Angie Stone.
Grammy-nominated R&B artiste Angie Stone, the singer behind hits like No Extra Rain (In This Cloud) and Want I Didn’t Miss You, died Saturday morning in a automobile collision, her long-time publicist Yvonne Forbes reported.
Stone was 63.
After performing in Cell, Alabama, on Friday, Stone was with 9 folks travelling to Atlanta, Georgia in a Sprinter van when the accident occurred, in response to her consultant.
Particulars on others injured within the collision weren’t instantly accessible.
“Angie Stone’s voice and spirit will reside on perpetually within the hearts of these she touched,” a press release from her spokeswoman learn.
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 artiste 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 talent to achieve a number of musical genres earlier than it grew to become extra widespread for artistes to construct crossover attraction.
“I used to be self-taught. I used to be hungry, I used to be thirsty, I used to be formidable,” Stone stated. “It’s having that bug that say, ‘I’m a rubber band. You’ll be able to stretch me however I gained’t pop. I’m going to all the time do me.’ “
She was nominated for her first Grammy for a observe off Mahogany Soul titled Extra Than a Girl 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 finest feminine R&B vocal efficiency. Her closing Grammy nod got here in 2007 for her track Child, off her fourth solo album The Artwork of Love & Conflict.
Stone was additionally an actress with simply over 40 display credit. She appeared in notable titles together with the TV exhibits Girlfriends, for which she sang the theme track, Moesha starring Brandy Norwood, and movies like The Sizzling Chick, Scary Film V, and Experience Alongside. She had one venture 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 put up on social media.
“I’ve been within the recreation for 50 years. My first solo album is 25 years outdated. I’ve put in loads of work over time,” Stone wrote on Instagram. “God gave me this reward 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 recognized by his stage title Swayvo Twain, can also be a recording artiste.
— Further reporting by CNN
