Angie Stone

Angie Stone

Angie Stone is an American singer and actress from Columbia, United States. Born Angela Laverne Brown in 1961, she works in contemporary R&B, neo soul, R&B and soul. Her vocals are associated with old-school soul and have been compared with those of Aretha Franklin.

Career

Stone begins recording in the early 1980s as Angie B, when she joins The Sequence, the first major female hip-hop group. The group has a hit in 1980 with Funk You Up. She later works with Mantronix and then performs vocals and saxophone with Lenny Kravitz.

In the 1990s, she becomes part of the hip-hop/R&B trio Vertical Hold, which releases the single Seems You're Much Too Busy and the albums A Matter Of Time and Head First. In 1996, she forms Devox with Gerry Deveaux and Charlie Mole; the group releases an album that includes material written or co-written by Stone and receives a Japan-only release.

Songwriting and solo work

Stone shares songwriting credits on D'Angelo's first two studio albums, Brown Sugar and Voodoo, and also provides backing vocals on tour with him. She releases her first solo album, Black Diamond, on Arista Records, followed by Mahogany Soul on J Records and Stone Love. She releases ten solo albums in total under her own name, with Love Language as her final album.

Other details

Stone receives a Grammy Award nomination. She has two children, Diamond and Michael. She dies in 2025.