Fans are flocking to support the music of the late Angie Stone.
The Grammy-nominated soul artist and member of The Sequence passed away on March 1, 2025, at 63 years old, according to Variety. Stone was in a car accident with an 18-wheeler while traveling from Montgomery, AL, to Atlanta, GA, causing her vehicle to overturn three times. Of the nine passengers in her van, she was the only one who did not survive.
Stone, born in Columbia, SC, is survived by her children Diamond Stone and Michael Archer and her grandchildren.
“Never in a million years did we ever expect to get this horrible news,” Diamond and Michael said in a statement, the outlet notes. “Our mom is and will always be our everything. We are still trying to process and are completely heartbroken.”
Stone leaves behind an imprint that includes her most revered song, 2001’s “Wish I Didn’t Miss You,” 10 solo albums, and three Grammy nominations in categories including: best R&B performance by a duo or group with vocals (2003) and best female R&B vocal performance (2004). The singer’s contributions to music also include helping with the formation of The Sequence in 1979, which included members Cheryl “the Pearl” Cook and Gwendolyn “Blondy” Chisolm. The group made history as the first female Hip-Hop trio to secure a deal with Sugar Hill Records. Furthermore, they released a few albums and were widely recognized for their hit song “Funk You Up,” which has been sampled numerous times, Variety mentions.
Stone would later join the group Vertical Hold. As a solo artist she also released “Baby” featuring Betty Wright and “No More Rain (In This Cloud),” which reached the top spot on the Billboard chart.
Following her passing, her music catalog has seen a 1,300% uptick in streams and 10,700% increase in sales, Billboard reports. One of the biggest performers across streaming was the 1999 single “No More Rain (In This Cloud)”, which earned 2.1 million official on-demand U.S. streams, a 538% surge from the week before her passing.
