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Beyoncé, Lauryn Hill, and Music Icons Honor D’Angelo’s Legacy After His Passing
Lauryn Hill honors D’Angelo’s influence on neo-soul and his lasting impact, sharing a heartfelt tribute after his passing from pancreatic cancer.
- On Tuesday, Grammy-award-winning singer and songwriter Lauryn Hill took to Instagram to post a tribute to neo-soul legend D'Angelo, opening with `People need reflection` and closing with `I love you and I miss you.`
- D'Angelo's health was reportedly fragile, and Hill said a mutual friend told her he was `unwell` days before his death.
- Hill praised D'Angelo as `a beacon of light to a generation` in her letter, thanking him for creating space for vulnerability and artistry.
- Tributes poured in across the music community, including Jill Scott on X and Beyoncé on her website, while Michael Archer II thanked supporters publicly this year.
- D'Angelo's work, from Brown Sugar to Voodoo, redefined modern soul and he described his collaboration with Lauryn Hill on `Nothing Even Matters` as `warm and sweet`.
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The music scene mourns for D'Angelo. The soul musician who landed a world hit with the song "Untitled (How Does It Feel)" died of cancer at the age of 51. In recent years he has had a drug and alcohol problem.
Lauryn Hill Pens Heartfelt Tribute Letter To ‘Beacon Of A Generation’ D’Angelo—‘May God Grant Peace & Shelter To Your Family’
Grammy-award-winning singer and songwriter, Lauryn Hill, took to Instagram to pay tribute to D’Angelo after news broke of his untimely passing. Source: Mark Metcalfe/ Dia Dipasupil Hill called D’Angelo an “undeniable beauty and talent” in her emotional tribute letter. Hill, 50, collaborated with the neo-soul legend—who passed away after a private battle with pancreatic cancer—on the beloved track “Nothing Even Matters,” where he appeared as a gu…
The singer Michael Eugene Archer, better known as D-Angelo and who had had a great success in the 1990s, died this Tuesday, October 14, 2025, at the age of 51. Sad news for fans of contemporary soul. The artist D-Angelo, by his real name Michael Eugene Archer, died of pancreatic cancer on Tuesday, October 14, 2025, at the age of 51. It was the singer's family who informed the sad news via a press release relayed by the magazine Variety. Born on …
D’Angelo’s Genius Was Pure, and Rare - 3 Quarks Daily
Amanda Petrusich at The New Yorker: This week, the R. & B. singer D’Angelo died at age fifty-one, of cancer. He was best known for deftly combining the heft and tenderness of soul music with the ingenuity and nerve of hip-hop, and while he was acclaimed in all the usual ways—four Grammy Awards, two platinum-selling albums, a music video so sexually charged that it still feels dangerous to watch in mixed company—he was also reclusive, enigmatic, …
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