@FreshAIG I thought I heard Maino say he got locked up at like 17? I mean he did kidnap someone so that makes his story even crazier doing that at a young age.
Not for nothing but all you gotta do to get a kidnap charge is hold someone against their will...
Example, I was 17 when I went up and one of best friends was 16 when he went up 5 months before me, him and his 15-year old co-d had kidnapping charges for tying up and beating a dude. 15 year old got 5-7, my homeboy got 6-8. Point I'm making is neither one of them were in the field like that, 15-year old had no rep at all in the streets or the jails when he did his bid, not a hoe but he just was never in nothing, did his 5 years, got out on his minimum and I've never heard nothing else about him. May have turned up as an adult but I never seen him since...
My boy had no street rep, people who went to high school with him said he was a fighter and was always throwing down with people at school but he wasn't known for dealing, stickups, shootings, nothing. They just had a kid they went to school with owed them money and they beat on him....now my boy, went to jail and he was an animal inside, he was built for prison. On his 7-year bid he lost two fights to nikkas who were known head busters, but he was a known head buster, and beat up mad nikkas, used to rob nikkas commissary, got busy in a gang riot, etc. He was with the shyts inside...
Got out after 7 and eventually started robbing cats with a stick up crew, got caught up in a body and is currently doing a 6.5-9 on an accessory charge...
My point I'm illustrating is plenty of dudes catch charges young and wasn't that active with it. And also that some dudes aren't active outside but are completely turnt, and vice versa...
What I will say about Maino, is I heard about him in '08 while I was up and he was inspiration for alot of us in prison because he came from prison and made it in rap. And I moved to NY a year and a half after I got out and I've always been told Maino was legit, so I defer to those from NY who would know more about his background. I never felt like he was this invincible dude with no L's, but people always said he was solid. My only point is dudes go up at all ages all the time and they not really from the field like that, but I don't think that applies to Maino...
Also, he us a trash rapper, not the worst I've ever heard but he's bad lol...