Angie Stone, who died in a traffic incident at the age of 63, was an American soul singer and songwriter. She became internationally renowned, producing popular singles with two albums, Black Diamond and Mahogany Soul, in the late 1990s and early 2000s. There's no more rain And I wish I didn't miss you.
Eight more solo albums exhibited not only souls, but gospel, R&B and funk commands.You will make my sun shine2001), Snoop Dog (thank you2004), Anthony Hamilton (Please stay for a while2004) and Betty Light (baby2007).
Stone was first revealed in the late 70s as a member of Sequence, a pioneering hip-hop trio that sampled a 1979 single. Funk will raise you It is generally cited as the first rap record released by a group of women.
Once Sequence broke up, she became a member of the R&B Trio Vertical Hold in the early 90s, spending years struggling with more breakthroughs before releasing Black Diamond in 1999.
The rich vocal dexterity of the Black Diamond Stone portrayed a comparison between Chaka Khan and Gladys Knight, with the album becoming number 46 on the US charts, and eventually sold nearly a million copies. That standout track, No More Rain, portrays a rebellious upward look in mood following broken emotional depths, reaching 1 on the US Adult R&B Singles charts and also made a big splash in Europe.
In a similarly vulnerable vein, he hoped he didn't miss you from Mahogany Soul (2001) and made even greater impact in different parts of the world, including the UK's top 30 hits. The album, which peaked at No. 22 in the US, also produced four other singles, and included a version of Curtis Mayfield Your creation It has become a sublime staple of many of her live shows.
Stone was born in Columbia, South Carolina to Angela Brown. The only child, she grew up in a residential project in the Saxon home in the city, a mother's nurse and her father's cab driver. She was an academically successful, a good athlete and a well-known basketball player.
Together with two other members of the cheerleading team, Gwendolyn Chisholm and Sheryl Cook, she began writing cheers for her own stock.
Sugar Hill Gang fans were one of the early rap costumes that emerged from the New York area in the late '70s, and entered a Columbian gang gig in 1979, singing their own compositions to their behind-the-scenes manager Sylvia Robinson.
She was impressed with funk and had them in the recording studio within days, so the song became a landmark release with the first wave of hip-hop on “Old School.” According to Rolling Stone Magazine, “In the '70s landscape, when several rap records that existed were chorus-free lime marathons, the sequence seamlessly mixes songs and wrapping, unconsciously paving the lanes for artists like Raleen Hill, Drake, and the Future.”
Over the next six years, Sequence toured widely alongside the Sugar Hill Gang, making three albums and releasing ten singles. However, they were unable to replicate the success of Funk You Up and split in 1985 when Stone refused to renew what she considered an exploitative contract. By that time, she had married rapper Rodney Stone, from the group's funky 4+1 group, and had taken his last name.
He made money by writing songs for other artists, including Jill Jones, Mantronics and Lenny Kravitz, and supplemented his income by working as a Factutum on a Kiss-FM radio station in New York. The group broke up in 1995 after two albums, but in 1993 the US R&B chart became a hit. You seem too busyco-authored by Stone and Kurtis Carell.
By then, they divorced in the late Stone of the 90s, co-written songs with emerging R&B singer D'Angelo (Michael Archer), and began a long-term relationship.
Stone's most commercially successful album was her third Stone Love in 2004, reaching 14 on the US charts and in 2007 the fourth Art of Love.
However, later in her career, some of Stone's attention has been turned to acting. This includes Broadway as Mama Morton in Musical Chicago (2003), and small roles in films such as The Hot Chick (2002), The Fighting Temptations (2003), Pastor Brown (2009), Scary Movie V (2013), and Rid bowin (2014).
The popular live artist was scheduled to tour the UK this year. The road collision that led to her death took place in Montgomery, Alabama.
She has survived her marriage to two grandchildren from relationships with daughters Diamond and Stone, sons Michael and Archer.
