"I listened to every cut...not just out of respect but because it was smoking. At the end of the encounter he asked me, 'What should I do with it?' I remember this as if it were yesterday. I said, 'Put it out. It's perfect!' Being the artist he is, I guess he had to explore some ways to make it better. About a year later I heard one of those songs on the radio. It was genius and it was exactly what he had played for me."
"Danggit!🤟Say it ain't so, but we just lost a friend, a creator & legend, D'Angelo!😭 Prayer's going out to his family & friends!🙏🙏🙏 We all love u lil-brother. R.I.P."
"Rest Peacefully D'Angelo🙏🏾🕊️ No parent want to see their children go but it's painful for children to see their parents go to so send prayers up for his son who also lost his mom this year for strength 🙏🏾"
D'Angelo, a maverick R&B singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, died of cancer at 51. Prominent artists including Nile Rodgers, Jill Scott, Missy Elliott, Bootsy Collins, Tyler, the Creator, Bartees Strange, DJ Premier and Aminé posted tributes on social media. Yasiin Bey held a tearful Instagram livestream to memorialize his friend. Nile Rodgers recalled an early meeting and kept an original cassette of D'Angelo's music. Bootsy Collins and Missy Elliott expressed grief and offered prayers for D'Angelo's family, noting additional recent losses affecting his son. Peers shared memories, photos and reflections celebrating his influence and legacy.
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