{"id":6077,"date":"2025-10-16T03:42:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T03:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/6077\/"},"modified":"2025-10-16T03:42:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T03:42:11","slug":"dangelos-daughter-imani-archer-breaks-silence-on-his-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/6077\/","title":{"rendered":"D\u2019Angelo\u2019s daughter, Imani Archer, breaks silence on his death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As news spread of D\u2019Angelo\u2019s untimely passing on Tuesday (Oct. 14), his daughter, Imani Archer, took to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DP1mV2mjcyX\/?igsh=a3FtdWtkaWllYjQ3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a> on Wednesday (Oct. 15) to share her thoughts on her late father.<\/p>\n<p>A singer-songwriter in her own right, Archer shared photos of her and D\u2019Angelo over the years, from when she was a child up to present day. A scroll of her Instagram page reveals her very first post was a Father\u2019s Day tribute to the \u201cBrown Sugar\u201d singer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDear daddy,\u201d Archer\u2019s caption began. \u201cThere are no words to describe this there are no words to describe this immeasurable loss I\u2019m in absolute disbelief and shock. you were my biggest hype man, my protector, my biggest musical inspiration. The kindest and most selfless man and the best father anyone could\u2019ve ever had.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She continued, \u201cNo one will EVER measure up to how brave and strong you are. Till the very end, you made sure to protect me from anything that would scare or hurt me. I love you so much Daddy. I wish I had more time to spend with you. For you to show me new music, play piano with me to our favorite songs, or to go back and forward about our favorite go to meals. You\u2019re a one of a kind soul, and I\u2019m so grateful you chose me to be your daughter.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/thegrio.com\/2025\/10\/14\/dangelo-dead-at-51-singer-leaves-a-legacy-of-neo-soul-funk-and-gospel\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">R&amp;B legend passed after a private battle with pancreatic cancer<\/a>. He was 51.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Almost immediately <a href=\"https:\/\/thegrio.com\/2025\/10\/15\/lauryn-hill-beyonce-jill-scott-jamie-foxx-and-more-react-to-dangelos-passing-your-voice-will-live-on-forever\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">peers and collaborators took to social media<\/a> to offer public condolences to the soul singer known for his unmistakable voice and timeless hits such as \u201cBrown Sugar, \u201cLady,\u201d and \u201c(Untitled) How Does It Feel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Beyonc\u00e9 shared a touching note on her website on Wednesday writing, \u201cYou were the pioneer of neo-soul and that changed and transformed rhythm &amp; blues forever,\u201d the \u201cHalo\u201d singer continued. \u201cWe will never forget you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In addition to Imani, D\u2019Angelo had two sons \u2014 Morocco and Michael Archer Jr. (who also goes by Swayvo Twain). D\u2019Angelo shared Archer Jr. with singer Angie Stone, who died in a car accident earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not sure how I\u2019ll be able to live on without you, but I\u2019ll never forget all of your advice and things you\u2019ve told me on how to get through this life,\u201d Imani continued in her post. \u201cDad\u2026I miss you more than life and this is breaking my heart into a million pieces. I wish I could hold your hand just one more time. I will forever honor you and carry on your legacy Dad. Everything I do will always be for you. I\u2019m gonna miss you and hearing your voice every single day. I\u2019ll always be your BabyGirl.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As news spread of D\u2019Angelo\u2019s untimely passing on Tuesday (Oct. 14), his daughter, Imani Archer, took to Instagram&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6078,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133,3698,2777],"class_list":["post-6077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-dangelo","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6077"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6077\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}