Max B: Sentenced to 75 Years — How I Survived Prison & Got Out

Locked In with Ian Bick

Ian Bick

Society & Culture

4.8 • 743 Ratings

🗓️ 30 December 2025

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Max B sits down with Ian Bick for a raw, open & honest conversation about his life, music, and surviving more than 15 years behind bars. He opens up about growing up in Harlem, his first prison sentence at Rikers Island and in New York State prison, and how he initially got into music and rose to fame. Max B then breaks down his second arrest, being sentenced to 75 years in prison, and what it took to survive New Jersey State Prison while continuing to put out music from behind the walls. He also shares how his sentence was eventually reduced, the mindset that kept him going, and what it’s been like finally getting out of prison and moving forward with his life. _____________________________________________ #MaxB #PrisonStory #NewJerseyStatePrison #PrisonSurvival #HipHopStories #LifeAfterPrison #TrueCrimeStories #redemptionstory _____________________________________________ Connect with Max B: https://www.instagram.com/maxb140/?hl=en Hosted, Executive Produced & Edited By Ian Bick: https://www.instagram.com/ian_bick/?hl=en https://ianbick.com/ Shop Locked In Merch: http://www.ianbick.com/shop _____________________________________________ Timestamps: 00:00 Max B Speaks Out After Prison Release 03:10 Growing Up in Harlem, New York 05:10 Family Life, Values & Early Influences 08:00 School, Youth Trouble & Street Life 11:50 First Time in Prison: Jail Experience & Finding Music 17:40 Discovering Music as a Way Out 21:30 First Release & Breaking Into the Music Industry 25:00 Back on the Streets & Second Arrest 29:00 Facing a 75-Year Prison Sentence 32:00 Making Music While Incarcerated 34:40 Life Inside New Jersey Maximum Security Prison 39:00 Violence, Survival & Prison Hustles 44:20 Social Media, Fame & Cultural Impact 47:40 Family, Children & Time Lost Behind Bars 50:00 Sentence Reduction & Getting Released 54:30 Prison Food, Cookbooks & Hustling Inside 01:00:00 Life After Prison: Freedom & Reentry 01:06:00 Building New Memories & What’s Next 01:08:40 Advice for the Next Generation & Final Thoughts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Rikers in my day was scary, bro.
0:01.7	You had to be a technician to survive that. What was it like as a young in your early 20s kid in there, you know, growing up in prison? The first big moment in the music when I started writing songs for Diary in Summer. Tell us about sentencing day for that second case, what that was like. So they gave me 75 years, I made a song, 75 in the can, made a record in jail. Now, a guy like you, do you have to click up with anyone when you're there, or do you ride solo? How does that work? It's very dangerous, me. Very dangerous. Very deadly. Max B. was released from prison just weeks ago, and this is one of the few interviews he's done since coming home. He opens up about growing up in Harlem, serving time at Rikers Island,
0:40.8	and in New York
0:41.6	State Prison, rising to fame in the music industry, and then being hit with a life-altering
0:47.0	75-year sentence.
0:48.8	This conversation dives into surviving New Jersey State Prison, continuing to make music
0:53.3	while locked up, getting his
0:55.0	sentence reduced, and what freedom feels like after spending more than 15 years behind bars.
1:00.3	I also want to give a quick shout out to Steve Starks and Diram for making this episode happen.
1:09.4	Max B, welcome to Lockton.
1:11.0	Thanks so much for making the time to be here today and welcome home.
1:14.3	Thank you, man.
1:15.1	I appreciate the hospitality.
1:17.5	This is a very nice place.
1:19.9	And thank you.
1:23.1	Of course.
1:24.1	How was the show last night, too?
1:25.4	You were performing in Connecticut?
1:26.8	It was nice. I didn't know if it was, when we was walking through there,
1:31.7	looked at a little, right, looked a little thin.
1:34.1	But that wasn't even the section.
1:35.4	We went in the section, it was kind of like, it was nice and packed.
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