves two albums the first in 2002 "L'armes à l'oeil", the second in 2006 "Dénominateur commun". With the collective they made many stages all over Belgium and participated in the Dour Festival. The two albums were very well received by the public, unfortunately the members of the collective "OPAK" did not have the same objectives anymore, so they separated shortly after.
Masta evolves then on his side in solo and releases some tracks and net-tape: "En quelques gouttes", "Je vous parle d'un temps", j'm'en bats les couilles", "Les Prémices"...
He continues and released a first album "Les sens s'enflamment" in 2011 on which we find some collaborations with the Hexaler and in 2022 he released his 2nd album "Un Panda sous la capuche" on which we find other friends to him such as Mc'Yeeb, Stermah, l'Olivier, Dostie, Dj'Alien, Dj'Koneckst, Gee Prod, Malkez prod ...
Still in connection with his long time friend Nefast Beatmaker, he starts to work on some titles which should see the day in the near future.
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