October 14, 2025
D’Angelo’s Son Breaks His Silence: “Keep Me in Your Thoughts”
After Losing Both Parents in 7 Months, D’Angelo’s Son Michael Speaks From the Heart About Grief, Legacy, and Finding Strength Amid Unimaginable Loss Michael Archer II has the kind of year you wouldn’t wish on anyone. Seven months after saying goodbye to his mother, the beloved singer and songwriter Angie Stone, he is now grieving his father, D’Angelo, the neo-soul pioneer whose voice shaped a generation. In a quiet, heartfelt message shared after his dad’s death at 51 from pancreatic cancer, Michael asked the world for something simple and human: “Keep me in your thoughts.” It wasn’t a performance or












