While D'Angelo and Stone were growing closer romantically, they were also collaborating professionally. Stone toured with the "Untitled (How Does It Feel)" singer as a background vocalist on his Brown Sugar tour in the 1990s. She also contributed to D'Angelo's debut album of the same name.

D’Angelo was not only a soul music legend but also a devoted father of three. Learn more about his children, including his son with the late Angie Stone.

Legendary soul and R&B singer D'Angelo left behind three children when he died at age 51 in October 2025. A spokesperson for the four-time Grammy Award winner (real name Michael Eugene Archer) confirmed to Us Weekly that he was privately battling pancreatic cancer at the time of his death.

D'Angelo, who died of pancreatic cancer on Oct. 14, was devastated after his ex Angie Stone died in March of this year, a source tells PEOPLE exclusively. "He never arrived at her funeral service," the source says.

Late American hip-hop and neo-soul singer Angie Stone had a daughter named Diamond Stone, whom he shared with her ex-husband, Rodney Stone. Diamond, 41, is a musician and a mother.

D'Angelo and Angie Stone's relationship explored as the singer recently passed away at the age of 51. D'Angelo recently passed away at the age of 51, nearly six months after Angie Stone died in a car accident. The two began dating in the 1990s and had a son together named Michael Archer Jr. They eventually broke up in 1999.