1/3rd of the 90s R&B girl group “Brownstone” passed away just hours ago: Charmayne “Maxee” Maxwell.
Maxwell (along with Nicci Gilbert and Tiesha Lott Brown) rose to R&B success almost immediately.
Known for their hit singles (on Michael Jackson’s MJJ record label) “Five Miles to Empty” and the 1995 Grammy winning “If You Love Me”
…and their 1994 breakout hit: “Grapevyne”
The cause of Charmayne’s death is literally traveling through the grapevine, with it being rumored she fell. Others are saying suicide-attributing this old tweet to that rumor:
“Tonight after I saw RNB Divas…I want to crawl in a hole and die