īrown invested in esports organization XSET in October 2020. On June 18, 2020, Brown released the single, "Reality Check". He also collaborated with Chloe x Halle on the Mike Will Made It-produced "Catch Up", from the former's album Ungodly Hour, and he featured on the remix to Arizona Zervas's hit song " Roxanne". In October 2019, he featured on 88rising's "Walking", alongside Joji, Jackson Wang, and Major Lazer.Īs of 2020, he released the single "Someone Said", a reworked version of Travis Scott's " Sicko Mode". In August 2019, Brown released " Won't Be Late" featuring Canadian rapper Drake, produced by Tekno and Mike Will Made It. In May 2019, he collaborated on the song " Crave" with Madonna on her album Madame X.
He appeared on Nicki Minaj’s 2018 album Queen. On October 18, 2018, Brown featured on Post Malone's song " Sunflower" for Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, which became Post's third and Brown's first song as a soloist to top the Billboard Hot 100. Brown also collaborated on XXXTentacion's song " Arms Around You" after his death, along with Lil Pump and Maluma. In October 2018, he featured on the song " Close to Me" by Ellie Goulding and Diplo. On May 4, 2018, almost two years after its initial announcement in August 2016, Brown released his debut solo album, Swaecation as a part of a triple album set, which also contained Rae Sremmurd's third studio album, SR3MM and Slim Jxmmi's debut studio album as a solo artist, Jxmtro. Two months later, Brown released a song titled "TR666" alongside Trippie Redd.
In September 2018, Jhené Aiko featured Brown on her track "Sativa". The song peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100, making it Brown's first top ten single on the chart as a solo artist. In April 2017, Brown was featured on French Montana's " Unforgettable". In September 2015, he was featured on Wiz Khalifa's "Burn Slow", which peaked at number 83 on the Billboard Hot 100, making it Brown's first solo entry on the chart. In March 2015, Brown was featured on Mike Will Made It's "Drinks on Us", which also featured artists Future and The Weeknd, and became his first single as solo artist.