Sad news hit hard this weekend Grammy-nominated R&B star Angie Stone passed away at 63 after a terrible car crash in Alabama. Her daughter, Diamond Stone, broke the news on Facebook, simply saying, “My mommy is gone.” Reports say the van Angie was in flipped over early Saturday, right after she’d finished a show. She was the only one who didn’t make it out of the nine people inside. Fans and family are heartbroken, with Diamond adding she feels “numb” over the loss.
Angie was a big name in music, loved for songs like “No More Rain (In This Cloud)” and “Wish I Didn’t Miss You.” She kicked off in the 1970s with The Sequence, one of the first girl hip-hop groups, and their hit “Funk You Up” climbed to No. 15 on Billboard’s soul chart. She earned three Grammy nods and kept shining solo, leaving a mark that won’t fade. A family spokesperson told the BBC they’d share more soon, while Rahiem from Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five called her a legend who started with Sequence and never stopped.
She wasn’t just music, she hit the big screen too. Angie popped up in “The Hot Chick” in 2002 with Rob Schneider and later starred with Beyoncé and Cuba Gooding Jr. in “The Fighting Temptations” in 2003. Fans and artists are pouring out love, calling her a trailblazer in R&B and hip-hop.