Max B has confirmed that his long-awaited release from prison will finally happen this fall. The Harlem rapper, known as “The Wave,” is set to touch down on November 9 after serving over a decade behind bars.
Back in 2009, Max B was convicted of murder and armed robbery and sentenced to 75 years. However, in 2016 a state Superior Court judge vacated his conviction due to a conflict of interest involving his legal team. Max then accepted a 20-year plea deal for aggravated manslaughter, with time served counting toward his sentence. Now, nearly eight years later, his release date is officially locked in.
On September 15, Max’s official Instagram account shared the news with fans, posting a letter from the New Jersey State Parole Board confirming that New York has accepted his parole plan. The caption read: “The Wave touches down November 9. The countdown begins.” Once free, he will remain on probation for five years.
Max has already been speaking about what life will look like on the outside. During a call into Drink Champs this summer, he opened up about how prison changed his outlook on everything, including his longtime feud with Jim Jones. “Listen, Jim said a bunch of hard sh*t about me. So, we all say hard sh*t about each other, okay? Jim done wished me dead, all type of sh*t. It’s all good. Listen, man. It’s love, man. I want to start over. I’m a new man. I’m a married man. I got four kids.”
With freedom on the horizon, Max B says he’s focused on family, money, and moving forward. “Like, I’m on a whole different time right now. I’m out here to get my money and ride out the sunset with this sh*t. It’s in there for me, though. I’m going tell you that. So that’s the goal.”