Angie Stone (born Angela Laverne Brown on January 30 1961) is an American R&B, soul, and neo soul singer, songwriter, keyboardist, record producer, and occasional actress. She has just recently been nominated for the Best R&B Peformance By A Duo/Group W/Vocals Grammy for her duet with Betty Wright for the hit single "Baby".

Angie Stone (born Angela Laverne Brown in January 30, 1961, in Columbia, South Carolina) is a Grammy Award-nominated American R&B, hip-hop, and neo-soul singer and actress. Stone’s music possesses a clear old school soul music influence, and her singing vocals recall those of Aretha Franklin . In the early 1980s, Stone (as ‘Angie B’), was a member of The Sequence , the first major female hip-hop group. They had a hit in 1980 with “ Funk You Up ”. She then worked with Mantronix , before