Singer Michael Eugene Archer, known to fans as D’Angelo, died at the age of 51, after a fight with cancer, his family announced in a statement.
D’Angelo/photo: Profimedia
Among those who paid homage to count the legend of Hip-Hop Dj Premier, who produced the song of D’Angelo “Devil’s Pie ”.
“Such a sad loss”he wrote on social networks. “I had so many great moments. I really miss you. Sleep in peace, D ‘, we love you, king. ”
The singer was known for his role as Neo-Soul pioneer, a genre that combines R&B with other types of music, including hip-hop and jazz, writes BBC.
His three albums brought him four Grammy prizes. The video for his hit “Untitled (How does it Feel) ” He attracted the attention of the general public after being filmed in a single scene, naked, playing the song with a remarkable intensity.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxvnonpyviu
“The bright star of our family has extinguished its light for us in this life“, The family said in a statement obtained by CBS News, the BBC partner for US news.
D’Angelo started his career as a textbook and worked with big names in music, like Lauryn Hill and The Roots.
He became famous in the 1990s with his debut Brown Sugar album. Its song “Lady“, From this album, it reached 10th in the Billboard Hot 100 in 1996, bringing more Grammy nominations and strengthening its position on the music scene.
The son of a Pentecostal priest, D’Angelo was born in Richmond, Virginia, on February 11, 1974, and learned to play the piano at the age of three.
During adolescence, he sang locally in groups such as Three of A Kind, Michael Archer and Precise and Intelligent, Deadly But Unique (IDU).
At the age of 18, he won the Apollo Theater of Harlem’s amateur talent competition for three consecutive weeks and was quickly signed with an EMI publication contract.
It was stated that a commercial force with the release of the 1995 debut album, also Brown Sugar, and won two Grammy awards for his 2000 album, Voodoo.
Later, he had problems with alcoholism and almost died in a car accident in 2005.
He returned to music in 2014 with the Album Black Messiah – a project that has been working for years – which he completed after watching the national dissatisfaction generated by the protests against the unconditional officers involved in the death of unarmed black men Michael Brown and Eric Garner.
The album won Grammy for best R&B album in February 2016.
