And trust me, the requests for that song never stopped.” In the 1990s, Stone was in a relationship with fellow neo-soul artist D’Angelo. Their partnership was both personal and professional ...

Alongside musicians like Erykah Badu, Macy Gray and Lauryn Hill, Ms. Stone was part of the neo-soul movement of the late 1990s and 2000s, which blended traditional soul with contemporary R&B ...

An influential figure since the '60s, Ayers listed the likes of Erykah Badu and Tyler, the Creator amongst his collaborators.

He was an influence on a generation of neo soul artists and his music was sampled hundreds of times, including on classic hip-hop tracks by A Tribe Called Quest, Dr. Dre, Kendrick Lamar ...

Roy Ayers, the trailblazer of jazz, funk and neo-soul whose "Everybody Loves the Sunshine" proved a hugely popular hip-hop ...