In a rare and wide-ranging conversation on Drink Champs, Harlem rapper Max B opened up about the road that led him from music fame to incarceration—and the personal clarity he’s found along the way. From addressing long-standing tensions with Jim Jones to outlining his hopes for the future, the interview captured an artist in the middle of a reset.
Early in the conversation, Max acknowledged the once-heated feud with Dipset member Jim Jones, a clash that played out publicly across DVDs and diss tracks during the 2000s. That rivalry, Max says, no longer holds any weight. When French Montana recently joined forces with Jones for their track “Too Late,” Max said he found out through French—but held no resentment. “It was all love,” he said, noting that what once seemed personal was, in hindsight, about business. “We were young. We were entertaining.” Now, he sees those years as a lesson in what not to carry forward.
Throughout the interview, Max B spoke with the clarity of someone who’s spent real time thinking about what comes next. “I want to start over. I’m a new man. I’m a married man. I got four kids,” he told the hosts. His tone was deliberate, as if carving out a space for a life beyond bravado.
Asked whether he regrets his clashes with Jones, Max shook it off without hesitation. “Nah, I don’t regret nothing,” he said. “We gonna learn from that.” He didn’t glorify the past, but he didn’t rewrite it either—choosing instead to focus on what the future still holds.
Max B eyes redemption through music, mentorship, and maturity
Now in his 40s, Max B said he’s ready for one more shot at the spotlight, but this time on his own terms. “At the end of the day, we all grow, we all become men, we all got responsibilities,” he said. He’s also eyeing a role as a mentor, offering guidance to up-and-coming artists navigating the same industry terrain he once did.
“I’ma just do what I do best—music and media,” he said. “I’m a just give y’all great work and consistency and entertainment.” His ambitions are less about spectacle than they are about sustained contribution—and finally owning the arc of his story.
Max B was once a fixture in the mixtape era, working closely with French Montana and The Diplomats. That trajectory stalled in 2009 when he was sentenced to 75 years for his role in a deadly robbery. But after a sentence reduction in 2016, he is now scheduled for release on November 9—ushering in what he hopes is a second act defined by stability, creativity, and purpose. As he prepares to re-enter a vastly changed music world, Max B seems focused not on picking up where he left off but on proving that an artist’s most powerful chapter doesn’t have to be their first.
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