Neo-soul legend D’Angelo has passed away at 51 after a private battle with cancer. Artists across hip-hop and R&B — from Erykah Badu and Questlove to Anderson .Paak and J. Cole — have flooded social media with tributes calling him “the soul of the ’90s renaissance.” His classics Voodoo and Brown Sugar reshaped how hip-hop intertwined with R&B, funk, and jazz. His passing leaves a void in modern music and a reminder of how his sound bridged generations.
