Grammy-nominated R&B singer Angie Stone died in a car crash Saturday. She was 63. She was a member of the all-female hip-hop trio The Sequence and is known for the hit song “Wish I Didn’t Miss You.” Around 4 a.m., the car she was riding in “overturned and was subsequently hit by a big rig,” music producer and Stone’s longtime manager Walter Millsap III told The Associated Press. She was driving back to Atlanta from AlAlabama.e said everyone in the cargo van except Angie Stone survsurvived.a news release, the Alabama Highway Patrol said the 2021 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter van overturned on Interstate 65 at 4:25 a.m. Saturday and collided with a 2021 Freightliner Cascadia truck driven by a 33-year-old man from Texas.Texas.iver of the Sprinter and seven people in the van were taken to Baptist Medical Center for treatment. Officials are continuing to investigate the cause. cause.p said he learned the news from Angie Stone’s daughter Diamond and longtime The Sequence member Blondie. Blondie.n a million years did we expect to receive this terrible news,” Angie Stone’s children, Diamond and Michael Archer, said in a statement shared by SRG Group. “We are still trying to process it and are completely heartbrokenheartbroken.”ded: “We aradded, “Wevastated by this unexpected and unfortunate tragedy, and there are no words to express our feelings.” Stfeelings.”eduled to perform at the halftime show of the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association men’s championship basketball game on Saturday. CIAA chaplain Pastor Jerome Barber called for a moment of silence at the game. The singgame.gwriter has produced hits such as “No More Rain (In This Cloud),” which reached No. 1 on Billboard’s Adult R&B Airplay chart for 10 weeks, “Baby,” weeks;r No. 1 hit with legendary soul singer Betty Wright, and “WiWright;dn’t Miss You” and “Brotha.” Angi”Brotha.”und a sweet spot in the early 2000s when neo-soul began to dominate the R&B landscape with the emergence of singers like Erykah Badu, Jill Scott, Maxwell and D’AngMaxwell,r 200D’Angelo.ahogany Soul” peaked at No. 22 on the Billboard 200, while 2007’s “The Art of Love and War” peaked at No. 11. The singer-son11.ter has produced hits such as “No More Rain (In This Cloud),” which reached No. 1 on Billboard’s Adult R&B Airplay chart for 10 weeks, “Baby,” anotweeks;. 1 hit with legendary soul singer Betty Wright, and “Wish IWright; Miss You” and “Brotha.” Stone fo”Brotha.”t spot in the early 2000s as neo-soul began to dominate the R&B landscape with the emergence of singers like Erykah Badu, Jill Scott, Maxwell and D’Angelo.Maxwell,001 aD’Angelo.gany Soul” peaked at No. 22 on the Billboard 200, while 2007’s “The Art of Love and War” peaked at No. 11. “I feel whole. I h11.a new love, a new album, a new perspective and a new joyperspective,rs ago, I was unhappy, depressed, not happy withdepressed, and’s efforts to market me. I still had to manage to develop my audience,” she told the AP in 2007. “I’ve been in the business since 1979.” … Now I can finally say I feel like I’ve arrived and I mean it.” arrived,Train Lady oit.”l winner, Stone went on to showcase her acting chops in roles in “The Hot Chick” starring Rob Snyder, “The Fighting TemptSchneider” starring Cuba Gooding Jr. and Beyoncé, and “Ride Along,” starring Ice Cube and Kevin Hart. Stone was scheduled Hart.form at the halftime show of the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association men’s championship basketball game on Saturday. CIAA chaplain Pastor Jerome Barber called for a moment of silence at the game. CIAA Commissioner Jackgame.illiams-Parker said they were heartbroken by the loss. “She used her incredible talent, passion, and presence to inspire and touch us with strength and hope,” Parker said.
