Angie Stone

Angie Stone is a hip-hop pioneer and neo-soul catalyst with a fruitful career spanning four decades. A singer, MC, self-taught keyboardist, prolific songwriter, and arranger, Stone's first claim to fame was her membership in the Sequence, a trio who arrived with "Funk You Up" (1979), the second release on Sugar Hill Records and the first rap single by an all-female group. Following a brief period with the post-new jack swing R&B act Vertical Hold, and a shorter phase with the group Devox, Stone began a dynamic solo career as one of neo-soul's leading lights, known for providin...