B Angie B

B Angie B
Birth nameAngela Roxanna Boyd[1]
Also known asAngela Roxanne Boyd Earley
Angie B
Born (1968-09-21) September 21, 1968 (age 56)
Morton, Mississippi, U.S.
Genres
Occupations
  • Singer
  • dancer
Instruments
  • Vocals
Years active1990–present
Labels

Angela Roxanna Boyd (born March 9, 1968), known by the stage name B Angie B, is a rhythm and blues vocalist and dancer.

Boyd was notable as a backing vocalist and protégé for MC Hammer, in the late 1980s and early 1990s. In 1991, she recorded for Hammer's Bust It Records label. She also released a charting album and three singles of her own with the label.[citation needed] Subsequent albums were less successful commercially, but Boyd continued occasionally releasing music in the 2000s and 2010s.[citation needed]

AllMusic credits Boyd with exploring neo soul musical aesthetics within urban contemporary music, and described her as a forerunner to other African American female soul singers such as Mary J. Blige, Erykah Badu and Jill Scott.[2]

  1. ^ Randy Roberts and J. Gregory Garrison, Heavy Justice: The Trial of Mike Tyson. University of Arkansas Press, 1994, pp. 8-12.
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