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| - D'Angelo was a sergeant in the Stony Brook Police Force. He was the first officer met by Mark Dimond and Courtney Chetwynde when they discovered the disappearance of Bobby Pendragon and his family. He sent them home, not believing their story, but Hirsch called them back in and said that he knew the Pendragons.
- Michael Eugene Archer[1][2][3] (born February 11, 1974), better known by his stage name D'Angelo (pronounced dee-Angelo), is an AmericanR&B and neo soul singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer. Born in Richmond, Virginia, the son of a Pentecostal minister. He began teaching himself piano as a very young child, and at age 18 he won the amateur talent competition at Harlem's Apollo Theater three weeks in a row. After briefly being a member of a hip-hop group called I.D.U., his first major success came in 1994 as the co-writer and co-producer of "U Will Know".
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| - D'Angelo was a sergeant in the Stony Brook Police Force. He was the first officer met by Mark Dimond and Courtney Chetwynde when they discovered the disappearance of Bobby Pendragon and his family. He sent them home, not believing their story, but Hirsch called them back in and said that he knew the Pendragons.
- Michael Eugene Archer[1][2][3] (born February 11, 1974), better known by his stage name D'Angelo (pronounced dee-Angelo), is an AmericanR&B and neo soul singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer. Born in Richmond, Virginia, the son of a Pentecostal minister. He began teaching himself piano as a very young child, and at age 18 he won the amateur talent competition at Harlem's Apollo Theater three weeks in a row. After briefly being a member of a hip-hop group called I.D.U., his first major success came in 1994 as the co-writer and co-producer of "U Will Know". His debut solo album, Brown Sugar, released in July 1995, which received rave reviews and sold over two million copies. Along with artists like Erykah Badu, Lauryn Hill, Maxwell, and collaborator Angie Stone, D'Angelo became part of a the neo-soul movement. Following this D'Angelo embarked on a hiatus before releasing Voodoo in January 2000 which debuted at number one, its lead single "Untitled (How Does It Feel)," was a smash on the R&B charts and won a Grammy for Best Male R&B Vocal; likewise, Voodoo won for Best R&B Album. Following the release of Untitled (How Does It Feel) and its controversial music video, D'Angelo became more conscious of and uncomfortable with his status of being a sex symbol, this was followed by numerous personal struggles including alcoholism which would lead to a fourteen year hiatus. D'Angelo released his third studio album, Black Messiah in December 2014, which was originally set for release in 2015, the album was met with critical acclaim and fared well on charts peaking at number five on the US Billboard 200.
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