Max B walked free from jail yesterday (November 9) after serving 16 years behind bars. The Harlem rapper obtained a 75-year sentence in 2009 for serving to orchestrate an armed theft that went awry, leading to a person’s loss of life. Max B, who was in one other state on the time of the theft, finally had his sentence lowered to twenty years on account of a battle of curiosity within the unique case and a subsequent plea deal on an aggravated manslaughter cost.
On the Joe Budden Podcast final December, he introduced {that a} launch date of November 9, 2025, had been set. French Montana confirmed yesterday that the promise had borne out, writing on social media, “Can’t make this up! My brother actually got here residence on my b day! Hamdulillah walked it down! No extra free you.”
Max B continued to make music behind bars, together with the 2011 album Vigilante Season, the Coke Wave 4 mixtape with French Montana, and an interlude on Kanye West’s The Life of Pablo. Following his launch, he’ll stay on parole for 5 years, in response to a letter he posted on Instagram.
Requested in a latest OkayPlayer interview about his time in jail, Max B stated, “Producers ship me tracks and I do what I do. Once I actually need to put one thing down, I sit and get it proper. However for probably the most half, s**t simply be coming to me. I can nonetheless make it sound good. Nonetheless acquired that buttery, milky voice for the women. That’s my inspiration proper there—understanding I’m about to come back again out right here and get an opportunity to do it once more.”
