Angela Laverne Brown (born January 30 1961), best known by her stage name Angie Stone, is a Grammy Award-nominated American R&B and neo soul singer, songwriter, keyboardist, record producer, and actress. Stone's music possesses a clear old school soul music influence, and her singing vocals recall those of Aretha Franklin.
Stone was born in Columbia, South Carolina. In the early 1980s, Stone (then known as Angie B.) was a member of The Sequence, a major female hip hop/funk trio. They had a hit in 1980 with "Funk You Up", which peaked at number fifteen on the U.S. Top Black Singles chart. She then worked with Mantronix, before teaming up and performing vocals and saxophone for Lenny Kravitz.
Stone emerged during the 1990s as part of R&B trio Vertical Hold which released the popular single "Seems You're Much Too Busy" as well as two albums: A Matter of Time (1993) and Head First (1995).
In 1996, she teamed up with Gerry DeVaux (Lenny Kravitz's cousin) and together with Charlie...
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