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Her agent, Deborah Champagne, said she died in the hospital after being involved in a car accident after the show.
With musicians like Erykah Badu, Macy Gray and Lauryn Hill, Ms. Stone was part of the Neo-soul movement in the 1990s and late 2000s that fuses traditional souls with contemporary R&B, pop and jazz. Her first album, Black Diamond (1999), was certified gold, as was her sophomore effort, Mahogany Soul (2001).
Ms. Stone is a prolific songwriter with a sultry Alto sound, specializing in songs that combine laid-back rhythms with layered instruments and vocals.
Billboard Magazine wrote in 1999: “Angie Stone will be a songwriter, producer and singer with Lauryn Hill and will become the great nobility of the R&B world for the next decade.”
At that time, Ms. Stone was also an industry veteran – not only a singer, but also the songwriter and collaborator of the biggest performances of her time.
She first became a member of the sequence, and she founded in 1978 with Cheryl Cook and Gwendolyn Chisolm. This is the first female group to sign with Sugar Hill Records, the record company puts it on the map with Sugarhill Gang's single “Delight of the Rapper” (1979).
The three only lasted for a few years, but during that time it released several groundbreaking rap singles, including “Funk You Up” (1979) and “Funky Sound (Rip the Roof)” (1981), sampled by Ice Cube, En Vogue, Dr. Dre and other artists.
Ms. Stone then served as a songwriter, backup singer and bandmate, such as Mary J. Bligg (who was busy and successful, but she found the frustrating anonymity to work behind the scenes.
She told the Los Angeles Times in 2000: “I know it's not my talent because everyone wants one of my things. After a while, I started to get used to it. I thought, “If I help Mary enough, then I did it, what's the problem?” ”
Part of the problem is timing. Ms. Stone was a member of two R&B behaviors in the early 1990s, namely Vertical Hold and Devox, but their voices were considered out of sync with the mainstream. It wasn't until later in the decade, after the breakout attacks like Ms. Hill and Ms. Badu, that Ms. Stone got the attention she thought she deserved.
“I really think I'm ahead of the way,” she told the Associated Press in 1999.
Angela Laverne Brown was born on December 18, 1961 in Columbia, South Carolina. She started singing in church since she was a child, and her father, Bobby Williams, was a paralegal and part of the gospel quartet. Her mother, Aona (Brown) Williams, is a hospital technician.
In 1979, Ms. Stone, Ms. Cook and Ms. Zissol sneaked backstage at a concert in Columbia, where Sylvia Robinson, the founder of Sugar Hill Records, was seated.
They had auditions at that time and there, and Ms. Robinson was impressed that she would sign her label. They moved to New York and started recording.
Ms. Stone’s marriage to Rodney Stone, who ended with a divorce under the stage name Lil'Rodney C.
Her daughter survived that marriage. a son in a relationship with D'Angelo Michael D'Angelo Archer II; and two grandchildren.
Ms. Stone, who has type 2 diabetes, talks publicly about her efforts to lose weight. In 2006, she appeared on the TV show “Celebrity Fit Club” and lost 18 pounds throughout the season.
She held the role of “Hot Chick” (2002) with Rob Schneider in the 2000s. “Fighting Temptation” (2003), Cuba Good Jr.; and Kevin Hart and Ice Cube and “Ride” (2014). On stage, she served as Prison Matron Mama Morton in 2003 in the production of “Chicago” on Broadway.
She also plays small roles in several TV series, including “Girlfriend” starring Tracee Ellis Ross, for which she sang the opening theme.
Ms. Stone has recorded 10 studio albums, most recently “Love Language” (2023). Among these 11 tracks is “Old Tang Back”, which includes her son whose son is named Swayvo Twain.
