Rhythm and blues singer-songwriter Angie Stone was killed in a car crash Saturday, hours before she was scheduled to perform at the CIAA basketball tournament in Baltimore, league officials confirmed to The Baltimore Sun.

Stone was reportedly killed in Montgomery, Alabama, on Saturday morning. After performing in Mobile, Alabama, on Friday, Stone was traveling to Atlanta in a van when the vehicle “flipped over and was subsequently hit by a big rig,” music producer Walter Millsap III told The Associated Press in an email. She was 63.

Everyone else in the cargo van survived except Stone, he said. She was traveling with nine others, her longtime publicist Yvonne Forbes told CNN.

Stone was scheduled to perform at halftime of the 4 p.m. men’s championship game at downtown’s CFG Bank Arena. During the earlier women’s championship game, Stone’s death was announced over the public address system and CIAA Chaplain Pastor Jerome Barber called for a moment of silence and lifted her name in prayer.

“We are heartbroken by the tragic and sudden passing of Angie Stone, an award-winning singer, a member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., a community activist, role model, and mother whose soulful artistry and spirit made an indelible mark on her community, our nation, and the world. She used her incredible talent, passion, and presence to inspire and touch us with strength and hope.” Jacqie McWilliams-Parker, commissioner of the CIAA, said in a statement. “On behalf of the CIAA family, we extend our deepest condolences and stand in support of all those mourning this tremendous loss.”

Stone was born Dec. 18, 1961, in Columbia, South Carolina. She emerged in the 1970s when she co-founded the group The Sequence and had a hit song titled “Funk You Up” in 1979.

She was later part of a popular hip-hop/R&B group called Vertical Hold in the 1990s. Stone also formed the group Devox with Gerry Deveaux and Charlie Mole.

The singer-songwriter released her first solo album, “Black Diamond” in 1999. She also released two gold albums, “Mahogany Soul” and “Stone Love,” in 2001 and 2004, respectively, and was a three-time Grammy-nominated performer.

Sun reporters Timothy Dashiell, Sam Cohn and the Associated Press contributed to this report. Have a news tip? Contact Todd Karpovich at tkarpovich@baltsun.com or on X as @ToddKarpovich.