The artist R&B appointed to Grammy Angie Stone died after a automotive accident, on the age of 63, says his daughter.
“My mother went away,” wrote his daughter, Diamond Stone, in a Facebook publish.
Stone was wounded to demise when a van wherein he was touring to Alabama on Saturday quickly following a efficiency, in line with the media.
The artist, who was behind songs like no extra rain (on this cloud) and I would really like I do not miss you, was named for 3 Grammy throughout his profession. He started within the 70s as a member of the ladies’s Hip-hop trio The Sequece.
The hottest tune of the group, Funk You Up, has reached 15 single soul singles of Billboard.
His daughter, who can be a musician and observes the nickname of Ladi Diamond, mentioned on Facebook that he was “numb”. Hours earlier, he had requested for prayers for his household and mentioned he was touring.
A spokesman for the artist informed the BBC that his household had traveled to Montgomery, Alabama, and had deliberate to launch additional data early.
Guy Todd Williams, often known as Rhiem within the Hip-Hop Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five group, mentioned about 9 different passengers had been in a van with stone on the time of the accident.
“He left his indelible mark on the music trade initially as a member of the legendary rap group sequence,” mentioned Williams.
He mentioned it was the one fatality within the accident.
The BBC contacted the police in Montgomery for particulars.
Together together with his musical profession, Stone additionally had some success within the movie.
He made his debut on the movie with a job in The Hot Chick, a 2002 success with Rob Schneider, Rachel McAdams and Anna Faris.
He additionally starred in fight temptations in 2003 with Cuba Gooding Jr and Beyonce.
