Angie StoneNeo-soul singer and member of the pioneering, purely female hip-hop group “The Sequence”, died at the age of 63.
The spokeswoman for Angie Stone, Deborah R. Champagne, shared TMZ With the fact that Stone died in Montgomery, Alabama, early Saturday morning after a concert the night before in a car accident. Stone should appear in Baltimore on Saturday evening. And died on the way there in an accident on Interstate 65 in Montgomery County, Alabama. Stone’s daughter Diamond also confirmed the death of her mother on social media.
“Angie Stone’s voice and her spirit will continue to live in the hearts of the people who touched them,” said Stone’s publicist in an explanation (Via CNN). ‘Details of the memorial celebrations are announced by the family in due course. “
First female hip-hop group
The Stone, born in Columbia, South Carolina (then known as Angie B), founded the group sequence together with Cheryl ‘The Pearl’ The Pearl ‘The Pearl and Gwendolyn “Blondy” Chisolm. After being the first female hip-hop group at Sugar Hill Records under contract, the trio published its first single “Funk You Up”, a title that later by Dr. Dre (in “Keep their Heads Ringin ‘”) was interpolated and (To a legal dispute) Mark Ronsons and Bruno Mars’ “Uptown Funk”.
The sequence published three albums
“Bruno Mars took over the text, the rhythm and the melodies”, said Stone 2017 The Rolling Stone“And then they made” Apache “and made” Jump on it/jump on it ‘. I thought, okay, now you have done too much. We are bankrupt, okay? Need money. We need some of it because we created it! “
The sequence released three albums before they dissolved in 1985. Stone performed in groups such as Mantronix, Vertical Hold and Devox in the next ten years before they come together with the neo-soul singer D’Angelo, with whom they can use the song “Jonz on My Bonz” on his celebrated debut album Brown Sugar wrote together from 1995. Stone and D’Angelo were also a couple in the nineties and got a son together in 1998.
“I just think that there is nothing comparable like Angie Stone”
Stone, which also four songs for D’Angelos 2000 LP voodoo As well as title for Mary J. Blige and Prince protégé Jill Jones, their own solo career started with their debut album in 1999 Black Diamondfrom which her R&B hit “No more rain (in this cloud)” emerged, which landed in first place on the charts.
“I just think that there is nothing comparable to Angie Stone”, the singer said in 2000 The Rolling Stone. “”My album closes the gap. It is exactly due to the threshold between boys and old generations. For the first time in a long time, adults have a record in which they want to invest fifteen dollars. ”
The ten studio albums published three times for a Grammy nominated Stone. Last 2023 Love Language. The singer worked with artists like Prince (2001 “U Make My Sun Shine“), Alicia Keys, Snoop Dogg, Betty Wright, James Ingram and Stevie Wonder together. Stone also tried as an actress. She stepped in films like The Hot Chick,, The Fighting Tempatations and Ride Along on.
In a video that a week before her death on social media Stone said that she had “a big grin on her face” because she was doing so much. “Film, television, tours, artists, songwriting,” said Stone. “There are many projects. We are right in the middle of it. “