Tyler Perry was one of the many notable names on hand at the Homegoing Service for the late Angie Stone.
Taking place at Word of Faith Cathedral in Austell, Georgia, the service featured several spoken eulogies and musical performances.
During Perry’s eulogy, the filmmaker delivered touching remarks about Angie Stone while also criticizing the music industry for their treatment of the late singer.
“Y’all got to forgive me because I’m angry at the way she was treated,” Perry expressed.
“To think that this woman was in the business for all of these years and there’s a difference between performing because you want to and performing because you have to,” the “Madea” creator said.
He continued, “All of those years, all of those songs, all of that money that was owed to her — where is it? It’s wrong, this is wrong, and I’m tired of seeing us struggle and go through things and work hard and not reap the benefits of what we were supposed to reap.”
He then praised her as a “prophet,” declaring that she “sowed good things” in her life.
“This woman was a prophet, she prophesied and preached her own eulogy,” Perry reflected. “In her song “No More Rain,” she says ‘my sunshine has come and I’m all cried out, there’s no more rain in this cloud.’”
He continued to dissect the song drawing parallels between the release of tears and the dissipation of clouds when they’ve shed all their rain.
The Grammy-nominated artist tragically passed away in a vehicular accident on Interstate 65 in Mobile, Alabama, on March 1. She was 63.
According to Variety, the singer was coming from a show with her band members and background singers when her Sprinter turned over and was the only fatality.