Angie Stone‘s heartbroken fans are convinced she was killed after she accused Universal Music Group (UMG) of stealing her royalties.
The Grammy-nominated Neo Soul icon died tragically on Saturday, March 1, when an 18-wheeler clipped a Sprinter van she was riding in. The Sprinter van rolled over several times on highway 65 in Montgomery, Alabama.
Stone, 63, and nine members of her band had just left a performance and were on their way to the CIAA Men’s Basketball Tournament in Baltimore, Maryland when she died.
Grieving fans uploaded a recent video in which Stone complained that UMG mishandled her music royalties.
Stone called the alleged theft, “the worst thing that could possibly happen to any artist after 45-50 years in the business…”
She added, “It has of course happened to me, and I’m constantly in prayer for God to forgive the people that have wished me ill will or… or done anything to remotely get in the way of the gift of sharing with my fans.”
“End of the day, after 40-something years in the business, I’m like, well, why, um, where are my royalties going? Come to find out, Universal Music has been receiving all my royalties,” she said. “They have taken pretty much everything… they have taken all money that (was) due to me.”
Stone also discussed a health scare that affected her in November 2024, 2 days before a concert in Detroit.
Stone said she had bloodwork done by a licensed professional who used a “tainted needle.” She suffered a Staph blood infection and was hospitalized.
Stone revealed she was being targeted because she exposed UMG for stealing millions from her for years.
Stone says her Christmas song was removed from all music platforms by UMG, and she was blamed for the removal of the song.
“I knew it was an attack, I knew it was a spiritual attack on me,” she said.
“I should’ve been able to retire 20 years ago with the money I’ve made,” she shared.
Stone said multiple class action lawsuits have been filed against UMG — and that she was determined to get back the millions they have stolen from her.
Stone, whose full name is Angela Laverne Brown, was born in Columbia, South Carolina. She made her home in Stone Mountain, Georgia, where she lived with her 2 children, Michael and Diamond, and 2 grandchildren.
December 26, 2024, Two (2) months before Angie Stone’s death, she went on Instagram Live and talked about Universal Music Group(UMG) stealing millions from her, unbeknownst to her, for years…
In the Instagram Live video, Stone talked about how she believed she was being… pic.twitter.com/7zlKMuwIYd
— HarrietEve9 (@HarrietEve9) March 2, 2025
