Max B on Coming Home After 16 Years & Where "The Wave" Came From

Max B sits down with Dee "The General" Dean on his block in Harlem for an extended conversation since coming home after 16 years — covering where "the wave" and his name really came from, and the legendary spitters who came up on his Harlem block.


CHAPTERS

00:00 Intro — the first episode of the year with Max B

00:38 Getting his back pay

01:29 Growing up in Harlem

02:41 Coming up on the block

04:55 Streetball and the block's legacy

05:25 The origin of the name Max B and "the wave"

09:05 Life before the music

10:20 Music as therapy and escape

11:32 Writing songs in prison, becoming a rapper

13:02 History with Dipset and writing for others

14:48 No regrets, growth, and forgiveness

16:54 Wanting to be a giver to the youth

18:41 His relationship with Cam'ron and Jim Jones

20:37 Uplifting the next generation

22:19 Battle rap in the yard

24:07 General population and staying respected

26:57 Faith and the journey through hardship

30:04 Self-education while inside

33:30 Finding purpose

35:30 Freedom versus incarceration

38:02 New music, Summer Jam, and what's next



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Block Talk is Darrin "Dee" Dean, a/k/a "The General," holding court right from his block in Harlem with the artists, executives and icons who built the culture.

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