Angie Stone, pioneering teenage rapper who became a soul singer acclaimed for her sultry vocal style

Angie Stone, who has died in a road traffic accident in Alabama aged 63, was a US soul singer with a gift of heartfelt expression in the manner of Gladys Knight; she was best remembered in the UK for a pair of much-lauded albums released around the turn of the millennium, Black Diamond and Mahogany Soul. She began her musical career, however, in a ...