Grammy-nominated R&B artist Angie Stone has died after a automobile crash, aged 63, her daughter says.
“My mommy is gone,” her daughter, Diamond Stone, wrote in a Fb publish.
Stone was fatally injured when a van she was travelling in overturned in Alabama early on Saturday following a efficiency, in keeping with media reviews.
The artist, who was behind songs like No Extra Rain (In This Cloud) and Want I Did not Miss You, was nominated for 3 Grammys over her profession. She began out within the Nineteen Seventies as a member of the feminine hip-hop trio The Sequence.
The group’s hottest tune, Funk You Up, peaked at 15 on Billboard’s Sizzling Soul Singles.
Her daughter, who can be a musician and goes by the nickname Ladi Diamond, stated on Fb that she was “numb”. Hours earlier, she had requested for prayers for her household and stated she was on the street.
A spokesperson for the artist advised the NUZTO that her household had travelled to Montgomery, Alabama, and deliberate to launch extra data quickly.
Man Todd Williams, often called Rahiem within the hip-hop group Grandmaster Flash and the Livid 5, stated about 9 different passengers have been in a van with Stone on the time of the crash.
“She left her indelible mark on the music business initially as a member of the legendary rap group Sequence,” Williams stated.
He stated she was the only fatality within the crash.
The NUZTO has contacted police in Montgomery for particulars.
Alongside along with her music profession, Stone additionally had some success in movie.
She made her film debut with a task in The Sizzling Chick, a 2002 hit starring Rob Schneider, Rachel McAdams and Anna Faris.
She additionally starred in The Combating Temptations in 2003 with Cuba Gooding Jr and Beyonce.
