Angie Stone, a veteran R&B and soul singer who first rose to fame within the Nineteen Eighties with the South Carolina trio the Sequence, has died in a Sprinter van accident whereas touring from Alabama, in accordance with experiences. She was 63. No additional particulars concerning the circumstances had been obtainable at deadline, though experiences counsel the van was hit by an 18-wheeler truck.
The Sequence had been trailblazers on a number of fronts as the primary all-female group on Sugar Hill Data and one of many earliest southern rap teams to have their music dedicated to vinyl. The primary voice heard on their influential, eight-minute single “Monster Jam” was Stone’s, who on the time was often known as Angie B.
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Stone went on to affix one other R&B trio, Vertical Maintain, earlier than signing to Arista Data, which launched her debut solo effort, Black Diamond, in 1999. The album debuted at No. 9 on Billboard‘s High R&B/Hip-Hop chart and included the hit single “No Extra Rain (In This Cloud).” Stone adopted Arista head Clive Davis to his new J Data imprint for the 2001 album Mahogany Solar, which reached No. 22 on the Billboard 200.
Additional releases included Stone Love, The Artwork of Love & Battle and Dream. Stone additionally had an in depth affiliation with D’Angelo, with whom she wrote songs featured on the albums Brown Sugar and Voodoo and toured as a backing vocalist.
The artist was nominated for 3 Grammys and scored a No. 1 hit on Billboard‘s Gospel Airplay tally final 12 months through a visitor look on Damon Little’s “No Stressing.” She transitioned into performing with the 2002 comedy The Scorching Chick and likewise portrayed Huge Mama Morton within the Broadway hit Chicago.
Stone’s different recording credit included singles and albums with Prince, Macy Grey, Lenny Kravitz, Josh Groban, Ray Charles, Kool & the Gang, Guru and Dionne Warwick.
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