Maxwell's musical career began at a young age, but the Grammy-award winning artist didn't release his first album until 1996, when he released Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite. Maxwell reached No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart with his hit song "Fortunate," which was released in 1999 off of the soundtrack to Life.
The R&B and soul hitmaker released his most-recent album in 2016, titled blackSUMMERS'night is an ode to his 2009 album titled BLACKsummers'night. Maxwell is toured with Mary J. Blige on their "King and Queen of Hearts World Tour" in 2016. He then is set to tour solo in 2018 for his blackSUMMERS'night Summer Tour.