What Happened After Angie Stone's Last Performance?

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Beloved R&B songstress Angie

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Stone, known for her soulful
vocals as part of the

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groundbreaking hip hop trio The
Sequence and her solo hit Wish I

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Didn't Miss You, tragically lost
her life early Saturday morning

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in a devastating car accident.
She was 63 years old.

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According to an e-mail from her
long time manager and music

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producer Walter Milsap, the 3rd
to The Associated Press, around

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4:00 AM the vehicle transporting
Stone from Alabama to Atlanta

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overturned and was subsequently
struck by a large truck.

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While the other occupants of the
cargo van survived, Stone sadly

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did not, Millsap confirmed.
The Alabama Highway Patrol

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reported that at approximately
4:25 AM Saturday, the 2021

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Mercedes-Benz Sprinter van
carrying Stone flipped on

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Interstate 65 before being hit
by a 2021 Freightliner Cascadia

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truck operated by a 33 year old
Texas man.

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Stone was declared deceased at
the scene of the accident, which

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occurred about 5 miles, 8
kilometers South of Montgomery

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city limits, according to the
Highway Patrol.

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The sprinter driver and seven
other passengers were

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transported to Baptist Medical
Center for medical attention.

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Authorities are still
investigating the cause of the

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crash.
Millsap learned of the

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heartbreaking news from Stone's
daughter, Diamond and Blondie, a

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longtime member of the sequence.
In a statement released by the

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SRG Group, Stone's children,
Diamond and Michael Archer

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express their profound grief.
Never in a million years did we

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ever expect to get this horrible
news.

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We are still trying to process
and are completely heartbroken,

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Millsap added.
We are truly devastated by this

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unexpected and unfortunate
tragedy and there are no words

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to express how we feel.
Stone was slated to perform

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during the halftime show of the
Central Intercollegiate Athletic

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Association men's championship
basketball game on Saturday.

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CIA Chaplain Pastor Jerome
Barber LED a moment of silence

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in her honor.
At the event.

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CIAA Commissioner Jackie
McWilliams Parker expressed

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their heartbreak over the loss,
saying she used her incredible

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talent, passion and presence to
inspire and touch us with

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strength and hope.
In a poignant final message to

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her fans, Stone took to social
media to shed light on the music

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industry's dark underbelly.
During the live stream, she

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fearlessly exposed the rampant
exploitation of artists

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royalties, a systemic issue
plaguing the industry for

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decades.
Stone's candid and impassioned

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discussion provided a rare
glimpse into the struggles

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musicians face in today's
cutthroat landscape.

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Her words serve as a powerful
testament to the challenges

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artists must overcome to protect
their rights and ensure fair

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compensation for their work.
The audio of this eye opening

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live stream stands as a lasting
reminder of Stone's unwavering

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commitment to advocating for
change within the music

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industry.
I'm about to reveal some stuff

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that you know, Lord just told me
to talk about today.

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Going out of this year, going
into new Year, I need to bring

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you guys up to speed with some
things that I've kept very

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personal and to myself.
Some things I wanted to share

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and other things I didn't want
to share.

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But now I'm OK to reveal some
things that is probably going to

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shock some people.
So I'm going to give you a

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little bit more time to get some
people in here because it was a

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lot for me to get on here and do
this.

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I mean, this last month has been
trying.

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First out, I want to shout out
all the people in Detroit.

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I had a show that was supposed
to be with music soulchild

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Marsha Ambrosia.
Shout out to Raheem Devaughn for

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standing in for me.
I had something happen that

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caused me not to be there, but
God just needed to sit me down

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so I could focus on me.
So before I go into just, you

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know, what I experienced, what I
went through, I want to let you

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guys know I almost didn't make
it through this process because

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it was something that just kind
of hit me.

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It was a couple days, a day or
so before I was scheduled to fly

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out to Detroit and I was very
excited.

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All the tickets were bought, the
hotels were paid for, the band

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was ready to go.
And then I got hit with this

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crazy news and it kind of threw
me for a loop.

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So I figured I'd better share it
with you all and you can pass it

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on because just because we're in
the industry don't, doesn't mean

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we're not human.
Things happen all the time.

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And unfortunately when this
happened, I, I just wasn't

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prepared for it.
But anyway, it caused me to miss

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that show that I was super,
super excited about.

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Go ahead and get somebody come
back to the live.

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Like I said, I don't want to
have to say it again.

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I haven't even told my team that
I was going on today.

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I just threw up my light and
just put on a little something

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just so I could get with you
guys.

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All right, we got some people in
the room.

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Now I'm going to wait for about
10 or 15 more people to get on

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and then I'll share a couple of
things with you that are going

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to be shocking.
But anyway, nonetheless, I just

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want to say hi to all the people
that are joining my lab.

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Let me just see who you are.
Let me see Lady Hayes.

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Hey, they are Freeway Rick
elegant out.

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That went too fast.
I'm sorry.

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Hey Lynn, Miss Tiff Quantum
guru.

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Merry Christmas to all of you.
J Rossi, Denise pretty.

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Oh, you look beautiful as well.
Thank you.

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Good morning.
Good morning.

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Good morning from Texas.
I love you guys.

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Thank you for, you know, coming
on my live, like I said, y'all

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are in for a bit of a treat.
Maybe for some people they might

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be happy that it happened to me
because everybody don't wish

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good things for you.
Some people wish bad things for

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you and I continue to pray for
them.

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Somebody's calling my line but I
can't answer a call because I'm

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more than alive right now.
But I will say this, it has been

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one heck of a ride this last
month.

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The enemy was trying to Take Me
Out.

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He was really trying to Take Me
Out.

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And we'll come and wait till we
get get those 5060.

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We have 51.
Let me get, let me just again, I

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get 70 to 100 people in the room
right now before I reveal some

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very, very interesting
information.

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And it is like a double edged
sword because I'm going to tell

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you one thing and then I'm going
to get to the worst thing that

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could possibly happen to any
artist after 45 to 50 years in

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the business, the worst thing
that could happen.

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It is of course, happened to me
and I'm constantly in prayer for

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God to forgive the people that
have wished me ill will or, you

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know, done anything to remotely
get in the way of the gift of

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sharing with my fans.
OK, we're at 45.

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Let me get 50, let me get 60 and
I'm going to give y'all 5 more

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minutes to get some more people
on this live.

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The devil is a liar.
You're right.

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Come on, now.
Come on, come on, come on, come

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on.
Oh, by the way, the Christmas

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song, All I'm missing is number
one.

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In several countries, we put it
out on the 15th of November.

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On the 14th of November, the
devil tried to stop that.

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It was snatched down.
Then it was put back up.

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He tried to, of course, blame it
on me, but it wasn't my fault.

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However, the song prevailed.
After everybody bailed, the song

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went all the way to #1 and the
steady, steadily climbing the

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chart.
So if you guys have never heard

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our mechanicals, they've taken
pretty much everything They've

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stolen.
I won't say stolen, but they

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have taken all the monies that
were due to me.

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They have basically absorbed in
that company.

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And even though there's several
class action lawsuits, people

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that were working on my behalf
never even registered the songs.

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All the songs that I've done,
I'm only coming to find out they

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were not properly registered by
the companies that I signed over

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to people that were supposed to
do their due diligence.

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So I'm truly a a walking
testimony that God has carried

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me all this time because if you
only knew how much money they

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have taken from me, how much
they have stolen from me, money

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that I'm supposed to be.
I should have been able to

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retire 20 years ago with the
money I've made supposedly.

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But there are key people that
have been driving the ships and

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what they've been doing is
improperly representing me,

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improperly stealing from me,
taking things in their own

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hands, changing and switching
lanes because they knew I didn't

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know that part.
See, I'm not an attorney.

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I don't know everything.
What I learned how to do was go

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out, work, work hard, get paid,
come home, pay my bills, take

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care of my family.
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