D'Angelo released his third studio album, Black Messiah, in 2014.
37 Facts About D'Angelo
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D'Angelo contributed to the soundtrack for the 2018 video game Red Dead Redemption 2, performing the song "Unshaken".
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D'Angelo was born Michael Eugene Archer in South Richmond, Virginia.
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D'Angelo's father was a Pentecostal preacher and D'Angelo was raised in an entirely Pentecostal family.
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D'Angelo was 3 when spotted by his 10-year-old brother Luther, playing the house piano.
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The group previously enjoyed some notice in Richmond, evenly dividing their repertoire between soul covers and originals while D'Angelo accumulated compositions of his own and developed his songwriting skills.
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The group's turnout on Amateur Night resulted in three consecutive wins and cash prize, and upon returning home to Richmond, D'Angelo was inspired to produce an album and began composing material.
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D'Angelo composed the music for "U Will Know", while his brother, Luther Archer, Midnight Songs LLC writer, wrote the lyrics.
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The success of "U Will Know" helped build the buzz surrounding D'Angelo, which was followed by a number of highly promoted showcases, and added to the buzz among music industry insiders.
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D'Angelo covered Prince's "She's Always in My Hair" for the Scream 2 soundtrack, as well as the Ohio Players' "Heaven Must Be Like This" for the Down in the Delta soundtrack.
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D'Angelo appeared on a duet, "Nothing Even Matters", with Lauryn Hill for her debut solo album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.
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D'Angelo, muscularly cut and glistening, is shot from the hips up, naked, with just enough shown to prompt a slow burning desire in most any woman who sees it.
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D'Angelo parted ways with manager Dominique Trenier and tour manager Alan Leeds.
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In 2005, his recording contract was acquired by J Records, following rumors of D'Angelo signing to Bad Boy Records.
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D'Angelo attempted to play every instrument for the project, striving for complete creative control similar to that of Prince.
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Various mugshots began circulating around the time, showing the singer looking overweight and unhealthy, in stark contrast to the muscular D'Angelo seen in promotion for Voodoo.
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In late November 2011, D'Angelo announced a series of 2012 European tour dates.
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On September 1,2012, D'Angelo performed at Jay-Z's Made in America festival where he again performed the new songs, "The Charade" and "Sugah Daddy".
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D'Angelo released his third studio album, Black Messiah in December 2014.
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D'Angelo originally wanted to release Black Messiah in 2015, but the controversial decisions in the Ferguson and Eric Garner cases inspired him to release it earlier.
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On December 12,2014, Kevin Liles, D'Angelo's manager, shared a 15-second teaser of the album on YouTube.
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Two days later, the track "Sugah Daddy", which had been part of D'Angelo's set list since 2012, premiered at 3am EST and 1,000 downloads were available on Red Bull's 20 Before 15 website.
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D'Angelo supported Black Messiah with a tour called The Second Coming.
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In June 2015, D'Angelo confirmed to Rolling Stone that he was working on more material for a new album, calling it "a companion piece" to Black Messiah.
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D'Angelo performed Prince's "Sometimes it Snows in April" on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon in April 2016 accompanied by Maya Rudolph and Gretchen Lieberum as a tribute to the late musician, appearing 'overcome with emotion' at the passing of a major influence.
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D'Angelo contributed to the soundtrack for the 2018 video game Red Dead Redemption 2.
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D'Angelo sang on the song "Unshaken" which was produced by Daniel Lanois.
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D'Angelo had previously served as a playtester for the game itself due to his love for the series.
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On February 14,2021, D'Angelo appeared on Instagram Live to announce that he would be performing at the Apollo Theater on February 27,2021, in cooperation with the American webcast Verzuz.
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On June 10,2021, D'Angelo performed at the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival in New York City for "The Songs of Red Dead Redemption 2".
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D'Angelo performed his 2019 single "Unshaken", which was his contribution to the game's soundtrack.
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D'Angelo performed as a guitarist and the lead vocalist, with soundtrack producer Daniel Lanois, singer Rhiannon Giddens, and members of his band "D'Angelo and The Vanguard", including guitarist Jesse Johnson and vocalists Jermaine Holmes and Charles Middleton by his side.
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D'Angelo wrote, produced, and performed, and that's the way I wanted to do it.
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On his visit to South Carolina, D'Angelo stated that he "went through this tunnel, through gospel, blues, and a lot of old soul, old James Brown, early, early Sly and the Family Stone, and a lot of Jimi Hendrix", and "I learned a lot about music, myself, and where I want to go musically".
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D'Angelo was his muse for his Brown Sugar album and he helped her produce her debut album Black Diamond, released in 1999.
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Angie Stone and D'Angelo have a son together, named Michael D'Angelo Archer II, born in 1997.
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D'Angelo has two other children: A daughter, Imani Archer, born in 1999, and a son, Morocco Prince Archer, born in 2010.