▁Pos se ". ▁In ▁a ▁ 2 0 1 4 ▁interview ▁with ▁Ro ano ke ' s ▁ 1 0 1 . 5 ▁FM ▁radio , ▁Mack ▁said , ▁“ I ▁thought ▁I ▁was ▁going ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁young est ▁in ▁charge , ▁but ▁Special ▁Ed ▁beat ▁me ▁to ▁the ▁p unch ." ▁He ▁spent ▁a ▁sem ester ▁studying ▁Business ▁with ▁a ▁concentration ▁on ▁entrepr ene ur ship ▁at ▁Nash ville ▁State ▁Techn ical ▁Institute ▁then ▁founded ▁Street ▁V ib es ▁Records ▁using ▁money ▁from ▁a ▁trust ▁fund ▁established ▁by ▁his ▁late ▁father . ▁Mack ▁released ▁a ▁three - track ▁max i - single , ▁titled ▁" Le ave ▁Em ▁Al one ", ▁under ▁the ▁stage ▁name ▁" B - MA C " ▁that ▁was ▁region ally ▁distributed ▁by ▁M emph is - based ▁Select - O - H its , ▁which ▁was ▁also ▁handling ▁product ▁for ▁Su ave ▁House ▁Records . ▁In ▁a ▁September ▁ 1 9 9 3 ▁interview ▁with ▁S idel ines , ▁writer ▁M err ill ▁Jackson ▁compared ▁the ▁young ▁ra pper ▁to ▁E azy - E ▁and ▁To o ▁Short , ▁but ▁Mack ▁( who ▁was ▁only ▁ 2 1 ) ▁described ▁himself ▁as ▁a ▁" burn ed ▁out ▁black ▁activ ist " ▁who ▁was ▁" dis ill usion ed ▁with ▁politics ". ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 5 , ▁he ▁co - f ounded ▁the ▁gang sta ▁rap ▁group , ▁" The ▁Good F ella z ", ▁and ▁produced ▁an ▁EP ▁called ▁Death ▁W ish ▁that ▁was