Masta Ace

Quick Facts

Full Name	Masta Ace
Occupation	Rapper
Date Of Birth	Dec 4, 1966(1966-12-04)
Age	58
Birthplace	Brooklyn
Country	United States
Birth City	New York
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Masta Ace Biography

Masta Ace is one of the most popular and richest Rapper who was born on December 4, 1966 in Brooklyn, New York, United States. He was born Duval Clear, he is an American rapper who had a string of radio hits in the late 1990’s, including “Born to Roll” and “Crooklyn”.

Eminem mentions him as one of his influences in his book ‘The Way I Am’. has him listed among his sources of inspiration in his book , ‘The way I’m Behaving’.

Clear graduated from the University of Rhode Island in 1988, after meeting Marley Marl in 1987 during his summer break. Ace made his recording debut on the Juice Crew posse-cut “The Symphony”, along with fellow Juice Crew members Craig G, Kool G Rap and Big Daddy Kane, released on Marley Marl’s In Control album. The album also featured two additional Ace tracks, “Keep Your Eyes on the Prize” and “Simon Says”. In 1989, he released his first solo single, “Together” b/w “Letter to the Better”. His debut album, Take a Look Around, was released through Marl’s Cold Chillin’ label in 1990, featuring production from Marl and DJ Mister Cee. The album featured two minor hit singles in “Music Man” and “Me & The Biz”, the latter track including Ace impersonating Biz Markie who did not reach the studio for the planned duet.

During the years between his debut and his second album, Ace began having bitter feelings toward the commercial state of hip hop music, as well as the prominence of Gangsta rap, feelings which ruled the content on his second release, 1993’s SlaughtaHouse, with the loose concept of the album seeing Ace taking the fake “gangsta emcees” to his “SlaughtaHouse”. The album featured Ace’s new crew, Masta Ace Incorporated, which included Eyceurokk, Lord Digga, Paula Perry and R&B vocalist Leschea. The singles “SlaughtaHouse”, “Saturday Nite Live”, “Style Wars” and “Jeep Ass Niguh” were taken from the album. The latter featured an unlisted remix titled “Born to Roll”, which became a crossover single in 1994, peaking at #23 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. In the same year, Ace became a member of a temporary crew Crooklyn Dodgers, formed for the release of Spike Lee’s movie, Crooklyn, along with MC’s Special Ed and Buckshot of Black Moon, and recorded the title track of the album soundtrack. The song became Ace’s second Hot 100 hit in 1994, peaking at #60 on the chart.

The album “MA DOOM: Son Of Yvonne” is about his mother who died. in her death.

Masta Ace Net Worth

Masta Ace is one of the richest Rapper from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Masta Ace 's net worth $1 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was born at Brownsville, Brooklyn and attended the University of Rhode Island.

The singer made his debut with his Hip Hop posse-cut “The Symphony” it was included part of Marley Marl’s In Control album.

Duval Clear (born December 4, 1966), known better by his stage name Masta Ace, is an American rapper and record producer from Brownsville, Brooklyn. He appeared on the classic 1988 Juice Crew posse cut “The Symphony”. He is noted for his distinct voice and rapping proficiency, and has influenced several MCs. In 2000, he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, but he did not reveal it to the public until 2013 , after first revealing his condition to his touring peers when his medicine syringes and vials were exposed after a police stop in the Czech Republic, as the group’s belongings were searched and exposed.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Masta Ace Dating?

According to our records, Masta Ace is possibily single & has not been previously engaged. As of December 1, 2023, Masta Ace’s is not dating anyone.

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In 2007, Masta Ace had a track included on the Official Joints mixtape, a compilation of previously unreleased tracks by various NYC rappers.

Facts & Trivia

Masta Ranked on the list of most popular Rapper. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Masta Ace celebrates birthday on December 4 of every year.

In 2009, Masta Ace joined forces with Boston rapper Ed O.G. to release Arts & Entertainment which was released on November 3, 2009. Arts & Entertainment got shortened to A&E which resulted in the cable TV channel A&E asking Masta and Edo to remove the symbol from their original album artwork. The albums already printed have been sold at live shows following the release of the record.

Top Facts about Masta Ace

1. Masta Ace is a rapper from Brooklyn, New York.
2. He was a member of the Juice Crew in the 1980s.
3. His debut album “Take a Look Around” was released in 1990.
4. Masta Ace has released over 10 solo albums.
5. He is known for his storytelling and introspective lyrics.
6. Masta Ace collaborated with MF DOOM on the album “MA_DOOM: Son of Yvonne”.
7. He has worked with notable producers such as DJ Premier and Pete Rock.
8. Masta Ace’s song “Born to Roll” became a hit in 1994.
9. He has been featured on tracks by Eminem, De La Soul, and The Notorious B.I.G..
10. In 2019, he celebrated the 30th anniversary of his debut album with a tour and re-release.

Is Masta Ace a good rapper?

Masta Ace is considered to be a highly skilled and influential MC – music journalist Peter Shapiro describes him as “one of the great pure New York MCs”, and Allmusic describes him as “truly an underappreciated rap veteran and underground luminary”.

Did Masta Ace influence Eminem?

Ace is credited as one of the rappers that helped shape Eminem to the rapper he is today. In fact, Ace revealed that Eminem was bumping his 1993 SlaughtaHouse album while growing up in Detroit. “He [Eminem] told me that my album SlaughtaHouse was a very important album for him and his crew the guys,” Ace explains.

Does Masta Ace have MS?

Masta Ace says getting diagnosed with MS has positively changed his outlook in life. ‘Getting diagnosed with MS opened up my mind to things that I might have been closed to in the past. ‘ The rapper also says that getting diagnosed with MS made him more creative.

Where is rapper Masta Ace from?

Brooklyn, New York, NY

How old is Master Ace?

55 years (December 4, 1966)