Angie Pearson on Reels

Angie Stone, who performed as Angie B in the pioneering female rap trio The Sequence in the late 1970s, and later found success as a soulful R&B singer-songwriter with hits including “No More Rain (In This Cloud),” “Wish I Didn’t Miss You” and “Brotha,” died in an automobile accident early Saturday. She was 63. Born Angela Laverne Brown in Columbia, South Carolina, she joined with Cheryl “Cheryl the Pearl” Cook and Gwendolyn “Blondy” Chisolm as Angie B to form The Sequence—the first female rap g