Angie Stone (whose birth name was Angela Laverne Brown) built a legacy in the R&B world. The late 63-year-old singer died on March 1, 2025, her daughter, Diamond confirmed in a public statement shared via Facebook. While the two reportedly had a rocky relationship, Angie is survived by her daughter and son, whom she shared with fellow R&B star D’Angelo; he died seven months after Angie in October 2025.
As seen in Diamond’s Facebook post, she wrote, “My mommy is gone.” Angie’s rep, Deborah R. Champagne, also confirmed to TMZ the same day that the deceased member of The Sequence died in a car accident after leaving a performance in Montgomery, Alabama. Angie’s exact cause of death was not immediately released after her death.
Below, learn more about Angie’s children.
Angie was married to Rodney Stone at one point, and they share Diamond together. It’s unclear when the spouses divorced.
The South Carolina native welcomed her first child, daughter Diamond, with Rodney in the 1980s. Diamond took a liking to music and provided background vocals in Angie’s song “Baby.”
In 2015, multiple outlets reported that Angie and Diamond got into a physical altercation. According to NME, the “Wish I Didn’t Miss You” artist was arrested in DeKalb County, Atlanta, for a domestic aggravated assault charge. The outlet reported that Diamond punched her mother in the face and that Angie accidentally hit her daughter with a metal stand in defense. The scuffle resulted in the loss of Diamond’s front teeth, per NME.
