In 2023, R&B/Soul veteran Angie Stone joined VladTV to discuss her lengthy award-winning career. The Grammy-nominated songstress referred viewers back to one of her earliest groups, The Sequence, before stating that the Southern-based rap trio blazed a trail for females in hip-hop way back in the late 1970s. She then talked about her evolution from the rapper Angie B to the soul singer Angie Stone once she went solo.
Angie Stone detailed falling in love with fellow R&B singer D’Angelo, collaborating with him as a songwriter, and the behind-the-scenes jealousy that disrupted their magical chemistry in the recording studio. Moving along, Angie Stone talked about being overweight during the prime of her career before sharing how her image back then impeded her progress as an artist. Towards the end of the Q&A session, Angie talked about her working relationship with Clive Davis, mentoring artists such as Alicia Keys, putting Erykah Badu on, her role in creating D’Angelo’s image, being a part of R&B Divas: Atlanta, and more.
Angie Stone recently passed away at 63 following a car crash.
