Angie Stone dies in car crash at 63

By Tosin Brown

Grammy-nominated R&B artist Angie Stone has died at the age of 63 after a car crash in Alabama.

“My mommy is gone,” Angie Stone’s daughter, Diamond Stone, wrote in a Facebook post.

Stone was fatally injured when a van she was travelling in overturned in Alabama early on Saturday following a performance.

Her daughter, who is also a musician and goes by the nickname Ladi Diamond, said she was “numb” in a Facebook post. Hours earlier, she had asked for prayers for her family and said she was on the road.

A spokesperson for Angie said that her family had travelled to Montgomery, Alabama, and planned to release more information soon.

Angie Stone has written numerous songs that include ‘No More Rain (In This Cloud)’ and ‘Wish I Didn’t Miss You’ and was nominated for three Grammys over her career.

She started out in the 1970s as a member of the female hip-hop trio The Sequence before going solo to make her mark in the industry.