The Resume

(May 23, 1973- )
Born in Brooklyn, New York
Birth name was Gerald Maxwell Rivera
Recorded the albums 'Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite (1996), ' 'Embrya(1998),' 'Now (2001)' and 'BLACKsummers'night (2009)'
Songs include 'Ascension (Don't Ever Wonder),' 'Sumthin' Sumthin',' 'Luxury: Cococure,' 'Fortunate,' 'Get to Know Ya,' 'Lifetime,' 'This Woman's Work,' 'Pretty Wings,' 'Bad Habits' and 'Fistful of Tears'
Is of Puerto Rican and Haitian decent

Why he might be annoying:

He goes by his middle name.
He has a Celtic design tattoo on his right shoulder.
For much of his career, he had a distinctive afro.
His first album was shelved for two years because his label didn't think it was marketable.
He is known for being reclusive.

Why he might not be annoying:

He is a pioneer in the development of neo soul.
Every one of his studio albums has reached platinum status in sales.
BLACKsummers'night won Grammys for Best R&B album and Best Male R&B Vocal Performance for 'Pretty Wings' (2010).
He took an 8-year hiatus between the release of 'Now' and BLACKsummers'night because he simply wanted to take time off, in defiance of what's normally expected in the music business.
His songs don't emphasize the bling-bling persona of many other modern R&B artists.
He lost his father in a plane crash when he was three.

Credit: whiff boy

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Single of the Year (Ranked: 1999)
• Billboard's Top 10 Albums [2009] (Ranked: 9)
• Born in Brooklyn, New York
• Boston Globe-Sarah Rodman [2009] (Ranked: 5)
• Chocolate Milk [Bi-racial - Black and White]
• Ebony Magazine's 55 Most Beautiful Black People [2000]
• Grammy for Best R&B Album (Ranked: 2010)
• Grammy for Best R&B Male (Ranked: 2010)
• I am Puerto Rican
• I Appeared in a Mariah Carey Video
• I Attended the Women’s March in Washington D.C. [January 2017]
• I Sing About Barbie
• Known By a Middle Name
• Known By a Single Name
• Metacritic's 30 Best Reviewed Albums [2009] (Ranked: 16)
• MTV's Unplugged
• My Album Hit #1 on Billboard's US Album Chart [2000's] (Ranked: 2009)
• My Album Hit #1 on Billboard's US Album Chart [2000's] (Ranked: 2001)
• My Song Hit #1 on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart [1990s] (Ranked: 1999)
• My Song Hit #1 on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart [2000s] (Ranked: 2009)
• My Song is on Sony's 'Soundtrack for a Century'
• Pop Matter's Top 60 Albums [2009] (Ranked: 22)
• Profiles 28751-29000 (Ranked: 28868)
• Recluses
• Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time - 401-500 [2020] (Ranked: 467)
• Rolling Stone's Top 50 Albums of 2016 (Ranked: 40)
• Soul Train's Best R&B/Soul Album - Male Artist (Ranked: 1997)
• Soul Train's Best R&B/Soul Single - Male Artist (Ranked: 1997)
• Soul Train's Best R&B/Soul Single - Male Artist (Ranked: 2000)
• Suave Latinos
• Vanishing Tattoo's 101 Hottest Tattooed Men [2007] (Ranked: 48)
• VH-1's Dear Mama (Ranked: 2017)
• Whiff Boy's Profiles [Series 3]

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 5 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 10 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 18 Votes: 11.11% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 6 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 16 Votes: 68.75% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 10 Votes: 70.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 28 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 19 Votes: 68.42% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 21 Votes: 76.19% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 11 Votes: 72.73% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 84 Votes: 61.90% Annoying