Master P recently chopped it up with SOHH to give his take on what newly liberated rapper Shyne should do with his life next after spending almost a decade behind bars.

In P's opinion, the rapper turned deported convicted felon should focus his talents outside the realm of hip hop, possibly into television.

"I think Shyne should really look at his resources and also look at what got him into the situation that he's gotten in to from the first place and disassociate himself from anything [which represents] negativity and any people that's negative," P explained. "I think he should make the best out of it and start associating himself with people that could really build his career outside of hip-hop because he's getting older now so he has a real short time frame to really win right now and also, hip-hop is at an all-time low right now where you're not selling that many CDs. I think he should get into TV, other opportunities, start a business and realize he can use his celebrity status to get into something else. If I was around him, that's the type of advice I would give him."

Shyne was recently released from prison after being arrested in connection with a 2002 incident involving record mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs.

"Nobody's perfect," Shyne explained during a press conference. "A lot of us grow up in imperfect situations as myself and our lives continue to be imperfect but there are no excuses. President Obama didn't make excuses, Governor Paterson over there in New York who's a blind man and first African American governor didn't make excuses... I make no excuses, I hold myself accountable for the mistakes I've made in my life but that's the end of me or anyone. You make mistakes and the point is to transform those mistakes and that's what I'm trying to do... I make music about life."

- By Erin T. McMillon