Maximilian Herre (born 22 April 1973) is a German rapper, singer-songwriter and music producer who rose to fame as a member of the group Freundeskreis.

In order to perform their music live, they formed the band Maximilian und sein Freundeskreis in 1993 with another producer, DJ Friction (Martin Welzer).

Herre also founded the FK-Allstars, a collaboration of 15 musical artists, including Gentleman, Afrob, Sékou, Joy Denalane and Brooke Russell.

Herre retreated from public life after the birth of his first son in 2001, and concentrated on producing Mami, the debut album of his wife, Joy Denalane.

In August 2006 the second album of Joy Denalane's produced by Herre, Born and Raised, was released on the label Four Music.

In April 2006, Herre, Joy Denalane, Götz Gottschalk, and Sophie Raml formed a new record label named Nesola.