A$AP Ferg shared an surprising household connection to Max B that traces again to Harlem’s pre-fame days, revealing a bond deeper than music.
Ferg revealed a shocking backstory about Max B and his late father, Darold Ferguson Sr., throughout a current vlog, sharing that the Harlem rapper as soon as labored aspect by aspect along with his dad in a T-shirt printing hustle lengthy earlier than both of them grew to become identified names in Hip-Hop.
The A$AP Mob artist dropped the revelation simply days after Max B was launched from East Jersey State Jail on Sunday (November 9), ending a 16-year sentence that started in 2009.
The Harlem native, identified for his melodic “wavy” sound, had his unique 75-year sentence decreased in a prolonged authorized battle.
“Three weeks in the past, he advised me that he was silk-screening t-shirts with my dad. He was like D Ferg’s little man,” Ferg stated within the vlog. “I didn’t understand how deep it ran with him and my household, however that’s actually the historical past. He’s like one of many guys that my father helped pull up within 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 bother.
“We constructed our rapport from the fam,” he added. “It’s not even on no rap s###.”
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 file labels like Dangerous Boy Data and Uptown Data. He additionally labored with artists together with Teddy Riley, Heavy D and Bell Biv DeVoe.
That very same artistic drive would later affect Ferg’s personal ventures in style, together with his Traplord clothes line, which grew to become 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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