15-year-old, New York City born Hip-Hop Artist Maximi!ian, formally named Maximilian Pollock, grew up and was raised in Auckland, New Zealand. Combining sounds of JID, J. Cole, Travis Scott, Kanye West, Kendrick Lamar + More. Max was very in depth with music at an early age of around six-years-old when he heard Thriller by Michael Jackson and was immediately inspired. Initially, it was Max's love for stage presence that had taken over his love for music. However, the older he grew he started to shy away from it and began to dive deep into his love for the music itself. In January of 2024, Maximi!ian officially released his first ever songs on an EP named Focus which got him a lot more traction than he ever expected. The EP itself gained just over 500 streams giving Max the confidence to create a full length LP. On April 17th, 2024. Maximi!ian released his first ever Studio Album, Seminars with features from the likes of MakinEkam, GooseTheSlayer, Kyady, Smiddy + More. The project has now reached over 1000 streams on Spotify. Shortly afterwards on May 24th, Max followed up with Seminars 2: The Evaluation making it his second ever Album in the space of just over a month. Recently, Maximi!ian & Smiddy released their 12-track collaboration project, 'THE 5' on September 20th. The mixtape was made as a tribute to their home, Minnesota. Maximi!ian's dedication and work flow/ethic has been incredibly consistent at such a young age and is constantly working towards bigger things.