{"id":129739,"date":"2025-10-15T13:03:20","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T18:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=129739"},"modified":"2025-10-15T13:04:00","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T18:04:00","slug":"rb-star-dangelo-dead-at-51-entertainment-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=129739","title":{"rendered":"R&#038;B Star D&#8217;Angelo Dead At 51 \u2013 Entertainment News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1545664804358300\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1545664804358300\" data-ad-slot=\"8616314829\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=129739\" rel=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=129739\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-129740 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/download-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>By Karen Beishuizen<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Brown Sugar&#8221; hitmaker D\u2019Angelo died on 14 October after a private battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 51.<\/p>\n<p>His 1995 debut album \u201cBrown Sugar\u201d peaked at No. 4 on the U.S. Billboard Top R&amp;B Albums chart and went platinum within a year of its release. It also earned D&#8217;Angelo four Grammy Award nominations. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In 2000, D&#8217;Angelo released his second album \u201cVoodoo\u201d, which peaked at No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Top R&amp;B Albums chart and the U.S. Billboard 200 chart. The album also won a Grammy Award for Best R&amp;B Album and his song &#8220;Untitled (How Does It Feel)&#8221; received Best Male R&amp;B Vocal Performance.<\/p>\n<p>His third studio album \u201cBlack Messiah\u201d was released in 2014. The album peaked at No. 1 on Billboard&#8217;s U.S. Indie Store Album Sales and U.S. Top R&amp;B\/Hip-Hop Albums charts. It also won a Grammy Award for Best R&amp;B Album.<\/p>\n<p>Born Michael Eugene Archer in South Richmond, Va., D\u2019Angelo embraced music early, learning piano from the age of three and playing in the church alongside his father, who was a Pentecostal minister.<\/p>\n<p>Ringside Report sends their condolences to The Archer Family in their time of grief.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #808000;\"><a style=\"color: #808000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.authorhouse.com\/en\/bookstore\/bookdetails\/232300-BOXING-INTERVIEWS-OF-A-LIFETIME\">Click Here to Order Boxing Interviews Of A Lifetime By &#8220;Bad&#8221; Brad Berkwitt<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"wpforms-container wpforms-container-full\" id=\"wpforms-126533\"><form id=\"wpforms-form-126533\" class=\"wpforms-validate wpforms-form wpforms-ajax-form\" data-formid=\"126533\" method=\"post\" enctype=\"multipart\/form-data\" action=\"\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F129739\" data-token=\"657dcd84187d84d6524d05c85ad247bb\" data-token-time=\"1777677169\"><noscript class=\"wpforms-error-noscript\">Please enable JavaScript in your browser to complete this form.<\/noscript><div class=\"wpforms-field-container\">\t\t<div id=\"wpforms-126533-field_4-container\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"wpforms-field wpforms-field-text\"\n\t\t\tdata-field-type=\"text\"\n\t\t\tdata-field-id=\"4\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t<label class=\"wpforms-field-label\" for=\"wpforms-126533-field_4\" >or Name Email<\/label>\n\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" id=\"wpforms-126533-field_4\" class=\"wpforms-field-medium\" name=\"wpforms[fields][4]\" >\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"wpforms-126533-field_1-container\" class=\"wpforms-field wpforms-field-name\" data-field-id=\"1\"><label class=\"wpforms-field-label\">Name <span class=\"wpforms-required-label\">*<\/span><\/label><div class=\"wpforms-field-row wpforms-field-medium\"><div class=\"wpforms-field-row-block wpforms-first wpforms-one-half\"><input type=\"text\" id=\"wpforms-126533-field_1\" class=\"wpforms-field-name-first wpforms-field-required\" name=\"wpforms[fields][1][first]\" required><label for=\"wpforms-126533-field_1\" class=\"wpforms-field-sublabel after\">First<\/label><\/div><div class=\"wpforms-field-row-block wpforms-one-half\"><input type=\"text\" id=\"wpforms-126533-field_1-last\" class=\"wpforms-field-name-last wpforms-field-required\" name=\"wpforms[fields][1][last]\" required><label for=\"wpforms-126533-field_1-last\" class=\"wpforms-field-sublabel after\">Last<\/label><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"wpforms-126533-field_2-container\" class=\"wpforms-field wpforms-field-email\" data-field-id=\"2\"><label class=\"wpforms-field-label\" for=\"wpforms-126533-field_2\">Email <span class=\"wpforms-required-label\">*<\/span><\/label><input type=\"email\" id=\"wpforms-126533-field_2\" class=\"wpforms-field-medium wpforms-field-required\" name=\"wpforms[fields][2]\" spellcheck=\"false\" required><\/div><div id=\"wpforms-126533-field_3-container\" class=\"wpforms-field wpforms-field-textarea\" data-field-id=\"3\"><label class=\"wpforms-field-label\" for=\"wpforms-126533-field_3\">Comment or Message<\/label><textarea id=\"wpforms-126533-field_3\" class=\"wpforms-field-medium\" name=\"wpforms[fields][3]\" ><\/textarea><\/div><script>\n\t\t\t\t( function() {\n\t\t\t\t\tconst style = document.createElement( 'style' );\n\t\t\t\t\tstyle.appendChild( document.createTextNode( '#wpforms-126533-field_4-container { position: absolute !important; 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He was 51. His 1995 debut album \u201cBrown Sugar\u201d peaked at No. 4 on the U.S. Billboard Top R&amp;B Albums chart and went platinum within a year of its release. 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