However, it was early in the nineties when Maxwell became a regular participant of R&B events at NY clubs. Considering him too shy for an artistic career, his peers prophesized him a great failure. But he did not take music seriously until he turned seventeen when the young man began writing his own material using the simplest and cheapest synthesizer. Soon, Maxwell began singing as a member of the Baptist church. The future star lost his father who died in a plane crash when the boy was only three. This artist’s real name is kept in secret to guarantee his family’s privacy. This musician was born on in Brooklyn, NY. Maxwell is one of the standout neo-jazz performers who rose to prominence in the second half of the nineties.