Max B and French Montana just lately sat down with NBC New York to debate their philosophy on staying wavy, providing followers a uncommon glimpse into the mindset that has stored their friendship and musical partnership sturdy for almost 20 years.

When requested about his high suggestions for staying wavy, Max B delivered a surprisingly sensible reply that displays his newfound appreciation for all times’s easy pleasures after spending over 16 years behind bars.

“Listen, man. You got to have a regimen, a repetitive regimen,” Max B explained during the January 7, 2026 interview. “I wake up every day. I smell good. And just be yourself, man. Good food, some fish, a lot of water, and uh, you know, get out there and get after it, man. Just be yourself. That’s how you stay wavy. You got to be yourself cuz when you be yourself, everything else run concrete.”

The Harlem rapper’s emphasis on authenticity and every day routine speaks to classes discovered throughout his prolonged incarceration, which started in 2009 when he was initially sentenced to 75 years for his function in an armed theft that resulted in a loss of life.

His sentence was later lowered to twenty years in 2016 after pleading responsible to aggravated manslaughter and he was lastly launched on November 9, 2025.

For Max B, staying wavy extends past private habits into his method to the music enterprise itself.

“It don’t stop. This is a repetitive business. I love this business. He loves this business,” he mentioned, gesturing towards French Montana. “And for us to be able to get back into the studio and just get to work, it’s a it’s a euphoric release. It releases euphoria. So, you know what I can just tell people about this? Just, you know, just keep grinding. Don’t stop. Stop. Stay consecutive every day, nonstop. Put the hours in and you’ll see the results.”

French Montana, who maintained his loyalty to Max B all through your complete jail sentence, sees their reunion as one thing greater than simply making music collectively once more.

“And that there’s a higher power, man. I feel like our story just got like a deeper meaning to it. Just making music. Anybody can make music. But from how we started until now and us back making music, I feel like it stands for more than music. So, I feel like that’s that’s the beautiful part part about it for me.”

French Montana summed up their friendship with a easy however highly effective assertion: “A real friend. A real friend walk in when everybody walk out.”

The timing of the interview coincides completely with the duo’s announcement of Coke Wave 3.5: Narcos, set to launch on January 9, 2026, marking their first official collaboration since Max B’s incarceration started in 2009.

Related