▁at ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁the ▁group ' s ▁formation . ▁He ▁was ▁extens ively ▁ment ored ▁by ▁the ▁G Z A ▁during ▁his ▁early ▁days ▁with ▁the ▁group , ▁evident ▁in ▁the ▁similar ▁flow ▁they ▁both ▁employ . ▁He ▁derived ▁his ▁rap ▁name ▁from ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 8 ▁k ung ▁fu ▁film ▁Sh a olin ▁Master ▁K iller , ▁( S ha o ▁Lin ▁san ▁sh i ▁li u ▁f ang ). ▁M asta ▁only ▁appeared ▁on ▁one ▁track ▁on ▁the ▁Wu - T ang ▁Cl an ' s ▁first ▁album , ▁in ▁the ▁closing ▁verse ▁to ▁" Da ▁Myst ery ▁of ▁Ch ess box in ". ▁M asta ▁only ▁narrow ly ▁made ▁the ▁track , ▁and ▁was ▁almost ▁left ▁off ▁in ▁favor ▁of ▁K illa h ▁Pri est . ▁In ▁fact , ▁on ▁the ▁No ▁Sa id ▁Date ▁DVD , ▁K illa h ▁Pri est ▁claims ▁that ▁he ▁and ▁M asta ▁K illa ▁were ▁in ▁competition ▁for ▁the ▁spot ▁on ▁" Da ▁Myst ery ▁of ▁Ch ess box in ' ", ▁and ▁while ▁K illa h ▁Pri est ▁fell ▁as leep , ▁M asta ▁K illa ▁stayed ▁up ▁all ▁night ▁writing ▁and ▁K illa h ▁Pri est ▁w oke ▁up ▁the ▁next ▁morning ▁to ▁M asta ▁K illa ' s ▁verse . ▁Since ▁he ▁was ▁a ▁developing ▁ra pper ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁Enter ▁the ▁Wu - T ang ▁( 3 6 ▁Ch amb ers ) ▁was ▁being ▁written , ▁his ▁verse ▁in ▁" Da ▁Myst ery ▁of ▁Ch ess box