“THE TAPE IS REAL” Mase just dropped a bombshell about that infamous rumored tape involving Pimp C and Beyoncé.

He claims Diddy told him the real reason Jay-Z hated Pimp C… and why the tape was so dangerous it may have gotten Pimp killed on Jay-Z’s own birthday.

It probably was the first time I experienced what we talking about — rappers, athletes deal with now — when you get dissed by somebody you thought was cool.

Mase just dropped a bombshell about that alleged Pimp C and Beyonce tape, and it sounds like he’s saying this is the real reason behind Jay-Z hating on Pimp C. This rumor keeps coming up, and it’s not just gossip blogs and blind items talking about it. This is coming from people inside the industry.

Allegedly, Beyonce and Pimp C made a private tape years ago before Jay and Beyonce went public with their relationship. One person who claims to know about this alleged tape is Pimp C’s friend, and while he didn’t want to actually name-drop Beyonce, he claimed Pimp C for sure made a tape with the biggest R&B chick in the game.

I ain’t going to say who it is, but it’s a real famous rapper and it’s a real famous R&B chick. Pimp C had a recording of them. I think he died with it, but he could have made millions of dollars. You think that Kim Kardashine sex tape was something? This would have blew it out the water. The biggest R&B chick in the game.

Now here’s where it gets confusing. Some insiders say what Pimp C’s friend actually meant is not that Pimp C recorded a tape with Beyonce, but that somehow he got his hands on a tape that Jay-Z made with Beyonce when she wasn’t 18 yet. That version of events makes more sense than Pimp C hooking up with Beyonce, especially when you know about Jay’s track record.

The official story they gave us is that Jay-Z and Beyonce met when she was 18 and then started dating a year later. However, Jay-Z told Charlie Rose in a 2007 interview that he met Beyonce 10 years ago. That means they actually met in 1997 when Beyonce was 16 and Jay was pushing 30.

How long however long she’s been recording. When I met her. I met her 10 years ago. I met her 10 years ago.

What did you say to yourself at that time?

I said, “Yeah, she’s a fantastic talent.”

Interestingly, until recently you could watch this interview in full on Charlie Rose’s official YouTube channel. But after all those allegations started surfacing about Jay-Z and when his name popped up in those files, suddenly the interview is gone. The internet never forgets, though, and you can still find clips on social media and fan forums.

So now fans are connecting the dots. A lot of them say this rumored tape Pimp C had in his possession was actually of Jay-Z and Beyonce, allegedly recorded before Beyonce was of legal age.

Now here’s where Mase comes in. Mase and Pimp C were both active in the 1990s and early 2000s. UGK famously collaborated with Jay-Z on “Big Pimpin” around that time. The story goes that Mase heard from none other than Diddy that Pimp C had this rumored tape of Jay-Z and Beyonce. However, when Mase was asked if he knows for a fact that this tape exists, he just said, “I’m saving my takes for the documentary.”

That tells you everything. Mase wants to follow in 50 Cent’s footsteps and make a documentary about Diddy or Jay-Z. And if Mase actually dares to bring up this whole Pimp C and Beyonce situation in his documentary, will he connect this to Pimp’s mysterious death?

Because if you check on social media, a lot of folks are saying this tape is the reason Pimp C was allegedly unalived on Jay-Z’s birthday. Pimp C was found dead on December 4th, 2007 — which happened to be Jay-Z’s 38th birthday. Officially it was ruled an accident, but a few people close to the situation have hinted that something shady might have gone down.

Pimp C was staying at the Mondrian Hotel in West Hollywood and was supposed to fly back home that day. His wife Chinara and his cousin Ed were waiting at the airport to pick him up. When they didn’t hear from him, Chinara called the hotel. Staff went to his room and found him unresponsive. The coroner said he died accidentally from mixing too much cough syrup with his sleep apnea.

But a lot of things did not make sense. First, the hotel cameras mysteriously stopped working that day. Isn’t that crazy how hotel cameras only work when it’s convenient?

The biggest clue came from DJ Paul from Three 6 Mafia, who said Pimp C’s manager Rick Martin was actually there at the scene and saw the body. According to Martin, the hotel room looked like it had been shot up — like it had bullet holes and everything. That definitely doesn’t add up with the official story.

He was knelt down like he was praying and the candles were all the way burnt down. So they knew he’d probably been dead for a day or so because he always lit those candles to sleep. He lit those big tall candles and they had been burnt down.

What’s even weirder is that Martin claimed Pimp C’s body was placed on the floor in a kneeling position like he was praying, with burnt candles around him — which honestly gives some ritual or sacrifice vibes. They thought he was hit in the head but didn’t know what happened because there was blood everywhere.

That kneeling position makes you wonder if that was a message. Pimp C wasn’t submissive, so they left him in a submissive position. And remember, Jay-Z calls himself Hov — as in Jehovah, as in God — as if he’s supposed to be bowed down and worshiped. Same with Beyonce — a self-proclaimed queen who tells other women they should bow down.

Jaguar Wright took it even further, directly accusing Jay-Z of being responsible for Pimp C’s demise, alleging Jay is tied to multiple other mysterious deaths in the industry.

He lined up DeHaven, stole his life and identity. He lined up Big L, stole his life and identity. He lined up Dame Dash, stole his life, identity, and took his love. Taking Pimp C wasn’t bad enough. You want to remove all the balls from every real gangster in Houston.

Even Pimp C’s own family didn’t believe the official story. According to journalist Julia Beverly, who wrote Pimp C’s biography, Pimp C’s mother was convinced someone took her son’s life.

His mom believes he was murdered. She basically breaks down the reasons why she believes that. A lot of people have heard that he died of a codeine overdose, which is not true at all. The coroner said he did not overdose. There was a person of interest according to his mother that she believed had something to do with his death.

While there’s no hard evidence that Pimp C really had a copy of that rumored tape with Jay-Z and young Beyonce — or if it was a tape of Pimp C and Beyonce — and no evidence that Jay had anything to do with Pimp’s death, many fans still refuse to let it go. They’re fully convinced there’s some deeper conspiracy.

One fan pointed out that Beyonce never performs her song with Bun B. “No one finds it interesting that she has been touring for how many years and ‘Check On It’ is never played featuring Slim Thug and Bun B, who was UGK — Pimp C and Bun B.” Someone else wrote, “Jay-Z sacrificed Pimp C. Chad Butler died on Jay-Z’s birthday.”

Let’s connect the dots one last time. Mase won’t talk — at least not yet. But the fact that he’s saving it for the documentary tells you everything. He knows what Diddy whispered. He knows what that rumored tape shows. And whether it’s Beyonce on that footage or another girl with Jay-Z, either version could be a potential motive to silence Pimp C.

Both sides dispute these claims, of course. Representatives for Jay-Z and Beyonce have not commented on these allegations, and the official cause of Pimp C’s death remains ruled an accident. Still, add the timeline: Pimp C dies on Jay-Z’s birthday.

Hotel cameras go down. A body found kneeling, submissive, with candles around him. His own mother said it wasn’t an accident. His manager described the room as shot up. Yet the official story says cough syrup and sleep apnea.

What do you think was on that alleged tape? And do you believe Pimp C was taken out for knowing too much?