Jaz-O Returning To Rap With First Album In Almost 10 Years

Jay-Z's former mentor Jaz-O has announced that he will return to the rap game, after a 10-year hiatus.

Representatives for Jaz-O revealed he is working on a new mixtape and an album full of new material, which will be released sometime next year.

"Jaz has told us he's not taking no more breaks," a rep for the rapper told hiphopgeek.net. "So get use to Jaz-O poplin' up on features, mixtapes and blogs."

In addition to recently rapping over Jay-Z and Kanye West's hit song “Otis,” Jaz-O just dropped a new single titled “From Da Projects.”

Also, Jaz-O has inked a deal with Fork and Spoon Digital Distribution, to re-release his last official album, 2002's Kingz County, which will hit stores again in mid-November 2011.

Jaz-O is crediting with discovering Jay-Z, but they parted ways on bad terms, shortly after Jay-Z launched Roc-A-Fella Records.

Over the years, the pair have gone back and forth, sending jabs at one another through their lyrics.

Jaz-O's last high profile diss towards Jay-Z was in 2009, when appeared on Game's track "Gangsta's Ride."

Check out “From Da Projects" here.