D’Angelo, the American musician who has died of pancreatic cancer aged 51, was widely regarded as the chief architect of neo-soul, the 1990s blend of soul vocals with jazz and hip-hop which gave new impetus to the genre and inspired much of contemporary R&B.

Micheal Eugene Archer, the singer and musician better known as D’Angelo, had no use for “neo soul,” the label critics used to describe the type of music he helped personify in the 1990s and 2000s. “I never claimed I do neo soul,” he said in 2014. “I make Black music.”

In 1992, an 18-year-old preacher’s son sat at an upright piano before the congregation of Refuge Assembly of Yahweh—a Pentecostal church outside Richmond, his family’s church. Sporting an ill-fitting suit,

Today, it was learned that the singer died in New York after a quiet battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 51. Though he only had three studio albums, D’Angelo won four Grammys during his career.

Rockstar Games has posted a tribute to singer D'Angelo on social media, noting their work together on Red Dead Redemption 2.

The Taste of Soul Festival returns to South LA on Saturday, Oct. 18. “I may have created Taste of Soul, but the community is who grew Taste of Soul," said founder Danny Bakewell.

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