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 ...

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 ...

Less than one year after D’Angelo died at age 51, his three children paid tribute to the soul icon at the 2026 BET Awards. D’Angelo’s daughter, Imani, and her two brothers, Swayvo (born Michael Archer ...

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 ...

D'Angelo, the soul and R&B legend whose influence helped usher in the neo-soul movement of the 1990s, has died after a private battle with cancer. He was 51. The singer's family confirmed his death in ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. On October 14, the music industry lost a visionary when D’Angelo ...

D’Angelo tribute at the 2026 BET Awards brought Ari Lennox, RAYE, and George Clinton together on one stage. Relive the moment on REVOLT.

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, ...

D ’Angelo and Questlove were sitting on a couch in a swanky hotel watching, or rather, microscoping a video of James Brown performing in 1964. D and Quest observed every gesture, each dance step and ...

The singular soul musician D'Angelo has died after a battle with cancer, according to a statement from his family. He was 51 years old. He released just a small catalogue of albums over his career and ...

For his next trick, Leon Thomas joins forces with Dylan Sinclair to update a seminal R&B classic as an Amazon Music Original. There is perhaps no song more foundational to the late-90s subgenre ...

*I first met D’Angelo in 1995 at a record label’s offices here in Los Angeles. I was there for a meeting when music executive Kedar Massenburg, who managed the 21-year-old at the time, introduced us.