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Yahoo
01-03-2025
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R&B singer Angie Stone dies in car crash at 63
Grammy-nominated R&B singer Angie Stone died early Saturday in a car crash, according to the late star's representative. She was 63. The artist was involved in a fatal car accident early Saturday morning in Montgomery, Alabama, following a performance in the city, Stone's rep, Deborah R. Champagne, said. After her performance in Montgomery on Friday night, Stone was scheduled to travel to Baltimore for a halftime performance at the CIAA basketball conference. Stone's close friend and former bandmate, Gwendolyn "Blondie" Chisolm of The Sequence, identified her body at a Montgomery hospital, Champagne said. Chisolm was not traveling with Stone at the time of the accident, according to Champagne. Born Angela Laverne Brown on Dec. 18, 1961, Stone first rose to prominence with the early female rap group The Sequence, known for their 1979 hit "Funk You Up." In the late 1990s, Stone helped pioneer the neo-soul sound, alongside contemporaries like Erykah Badu and Jill Scott. She notched several No. 1 hits on the Adult R&B charts, including "No More Rain (In This Cloud)" in 1999, which sampled Gladys Knight and the Pips' "Neither One Of Us (Wants To Be The First To Say Good Bye)" and "Wish I Didn't Miss You" in 2002. She was nominated for a Grammy three times in her career, including Best Female R&B vocal performance for the song "U-Haul" from her 2004 album "Stone Love." She is survived by a daughter, Diamond Stone, and a son, Michael D'Angelo Archer II. R&B singer Angie Stone dies in car crash at 63 originally appeared on
CBS News
01-03-2025
- Entertainment
- CBS News
Angie Stone, soul singer behind hit "Wish I Didn't Miss You," dies in car crash at 63
Grammy-nominated R&B singer Angie Stone, a member of the all-female hip hop trio The Sequence and known for the hit song "Wish I Didn't Miss You," was killed early Saturday in a car crash. She was 63. About 4 a.m., the vehicle she was riding in back to Atlanta from Alabama "flipped over and was subsequently hit by a big rig," music producer Walter Millsap III told The Associated Press in an email. Everyone else in the cargo van survived except Stone, he said. CBS News also confirmed Stone's death with her publicist, Deborah R. Champagne. Millsap said he learned the news from Angie Stone's daughter, Diamond, and longtime The Sequence member Blondy. Stone was scheduled to perform at the halftime show of the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association men's Championship basketball game on Saturday. CIAA Chaplain Pastor Jerome Barber called for a moment of silence at the game. CIAA Commissioner Jacqie McWilliams-Parker said they were heartbroken by the loss. "She used her incredible talent, passion, and presence to inspire and touch us with strength and hope," Parker said. The singer-songwriter created hits like "No More Rain (In This Cloud)" which reached No. 1 for 10 weeks on Billboard's Adult R&B airplay chart, "Baby" with legendary soul singer Betty Wright, another No. 1 hit, and "Wish I Didn't Miss You" and "Brotha." Stone found a sweet spot in the early 2000s as neo-soul begin to dominate the R&B landscape with the emergence of singers like Erykah Badu, Jill Scott, Maxwell and D'Angelo. Her 2001 album "Mahagony Soul" reached No. 22 on the Billboard 200, while 2007's "The Art Of Love & War" peaked at No. 11. The church-grown singer was born in Columbia, South Carolina. She helped form The Sequence, the first all-female group on the hip-hop trailblazing imprint Sugar Hill Records, becoming one of the first female groups to record a rap song. After finding success in the early 1980s, Stone later joined the trio Vertical Hold before launching her solo career. A Soul Train Lady of Soul winner, Stone went on to showcase her acting chops with film roles in "The Hot Chick" starring Rob Schneider, "The Fighting Temptations" which starred Cuba Gooding Jr. and Beyoncé, and "Ride Along" led by Ice Cube and Kevin Hart. She also hit the Broadway stage as Big Mama Morton in "Chicago," and she showcased her vulnerability on the reality TV shows "Celebrity Fit Club" and "R&B Divas: Atlanta."
