R&B singer Angie Stone dies in car crash at 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.
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