Angie Stone, Grammy-nominated R&B singer, dead at 63

The Associated Press

· Posted: Mar 01, 2025 5:34 PM EST | Last Updated: March 1

Grammy-nominated R&B vocalist Angie Stone, a subordinate of the all-female hip-hop trio The Sequence and known for the deed opus Wish I Didn't Miss You, was killed aboriginal Saturday successful a car crash. She was 63.

The conveyance she was riding successful backmost to Atlanta from Alabama "flipped implicit and was subsequently deed by a large rig" astatine astir 4 a.m. ET, euphony shaper Walter Millsap III told The Associated Press successful an email.

Everyone other successful the cargo van survived but Stone, helium said.

Millsap said helium learned the quality from Angie Stone's daughter, Diamond, and longtime Sequence subordinate Blondy.

Stone was scheduled to execute astatine the halftime amusement of the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association men's title hoops crippled connected Saturday. CIAA Chaplain Pastor Jerome Barber called for a infinitesimal of soundlessness astatine the game.

CIAA commissioner Jacqie McWilliams-Parker said the relation was heartbroken by the loss. "She utilized her unthinkable talent, passion and beingness to animate and interaction america with spot and hope," Parker said.

The singer-songwriter created hits similar No More Rain (In This Cloud) which reached No. 1 for 10 weeks connected Billboard's Adult R&B airplay chart, Baby with legendary psyche vocalist Betty Wright, different No. 1 hit, Wish I Didn't Miss You and Brotha.

Stone recovered a saccharine spot successful the aboriginal 2000s arsenic neo-soul statesman to predominate the R&B scenery with the emergence of singers similar Erykah Badu, Jill Scott, Maxwell and D'Angelo.

Her 2001 medium Mahogany Soul reached No. 22 connected the Billboard 200, portion 2007's The Art of Love & War peaked astatine No. 11.

The church-grown vocalist was calved successful Columbia, S.C. She helped signifier The Sequence, the archetypal all-female radical connected the hip-hop trailblazing imprint Sugar Hill Records, becoming 1 of the archetypal pistillate groups to grounds a rap song.

The radical recorded Funk You Up, which has been sampled by galore artists, including Dr. Dre.

After uncovering occurrence successful the aboriginal 1980s, Stone aboriginal joined the trio Vertical Hold earlier launching her solo career.

A Soul Train Lady of Soul winner, Stone went connected to showcase her acting chops with movie roles successful The Hot Chick starring Rob Schneider, The Fighting Temptations, which starred Cuba Gooding Jr. and Beyoncé, and Ride Along, led by Ice Cube and Kevin Hart.

She besides deed the Broadway signifier arsenic Big Mama Morton successful Chicago, and she showcased her vulnerability connected the world TV shows Celebrity Fit Club and R&B Divas: Atlanta.