Angie Stone, Grammy-nominated R&B singer, dies in Alabama automotive crash at 63, publicist says

Angie Stone, a soul and R&B singer behind hits like “No Extra Rain (In This Cloud)” and “Want I Did not Miss You,” died Saturday morning in a car collision, her longtime publicist, Yvonne Forbes, informed CNN.

Stone was 63.

After performing in Cell, Alabama on Friday, Stone was with 9 individuals touring to Atlanta, Georgia in a Sprinter van when the accident occurred, in response to Forbes. Particulars on others injured within the collision weren’t instantly out there.

“Angie Stone’s voice and spirit will stay on perpetually within the hearts of these she touched,” an announcement from her spokeswoman learn. “Particulars relating to memorial providers will likely be introduced by the household sooner or later.”

Born in Columbia, South Carolina, Stone’s four-decade profession in leisure started within the late ’70s as a member of The Sequence, a pioneering feminine rap group behind the hit “Funk You Up.” She later moved on to neo-soul and R&B music as a solo artist with albums together with “Black Diamond” in 1999 and “Mahogany Soul” in 2001.

In a 2020 interview with “The Breakfast Membership,” Stone talked about her early profession aspirations and skill to reach a number of musical genres earlier than it grew to become extra frequent for artists to construct crossover enchantment.

“I used to be self-taught. I used to be hungry, I used to be thirsty, I used to be formidable,” Stone mentioned. “It is having that bug that say, ‘I am a rubber band. You may stretch me however I will not pop. I will at all times do me.'”

She was nominated for her first Grammy for a observe off “Mahogany Soul” titled “Extra Than a Lady” in the perfect R&B efficiency by a duo or group with vocal class. In 2004, her observe “U-Haul” – off her third solo album “Stone Love” – was nominated for greatest feminine R&B vocal efficiency. Her last Grammy nod got here in 2007 for her tune “Child,” off her fourth solo album “The Artwork of Love & Conflict.”

Stone was additionally an actress with simply over 40 display screen credit. She appeared in notable titles together with the TV reveals “Girlfriends,” for which she sang the theme tune, “Moesha” starring Brandy Norwood, and movies like “The Sizzling Chick,” “Scary Film V” and “Trip Alongside.” She had one mission in post-production, a movie titled “Abused.”

Simply weeks in the past, Stone mirrored on her profession and the work she was nonetheless planning on creating in a publish on social media.

“I have been within the sport for 50 years. My first solo album is 25 years previous. I’ve put in a whole lot of work through the years,” Stone wrote on Instagram. “God gave me this present and I’ve shared it with the world. Even at this level I’m asking my creator what’s subsequent as a result of I’ve a lot extra to provide.”

Angie Stone is survived by her son, Michael D’Angelo Archer II, whom she shared with fellow singer D’Angelo. Michael, additionally identified by his stage identify Swayvo Twain, can also be a recording artist.

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