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Birth Name:
Gerald Maxwell Rivera
Birth Place:
Brooklyn, New York, United States
Date of Birth:
May 23, 1973
What Race or Ethnicity?:
Haitian African American, Puerto Rican
Maxwell is an American singer. In the Las Vegas Review-Journal it was stated that he was born to a Cuban father and a Haitian mother.
However he stated at a concert at Madison Square Garden;
“My family is from the West Indies: My mother is from Haiti and my father is Puerto Rican.”
He is also quite a mysterious character as he has never revealed his real name to the public. Also some say that he is rather vague about his ethnic background as few websites state that he is of Puerto Rican and Afro-Caribbean descent.
He is adored by his many female fans for his good looks and smooth lyrics. He and the likes of D’Angelo and Erykah Badu founded the Neo-Soul movement in the mid 1990s.
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Yes , all should be proud of their ancestry & accomplishments!
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100% sexy.
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I don’t understand when you say someone is Cuban or Puerto-Rican descent. These are not races or ethnicities, these are either the country of their ancestral origin or their birthplace. Someone from Cuba or Puerto Rico can either be white, black or asian, what is so hard for Americans to understand. Someone cannot be Scottish, Irish,Italian and German – this means that they are Caucasian but that their ancestors came from these places. People are either black, white, asian or variants of these races. Please !
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I am Haitian proud of my people and we are fighters never give up. The Europeans and the Americans think there have won there will neve we came from so many tribes in Africa our cultures shows this. I think that is great he is proud of his Haitian roots so many people are not.
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@ Jane im not haitian as far as i know but i just wanted give props to all haitians out there i just found out recently that the africans in your country was the first to revolt and fight for your freedom and was successful in doing so me being an african decendant (African American) even though im not Haitian it makes me proud still….
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