Mason Jr. formed his independent company Harvey Mason Media in 2008. It encompasses his film and record productions, music publishing, and website ventures. Record productions include the 2008 releases of Chris Brown’s, “Superhuman” from the album “Exclusive”, Britney Spears’, “Mannequin” from the album “Circus” and Jennifer Hudson’s, “You Pulled Me Through” from her self-titled debut album. He produced the title track "I Look To You" along with Tricky Stewart and the cover of "Song for You" along with Stargate for Whitney Houston's 2009 album "I Look To You". . In 2010, Mason Jr. produced the updated version of "One Shining Moment" featuring Jennifer Hudson for CBS Sports to be featured during the Final Four. Mason Jr. produced and worked as A&R on Toni Braxton's Pulse. In 2011, Mason Jr. produced the first single "Where You At" along with R. Kelly for Jennifer Hudson's album "I Remember Me"
Harvey Mason Media produced the feature film “More Than A Game” in 2008. This inspirational movie documents the rise of LeBron James and his high school teammates from their early AAU basketball days to the high school national championship stage. The film received rave reviews when it premiered at the Toronto Film Festival in 2008 where it won first runner up to best film, “Slumdog Millionaire”. Lions Gate Films will distribute the film with a fall 2009 release. Harvey Mason Music and Interscope Records distributed the soundtrack album titled "Music Inspired by More Than a Game". "More Than A Game" is nominated for best documentary at the 2010 NAACP Image Awards and the Independent Spirit Awards.
Mason Jr. is also the musical consultant on the social networking website “Sweety High” which launched in February 2010. He appeared on the 2011 season of American Idol as a mentor/producer, working with Pia Toscano and Jacob Lusk. He has also made numerous appearances on the reality series Braxton Family Values on the WEtv Network starring Toni Braxton.
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