Max B is best known for his solo Public Domain and Million Dollar Baby series of mixtapes, and introducing the term "wavy" as a slang in popular lexicon.
23 Facts About Max B
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Max B is closely associated with producer Dame Grease, and fellow rapper French Montana where the two collaborated on the Coke Wave mixtape series.
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On September 16,2016, it was announced that Max B took a 20-year plea bargain for aggravated manslaughter.
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Max B was born Charley Wingate on May 21,1978 and raised in the Abraham Lincoln housing projects in Harlem, New York City.
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Max B grew up with music in the household, and had sung in the Boys Choir of Harlem.
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In 2005, Max B appeared as a feature on various records, including "G's Up" and lead single "Baby Girl" off of Jones' sophomore album Harlem: Diary of a Summer released in August.
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Max B appeared as a feature on "You Gotta Love It" off of Cam'ron's Killa Season album released in May 2006, and released his debut mixtape Million Dollar Baby the same month.
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In 2006, Max B became embroiled in legal trouble when he was arrested on September 29 in connection to a botched robbery turned homicide that occurred in Fort Lee, New Jersey, allegedly involving his "on-again off-again girlfriend" Gina Conway and step-brother Kevin Leerdem.
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Short of funds, portion of Max B's bond was raised by selling his publishing over to his label owned by Jim Jones.
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Max B had begun concentrating on his own rap collective named Gain Greene which included members Al Pac, Mak Mustard and Scarlett O'Harlem.
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The record became a significant mark of Max B's independence, including scathing references towards his former partner turned rival Jim Jones.
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In June 2008, Max B had signed a three-album deal with independent record label Amalgam Digital.
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Albeit in prison since June 2009, Max B has been featured on various artists' records, utilizing preexisting recordings or through phoned-in verses and messages from prison.
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When Kanye West's album was scheduled to be named Waves, Max B, expressed approval of the name change.
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Max B dropped a song with French Montana called "Hold On" in 2019.
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Together with his producers Dame Grease and Young Los, newfound partner French Montana, and mixtape DJ's Big Mike and Lazy K, Max B had garnered a sizeable underground movement that pushed his music online and throughout the North Eastern region.
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In 2008 alone, Max B had released over half a dozen mixtapes.
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Coke Wave 2, in addition to the Take A Look Into My Life DVD, which were released subsequent to Max B's sentencing, further included footage related to his trial and commentary on his legal situation.
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On September 22,2006, Gina Conway, Max B's ex-girlfriend, met up with Max B and told him about Allan "Jay" Plowden, whom she had recently met, and Plowden's money.
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Max B formed a plan to rob Plowden, so he sent Kelvin Leerdam, his stepbrother, to rob Plowden, and he told Conway to go with Leerdam to the Holiday Inn in Fort Lee, New Jersey, where Plowden was staying, and help Leerdam with the robbery.
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On January 9,2007, Max B was remanded to Bergen County Jail in New Jersey on a $2 million bail.
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On September 3,2009, Max B was sentenced to 75 years in prison, and Leerdam was sentenced to life in prison plus 35 years.
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On March 19,2010, Max B was granted an appeal with a new trial and lawyer.