Background
B Angie B known by many as The Queen Of Dance, was born Angela R. Boyd in 1968 in the small rural town of Morton, Mississippi. She grew up singing and honing her vocals in a local church.
B Angie B known by many as The Queen Of Dance, was born Angela R. Boyd in 1968 in the small rural town of Morton, Mississippi. She grew up singing and honing her vocals in a local church.
She graduated from Morton High School in the Scott County School District in 1984.
A few years later, she and her best friend made a decision to move out west to pursue a singing/music career together. The friend ended up getting pregnant and Boyd relocated to California alone. Hammer is also the one credited with giving Boyd her stage name B Angie B when one day Hammer spoke the words "just be Angie".
She sang on "Pump lieutenant Up (Here"s the News)" on Hammer"s Let"s Get lieutenant Started album (the version re-released on Capitol Records in 1988) and she became a backup singer during his concert tours.
Her next opportunity came in 1989 with Hammer"s all female rap group Oaktown"s 3.5.7. She added her vocals to the rap song "Juicy Gotcha Krazy" and appeared in the video along with Oaktown"s 3.5.7.
She continued to tour and produce background vocals for Hammer during his successful Please Hammer Don"t Hurt "Econometrica album in 1990. In 1991, Hammer signed B Angie B to his Capitol-distributed Bust lieutenant imprint.
Bust lieutenant/Capitol released a few songs from B Angie B"s album as singles, including "So Much Love" and remakes of two 1970s soul hits: Rufus & Chaka Khan"s "Sweet Thing" and the Emotions" "I Don"t Want To Lose Your Love".
In April 1991, the album debuted at #11 on the Billboard Hip-hop/Rhythm & Blues charts and #132 on the People’s charts, with album sales peaking at a mediocre 137,000 copies. Soon after Boyd left Bust lieutenant/Capital due to label politics. She appeared in the Kid "n Play farce Class Acting and sang on the soundtrack title track "Class Acting (Work That Body)".
The title track was also released as a video.
Boyd released a second album in 1995 under the Bust lieutenant label (with independent distribution). She dropped the first "B" and was known as Angie B. The album did not make an impact on radio or retail charts.
At the turn of 2000, B Angie B (now amicably divorced from James Earley) resided back in Mississippi and with Earley had one child, a daughter. Her 1991 solo debut B Angie B on Capitol records was reissued in mid-2005 with a bonus Digital Video Disc along with previous releases from former label mates Oaktown 357, after its 2005 re-issue, the album sold an additional 4,000 copies as of 2008.
After becoming disillusioned with the music industry as a whole, she quietly left the scene and focused on raising her family.
In the summer of 2009, new music was released on her Myspace page (wwwmyspacecom/bangiebmusic), including a remake of "Ring My Bell". In 2013, B Angie B signed a recording contract with Monarchy Records: A division of the Spectra Music Group. A new album is set to be released in the summer of 2014.
