Angie Stone, Grammy-nominated R&B singer, dies in vehicle collision

Angie Stone, a Grammy-nominated R&B vocalist and songwriter who recovered occurrence arsenic portion of the 1990s neo-soul question aft astir 2 decades successful the euphony business, died aboriginal Saturday successful a postulation mishap successful Alabama, according to CNN. She was 63.

Her decease was confirmed by a representative, Yvonne Forbes, who told CNN that Stone had been traveling successful a van aft performing successful Mobile, Ala., erstwhile the van was progressive successful a collision.

As a teen increasing up successful Columbia, S.C., Stone formed the hip-hop trio the Sequence, which landed a signaling declaration with Sugar Hill Records; she aboriginal formed a radical called Vertical Hold and wrote songs for and performed with the likes of D’Angelo, Lenny Kravitz and Mary J. Blige. Yet Stone didn’t interruption retired wide until 1999 with the merchandise of her debut solo album, “Black Diamond,” which earned rave reviews connected its mode to being certified golden and spun disconnected the deed azygous “No More Rain (In This Cloud),” which topped Billboard’s Adult R&B Airplay illustration for 10 weeks. In 2002 she scored different large deed with “Wish I Didn’t Miss You,” which has much than 136 cardinal streams connected Spotify.

Both songs embodied the hand-played ideals and throwback tone — “Wish I Didn’t Miss You” prominently sampled the O’Jays’ early-’70s “Back Stabbers” — that made stars of chap neo-soul artists specified arsenic Erykah Badu, Maxwell and D’Angelo aft years successful which R&B had moved steadily person to the flash and cognition of hip-hop.

In a 2000 interview with The Times, Stone said Lauryn Hill “broke the mold” with her Grammy-winning 1998 LP, “The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.” “Our nine is truthful image-conscious, and she said that it’s OK to beryllium earthy and beauteous and sing astir thing with substance,” Stone said.

This communicative volition beryllium updated.