Singer Angie Stone, known for her hit Wish I Didn’t Miss You, has d!ed at the age of 63.
Stone was k!lled in a car crash in Montgomery, Alabama, a representative for the singer confirmed to Variety.
She had reportedly been on her way home from a show and was the only person who d!ed in the crash.
Her daughter Diamond Stone wrote online: “My mommy is gone.”
Stone has been a founding member of groundbreaking female hip-hop trio the Sequence in the late 70s at the age of 16. They scored a hit with Funk You Up, a song that was later sampled by Dr Dre for his single Keep Their Heads Ringin and Bruno Mars in Uptown Funk.
After the group disbanded in the mid-80s, Stone worked as a vocalist for Vertical Hold and then Devox before she later provided songwriting credits to D’Angelo for his first two studio albums. She was also a backing vocalist for the singer on tour before providing vocals for Lenny Kravitz on his album 5 in 1998.
Stone went on to release ten studio albums, one compilation album, and more than two dozen singles.
Her most recent work – Love Language released in 2023 – featured Musiq Soulchild and Stone’s son Swayvo Twain.
She was nominated for three Grammys in her career and also wrote songs for Erykah Badu and Raphael Saadiq.
Stone also worked as an actor, with roles in big screen comedies like The Hot Chick and The Fighting Temptations and on stage in Chicago playing Big Mama Morton.
Source: Linda Ikeji Blog