Angie Stone, well-known Neo-Soul singer and Grammy-nominated R&B artist behind hits like “No More Rain (In This Cloud)” and “Wish I Didn’t Miss You,” died Saturday morning in a car crash, reported by her longtime publicist, Yvonne Forbes, to CNN.
Stone was 63.
Stone’s team confirmed that she and nine other band members were involved in the accident while traveling home from Alabama after performing in Mobile on Friday. According to Forbes, she was traveling to Atlanta, Georgia, in a Sprinter van at the time of the accident. The details of the other passengers in the crash were not immediately available.
“Angie Stone’s voice and spirit will live on forever in the hearts of those she touched,” her spokeswoman read. The family will announce details regarding memorial services in due time.
Stone was born in Columbia, South Carolina, and started her music career in the late ’70s as a member of The Sequence, a trailblazing female rap group behind the hit “Funk You Up.” She later performed Neo Soul and R&B music as a solo artist, with albums including “Black Diamond” in 1999 and “Mahogany Soul” in 2001. Her career spanned four decades, and other nods included her first Grammy nomination for a track off “Mahogany Soul” titled “More Than a Woman” in the best R&B performance by a duo or group with vocal category. In 2004, her track “U-Haul” – off her third solo album “Stone Love” – was nominated for best female R&B vocal performance. Her final Grammy nod came in 2007 for her song “Baby,” off her fourth solo album “The Art of Love & War.”
Stone posted on her social media weeks ago, reflecting on her career and the work she planned to create.
“I’ve been in the game for 50 years. My first solo album is 25 years old. I’ve put in a lot of work over the years,” Stone wrote on Instagram. “God gave me this gift and I have shared it with the world. Even at this point I am asking my creator what is next because I have so much more to give.”
Angie Stone leaves behind her son, Michael D’Angelo Archer II, whom she shared with fellow singer D’Angelo, and her daughter, Diamond Stone, and two grandkids.
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