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A Megan Thee Stallion verse is not unlike a bag of salt and vinegar chips—there’s something classic and quaint and straight-up hood about the sharp and improbable flavors packed inside every one of them. There were always going to be some quirky juxtapositions with Meg. The twenty-something spitter is an old soul who swears by Pimp C and Biggie and Juicy J. While other rappers her age couldn’t point out Pete Rock in a police lineup, nearly every time Meg spits a freestyle in one of her many viral clips,...

French Montana releases his 'A Lie' video featuring The Weeknd and Max B....

French Montana releases his 'A Lie' video featuring The Weeknd and Max B....

[[tmz:video id="0_x76bjb59"]] When Kanye West was in a jam -- accused of dissing hip-hop legend Max B -- French Montana stepped in to save the day, and all it took was one phone call. We got French heading into Jue Lan Club in NYC Monday night and gave him props on putting together the peace summit between 'Ye and the creator of the "wave" movement, jailed rapper Max B. West caught some flak when he flirted with naming his album,...

'For the music to come out that good while I was in trial, that was surprising to me,' he tells Mixtape Daily.

By Shaheem Reid, with additional reporting by Rahman Dukes

Max B

Photo: Amalgam

Don't Sleep: Necessary Notables

Mixtape: A Wave Called Yes

Headliners: Max B and Young Riot

Key Cameos: "Living the Life" (featuring Curren$y)

Essential Info: Max B said his wave just doesn't dry up. While the New York Mc awaits his appeal of a decades-long prison sentence for manslaughter and various other charges, his music is still being heard. Amalgam Digital recently released a mixtape by the spitter and the upstart Young Riot.

"That's me and my young god, Young Riot," Max said on the phone from the New Jersey State Penitentiary. "He's holding it down while I'm up in the spot. We got a few treats on there. I remember the night we did them.

'I'm not worried about the sentence, because I'm not doing that time,' he tells MTV News.

By Shaheem Reid

Max B and French Montana

Photo: MTV News

As it stands right now, Max B is facing 75 years in prison after he was convicted of manslaughter, aggravated assault, robbery, kidnapping, possession of a weapon and conspiracy in 2009. But the New York Mc said he's staying as positive as possible and operating under the radar.

When MTV News got him on the phone Monday (June 28) from New Jersey State Penitentiary in Trenton, he explained why he recently fired his trial lawyer, Gerald M. Saluti.

"Anytime you lose a trial, on most occasions, people will fire their trial lawyer," he said. "You would need to do something like that. For those who's not familiar with legal terms, it's called ineffective assistance of counsel — that's when your lawyer fails to do his obligated duties.

He also gives it up for French Montana: 'If you know French Montana, that means you been somewhere.'

By Shaheem Reid

Jay-z, Bun B and LeBron James

Photo: Johnny Nunez

New York — Bun B gives all the credit to Jay-z for their onstage tribute to Pimp C earlier this week in Houston. During a stop of the Blueprint 3 Tour in H-Town, Bun joined Jigga for "Big Pimpin'," and the two let the crowd recite the late Pimp C's rhymes.

"It was Jay's tribute," said Bun, who was in NYC on Wednesday night filming the video for French Montana's "Bad Habits." "I don't want anybody to get it twisted. Jay-z was a very good friend of mine and Pimp C. He makes sure every time he comes to Houston, it's a big thing, and we can really give it up to Pimp. He doesn't want to do it for himself,...

'Everyone has an opinion about it,' attorney Gerald M. Saluti says of criticism following Max's manslaughter conviction.

By Shaheem Reid, with additional reporting by Jayson Rodriguez

Tony Yayo

Photo: Scott Gries/ Getty Images

G-Unit member Tony Yayo is disappointed to see friend and recording partner Max B go to jail. Max, born Charles Wingate, was found guilty of manslaughter, as well as eight other charges, last week in New Jersey. His sentencing is July 31.

Yayo said the trial went south before it even started, blaming his friend's downfall on a January video blog, in which Max and his lawyer, Gerald M. Saluti, spoke about the case for more than six minutes. The two also were part of subsequent Internet interviews.

"It's an unfortunate thing that happened to Max B," Yayo told us. "He just had a kid. I f--- with Max. I f--- with French [Montana]. I think he had bad representation with his lawyer.