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R&B award-winning singer, Michael Eugene Archer, more popular as D’Angelo, has died at 51 on Tuesday.
D’Angelo passed on following a battle with cancer, his family revealed in a statement.
His family said the singer was leaving behind a “legacy of extraordinarily moving music”.
They also asked fans to celebrate “the gift of song that he has left for the world”.
D’Angelo recorded three albums and won four Grammy awards.
He began his career as a songwriter, working alongside artistes like Lauryn Hill and The Roots.
His debut album Brown Sugar shot him into the limelight, with the song ‘Lady’ reaching the No. 10 spot on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart in 1996.
