Rapper Mondega released the track “Lost in a Masquerade”. The song blends R&B and hip hop as Mondega reflects on fame and how it changes people’s perception of him. While we’ve seen many Asian American rappers produce great music, they’re not getting rich off of it. The message is similar to Just Like You by J. Reyez x Jin.

Here’s more song from Mondega: All I Got is Myself, Superman, and Music For the People,

Lost in a Masquerade by Mondega (contains profanity)

Lyrics to Lost in a Masquerade by Mondega

pardon if i sound hypocritical, but there’s more to this
game than being lyrical brains without a clue on how to live
forgive me if i tickle the wrong thoughts
i know you’re the shit and all,
but i can’t do a song wit ‘cha
i’mma tell you bam told me,
we’ll network someday, keep on doing ya thing
and three years later, i stepped up to the plate
lac saw the vision and flew me to LA
amazed by the palm trees, smoking in my room
made a few friends, then i was back like boom
the girls at my day was looking like ugh
and the girl i was dating started feeling insecure
going back and forth over business and pleasure
while my friend write me letters staring at a prison
i find the motivation cause he tell me do better
but the curse about fame is everybody think you changed

between all the speculations that’s parked on my lane
they treat me like a local just to profit off my name
i’m trying to make a living cause life is full of dead ends
everybody wanna smoke, but nobody wanna put in
but i’m not a dummy, the dress don’t fit me
if you ain’t breaking bread, get the fuck out my kitchen
i could care less if the A and Rs are listening
the college still pay me like i was a professor
this is my profession, you ready for your lessons
offering me deals when i’m better independent
everybody want to rap, and it’s really quite sad
when you could do more if you focus on the math
stay in class, graduate, man i’m trying to do the same
cause what you gone when the industry changes
still broke as f*ck, but you still ain’t get the picture
man you need to quit and start doing something different