{"id":150391,"date":"2025-10-14T11:32:46","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T18:32:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=150391"},"modified":"2025-10-14T11:32:46","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T18:32:46","slug":"farewell-to-rb-and-soul-pioneer-dangelo-who-passed-at-51","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/farewell-to-rb-and-soul-pioneer-dangelo-who-passed-at-51\/","title":{"rendered":"Farewell to R&#038;B and soul pioneer D&#8217;Angelo, who passed at 51"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>D&#8217;Angelo was a legend. The world of music lost one of its purest voices on October 14, 2025. <strong>D\u2019Angelo<\/strong>, born Michael Eugene Archer, passed away at 51 after a battle with pancreatic cancer. His family confirmed the tragic news, describing him as \u201cthe shining star of our family,\u201d while thanking fans for their love and asking for privacy. His loss leaves a deep silence in music, but his songs still pulse with the warmth, sensuality, and soul that defined a generation.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Variety\/status\/1978134501852381251\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">D\u2019Angelo, a legendary R&amp;B singer who helped pioneer neo-soul, has died. He was 51.<\/p>\n<p>His family wrote in a statement: \u201cThe shining star of our family has dimmed his light for us in this life\u2026After a prolonged and courageous battle with cancer, we are heartbroken to announce that\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hiLzRU4o8p\">pic.twitter.com\/hiLzRU4o8p<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Variety (@Variety) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Variety\/status\/1978134501852381251?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">October 14, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Raised in Richmond, Virginia, D\u2019Angelo began playing the piano by age three and singing in church before becoming one of the most influential names in R&amp;B and Soul music. His debut album, \u201c<strong>Brown Sugar<\/strong>,\u201d released in 1995, fused smooth R&amp;B and hip-hop, while his sophomore project, \u201c<strong>Voodoo<\/strong>,\u201d released in 2000, elevated him to icon status. The steamy \u201c<strong>Untitled (How Does It Feel)<\/strong>\u201d made him both an icon and an unexpected sex symbol, a role he never wanted for himself, but one that made pop culture history. Despite his fame, D\u2019Angelo stepped away from the spotlight for nearly a decade, making his mystique grow even stronger.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SxVNOnPyvIU\" title=\"D&#039;Angelo - Untitled (How Does It Feel) (Official Music Video)\" width=\"1240\" height=\"698\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SxVNOnPyvIU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>His third album, \u201c<strong>Black Messiah<\/strong>,\u201d arrived in 2014, proving why he was a music legend at that point in his career. The album earned him two Grammy Awards and cemented his status as an icon. His music influence can be felt in current musicians like Frank Ocean, Solange Knowles, Kali Uchis, Alicia Keys, Anderson. Paak, Tyler, the Creator, among other names. D\u2019Angelo is survived by his son, born in 1998 from his relationship with the late singer Angie Stone, as well as two other children, a son and a daughter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>D&#8217;Angelo was a legend. The world of music lost one of its purest voices on October 14, 2025. D\u2019Angelo, born Michael Eugene Archer, passed away at 51 after a battle with pancreatic cancer. His family confirmed the tragic news, describing him as \u201cthe shining star of our family,\u201d while thanking fans for their love and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3104,"featured_media":150401,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2264,7,12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-150391","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"category-news","9":"category-rb"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=150391"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150391\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/150401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=150391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=150391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}