R&B icon D'Angelo, whose retro sound epitomized the neo-soul movement of the mid-'90s, has died following a battle with cancer.

D’Angelo’s former girlfriend Angie Stone, a Grammy-nominated R&B singer, was killed in a car crash near Montgomery, Alabama, in March. The pair had a child together, Michael D’Angelo Archer II, a 27-year-old musical artist who goes by Swayvo Twain.

A special event in the CSRA is using the power of music to celebrate breast cancer survivors. Soulful Strings of Hope brings jazz and R&B together — all in the key of pink. Organizer and violinist JaVonne Jones says this year’s concert is all about uplifting those who’ve been touched by

Sleep Peacefully D’ Love You KING.” Lauryn Hill, who duetted with D’Angelo on “Nothing Even Matters” from her generation-shifting 1998 album “The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill,” wrote in a moving post: “I regret not having more time with you.