"He later said in interviews that the attention on the "Untitled (How Does It Feel)" video, specifically at his body, became a burden for his self-image. His sophomore album "Voodoo" topped the Billboard 200 chart and won the Grammy for best R&B album, and 2015's Black Messiah marked a long-awaited return to the studio, touching on familiar themes of love and relationships alongside police killings, as on the song "1,000 Deaths.""
"He also performed only a small handful of times in the Bay Area, at the Paramount Theater, the Fox Theater, the Concord Pavilion and the Outside Lands music festival. Beyond his own catalog, D'Angelo's artistry shined in collaborations. He memorably duetted with Lauryn Hill on the soulful ballad "Nothing Even Matters," a highlight of her landmark 1998 album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill."
D'Angelo died at 51. He was a Grammy-winning R&B singer known for a raspy yet smooth voice and for innovating the genre of soul music. The attention on the "Untitled (How Does It Feel)" video, specifically on his body, became a burden for his self-image. His sophomore album "Voodoo" topped the Billboard 200 and won the Grammy for best R&B album. 2015's Black Messiah marked a long-awaited return to the studio, addressing love, relationships and police killings, as on the song "1,000 Deaths." He collaborated with Raphael Saadiq and worked with Lauryn Hill, The Roots and Black Men United. He performed only a few Bay Area shows and partnered with Angie Stone in the 1990s, co-writing her song "Everyday."
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