Angie Stone born Angela Laverne Brown December 18 1961 is an American singer songwriter actress and record producer She has been nominated for three Grammy Awards and has won two Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards In 2021 she received the Soul Music Icon Award at the Black Music Honors She rose to fame in the late 1970s as member of the hip hop trio The Sequence In the early 1990s she became a member of the RB trio Vertical Hold Stone would later release her solo debut Black Diamond 1999 on Arista Records which was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America and spawned the single No More Rain In This Cloud After transitioning to J Records she released her second album Mahogany Soul 2001 which included the hit single Wish I Didnt Miss You followed by the albums Stone Love 2004 and The Art of Love War 2007 her first numberone album on the US Billboard Top RBHipHop Albums chart She ventured into acting in the 2000s making her film debut in the 2002 comedy film The Hot Chick and her stage debut in 2003 in the role of Big Mama Morton in the Broadway musical Chicago She has since appeared in supporting roles in films and television series as well as several musical productions including VH1s Celebrity Fit Club and TV Ones RB Divas and movies such as The Fighting Temptations 2003 Pastor Brown 2009 and School Gyrls 2010
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