Angie Stone, the renowned R&B singer celebrated for her powerful voice and significant impact on the music scene, has sadly passed away at the age of 63. The iconic artist, who co-founded the influential hip-hop group The Sequence and later achieved solo success in R&B, lost her life in a car accident involving an 18-wheeler on March 1, 2025. This tragic news was confirmed by a representative for Stone, and her daughter, Ladi Diamond, expressed her grief on Facebook, stating, “My mommy is gone.”
The entertainment world is grieving the loss of another remarkable and gifted artist – singer Angie Stone, who tragically passed away in a car accident on Friday in Montgomery, Alabama.
Angie Stone was in Alabama for a performance. According to a report from Forbes, on Friday, Angie and nine other band members left the concert venue. They were traveling to Atlanta, Georgia in a Sprinter van when the accident happened.
Around 4 a.m., the vehicle she was traveling in on the way back to Atlanta from Alabama “flipped over and was then struck by a big rig,” music producer and Stone’s longtime manager Walter Millsap III shared with The Associated Press in an email. Everyone else in the cargo van made it out alive, except for Angie Stone.
The Alabama Highway Patrol reported in a news release that a 2021 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter van overturned on Interstate 65 around 4:25 a.m. Saturday, subsequently being struck by a 2021 Freightliner Cascadia truck driven by a 33-year-old man from Texas. Angie Stone was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the highway patrol. The accident occurred approximately 5 miles (8 kilometers) south of the Montgomery city limits.
The driver of the Sprinter and seven passengers in the van were transported to Baptist Medical Center for medical care. Authorities are still looking into the cause of the incident. Millsap mentioned that he received the information from Angie Stone’s daughter, Diamond, as well as Blondy, a longtime member of The Sequence.
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Angie Stone was born at 18 December 1961 in Columbia South California, “Angela Laverne Brown” was her birth name. Stone began her acting career in the 2000s, making her film debut in the 2002 comedy The Hot Chick. She made her stage debut in 2003, taking on the role of Big Mama Morton in the Broadway musical Chicago. Following that, she appeared in supporting roles across various films and television series, as well as in several musical productions, including VH1’s Celebrity Fit Club and TV One’s R&B Divas, along with movies like The Fighting Temptations (2003) and Pastor Brown (2009).
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A three-time Grammy nominee, Stone has released 10 studio albums, with the latest being 2023’s Love Language. Throughout her career, she has collaborated with notable artists such as Prince on the 2001 track “U Make My Sun Shine,” as well as Alicia Keys, Snoop Dogg, Betty Wright, James Ingram, and Stevie Wonder. In addition to her music career, Stone has also ventured into acting, featuring in films like The Hot Chick, The Fighting Temptations, and Ride Along.
Angie was a beloved member of the legendary hip-hop trio The Sequence, which made history as the first all-female group signed to Sugar Hill Records. The group released three albums between 1979 and 1985, including hit songs like ‘Funk You Up.’
In 2002, Stone made a guest appearance on Girlfriends and portrayed Madame Mambuza, a store owner, in the American teen comedy The Hot Chick, which starred Rob Schneider. Although the film received mostly negative reviews from critics for its crude and lowbrow humor, it managed to achieve moderate box office success in the US. The following year, the singer took on the role of Alma in Jonathan Lynn’s musical comedy-drama The Fighting Temptations, featuring Cuba Gooding, Jr. and Beyoncé. While it was released to mixed reviews, it did not perform as well commercially as The Hot Chick. Stone also recorded “Rain Down,” a duet with Eddie Levert, for the film’s soundtrack.