The music world lost a soul on October 14. D’Angelo, the Grammy-winning R&B singer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist, passed away at the age of 51. His family confirmed that he died after a long ...

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Shortly before his death, D’Angelo had just celebrated ...

On this day in 1995, the game shifted. Michael Eugene Archer, better known to the culture as D’Angelo, dropped Brown Sugar, his genre-defining debut album, and in doing so, laid the foundation for ...

Few debut albums have shifted the direction of an entire genre the way Brown Sugar did. Thirty-one years ago today, D’Angelo introduced the world to a sound that blended classic soul, funk, jazz, ...

Soul legend D’Angelo has died after privately battling pancreatic cancer. He was 51. The “Brown Sugar” crooner — born Michael Eugene Archer — had been undergoing “treatment for several months” when he ...

Richmond soul legend D'Angelo, who died from cancer in 2025, and friend and singer Kia Bennett as teenagers in Richmond.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Grammy-winning singer earned four nods for Brown Sugar, which heralded the arrival of a new R&B and neo-soul star. It wasn't ...