A$AP Ferg shared an surprising household connection to Max B that traces again to Harlem’s pre-fame days, revealing a bond deeper than music.

Ferg revealed a stunning backstory about Max B and his late father, Darold Ferguson Sr., throughout a current vlog, sharing that the Harlem rapper as soon as labored aspect by aspect together with his dad in a T-shirt printing hustle lengthy earlier than both of them turned recognized names in Hip-Hop.

The A$AP Mob artist dropped the revelation simply days after Max B was launched from East Jersey State Prison on Sunday (November 9), ending a 16-year sentence that started in 2009.

The Harlem native, recognized for his melodic “wavy” sound, had his unique 75-year sentence decreased in a prolonged authorized battle.

“Three weeks ago, he told me that he was silk-screening t-shirts with my dad. He was like D Ferg’s little man,” Ferg mentioned within the vlog. “I didn’t know how deep it ran with him and my family, but that’s really the history. He’s like one of the guys that my father helped pull up in the neighbourhood.”

Ferg Says His Connection With Max B Runs Deeper Than Rap

Ferg defined that his father, who handed away in 2005 from kidney failure, had a behavior of mentoring younger males within the neighborhood and tried to steer them away from hassle.

“We built our rapport from the fam,” he added. “It’s not even on no rap s###.”

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Darold Ferguson Sr. was a revered Harlem designer who ran a boutique and made a reputation for himself within the 90s and early 2000s, printing shirts and creating logos for main document labels like Bad Boy Records and Uptown Records. He additionally labored with artists together with Teddy Riley, Heavy D and Bell Biv DeVoe.

That identical artistic drive would later affect Ferg’s personal ventures in trend, together with his Traplord clothes line, which turned a staple in Hip-Hop streetwear.

Max B’s launch has already stirred pleasure within the music world. He’s reconnected with longtime collaborator French Montana and is reportedly engaged on new materials.

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