As we sit across from each other on the upper balcony inside downtown Riverside’s part-coffee shop part-arts and entertainment venue Back to the Grind, 22-year-old Max Allen, otherwise known as up-and-coming rapper Maxo, begins to delve into praise about Kendrick Lamar's latest full-length project "DAMN."
“I can just relate to that dude,” he says about Lamar, gleaming, while toying with...