norwood was signed to elektra records in 1995 and recorded his debut album "everything you want" the next year. "let it go" appeared on the "set it off" soundtrack (brandy also appeared on the soundtrack; and her song "missing you" with tamia, chaka khan and gladys knight peaked also at number 25). it peaked number 25 in the u.s. and number 11 in new zealand. the second single peaked at number 54 on the u.s. r&amp;b chart. in 1997, he performed in a television special with his sister brandy but was dropped from the label. according to bradley torreano of allmusic, "his easygoing image and boyish looks appealed to the producers of brandy's television show, "moesha"", giving him a role on the upn series starting in 1999 as brandy's little cousin, d-money. he produced, putting together the music for several commercials and a few of the demos for his second record.