Lauryn Hill Drops a Heartfelt Bombshell About D’Angelo—What Really Happened Between These Musical Icons?
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Have you ever noticed how, under a Libra moon, we suddenly start craving harmony—only to be hit upside the head by real life’s chaos? That must be why the universe chose this perfectly imbalanced week for us to lose D’Angelo, that irreplaceable comet of neo-soul, and watch Lauryn Hill pour out her heart for the world to witness . Honestly, with Venus and Mercury both teetering in retrograde (blame them for the sudden urge to post emotional tributes at 2 a.m.), does anyone else wonder if the stars weren’t up there collaborating on a cosmic jam session, just as much as D’Angelo and Lauryn did back in the ’90s? Their song “Nothing Even Matters” always had a haunting sense of inevitability, and now it feels like an echo from some soulful planet that never quite orbited this sad little rock long enough . As I’m caught between laughing at the absurdity of fate—which apparently can’t even be bothered to time things for a chart-topper’s dramatic exit—and tearing up over Lauryn’s raw, unfiltered love letter, one thing’s for sure: some voices really are just borrowed from the heavens for a while . Dive in for a wild, mournful, goosebumps-all-over ride through a musical farewell that feels tailor-fit for a moody zodiac transit . LEARN MORE
Lauryn Hill posted a moving tribute to her “Nothing Even Matters” collaborator D’Angelo after the R&B icon died on Tuesday, calling him “a beacon of light to a generation and beyond who had no remembrance of the legacy that preceded us.”
“I regret not having more time with you,” Hill wrote on X on Tuesday evening. “Your undeniable beauty and talent were not of this world, and a presence not of this world needs protection in a world that covets light and the anointing of God. You sir, moved us, stirred us, inspired and even intimidated others to action with your genius.”
D’Angelo’s family announced the singer’s death on Tuesday, confirming that the singer died after a prolonged battle with cancer. “The shining star of our family has dimmed his light for us in this life,” D’Angelo’s family said in a statement Tuesday.
D’Angelo and Hill were both pioneers in the neo-soul movement of the ‘90s, and D’Angelo appeared on Hill’s seminal The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill in 1998. Their collaboration, the ballad “Nothing Even Matters,” received a Grammy nomination for best R&B performance by a duo or group with vocal.
Thank you for charting the course and for making space during a time when no similar space really existed,” Hill wrote. “You imaged a unity of strength and sensitivity in Black manhood to a generation that only saw itself as having to be one or the other. It is my earnest prayer that you are in peace, far away from selfishness, fear and/or controlling interests.
“Far from possessiveness, far from greed, far from manipulation, far from exploitation, far from intentionally designed chaos and that you brother are in peace, in bliss and in eternal light and fulfillment with our father in heaven,” Hill continued. I Love you and I miss you. May God grant peace and shelter to your family, true friends and genuine appreciators, brother, king.”
Hill is one of many music stars paying tribute this week, as Tyler, the Creator, Doja Cat, Nile Rodgers and Flea were among many others citing D’Angelo as an influence on their music.
“I couldn’t understand how someone could write something so simple but personal but broad but genius,” Tyler wrote as he recalled buying a copy of Voodoo for his ninth birthday. “That’s how special he was. A savant. A true alien.”
Doja Cat called him “a true voice of soul and inspiration to many brilliant artists of our generation and generations to come.”
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