India, March 2 -- Singer Angie Stone died in a car crash in Montgomery, Alabama, on Sunday. She was a member of the iconic hip hop trio 'The Sequence.' Stone is survived by her son Michael, daughter Diamond and 2 grandchildren.

Born on December 18, 1961, in Columbia, South Carolina, Angie Stone began singing gospel music at First Nazareth Baptist Church. She rose to prominence in the late 1970s as a member of 'The Sequence,' the first all-female group signed to Sugar Hill Records. The trio released three albums during their time together between 1979 and 1985.

In the late 1990s, Stone launched a successful solo career with her debut album, Black Diamond (1999), named after her daughter. She then ventured into acting, appearing in movies...