Max B Releases First Song in 8 Years, ‘Hold On’ Feat. French Montana

There are reports that Max B will soon be home from jail, where he’s been locked up since 2009.

And to celebrate his 41st birthday, the beloved New York rapper has released a new song called ‘Hold On’ featuring his good friend French Montana. The Dance friendly track is the rapper’s first newly recorded solo track since 2011’s Vigilante Season. The production on the record sounds like something from early 2000s but doesn’t feel dated. The melody interpolates Sade’s ‘Nothing Can Come Between Us‘. Listen to it below.

Back in April, French Montana suggested that Kim Kardashian wanted to help get Max out of prison. “Me and Kim was talking about getting Max B home from jail,” he explained to Zane Lowe on Beats 1. “‘Cause she’s doing the whole thing with…So, like for her to even reach out and do that I felt like that was powerful.”