In October, the music world lost one of its most inspiring, revolutionary artists: Neo-soul pioneer D’Angelo. And while his passing left a hole in the tapestry of pop culture no name, face, or voice ...

D’Angelo, the acclaimed R&B singer, spent years informally studying music with his collaborators. He loved the act of creating a new song and immersing himself in music history. This brought him ...

It’s devastating when an artist’s sudden death means recontextualizing their latest release as their last. And then there’s D’Angelo. The transcendent singer’s output was sparse, but always exemplary ...

The majestic multi-instrumentalist changed the course of soul music and did it with Blackness as the focal point of his ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) When news broke that D’Angelo, the pioneering force behind the neo-soul movement, passed away at 51 after a battle with cancer, the world of music fell silent. He was more than a ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Few artists of his era blurred the lines between sacred and sensual quite like D’Angelo, who died Tuesday at 51. With his unmistakable voice, deep-rooted musicianship and devotion ...

Erykah Badu recalls how discovering D’Angelo’s “Brown Sugar” and connecting with his manager at SXSW jump-started her rise in music. “I first met D’Angelo’s music… I was working at a coffee shop in ...