Angie Stone is ready for the release of her sixth studio album later in the year. It will follow-up to 2009’s ‘Unexpected’ and will be lead by the first single “Rich Girl.”
“[The album] should be out this fall. ‘Rich Girl’ is the first single,” Stone tells Sister 2 Sister. “Rich Girl” will be released this summer and the video will be directed by Stone’s friend and actor Idris Elba. She adds, “That’s my buddy. We’re very, very, very close. We’re very musically connected, and we’re friends as well.”
Angie Stone will also continue to concentrate on acting as well.
“Acting was my first love. This was the direction I was going when I got discovered as a singer. Everything comes full circle back around. It’s coming back in this arena for me now,” said Stone, who co-stars in the new play “Loving Him is Killing Me.” This is Stone’s third stage role as she will play Mutha, a nightclub singer with attitude. The character is a woman with lots of soul and lots of humor.
Loving Him is Killing Me is currently running in the Washington, D.C., area and co-stars Kenny Lattimore, Tyson Beckford, Christopher Williams and NeNe Leakes.
