Friends, fans and loved ones paid tribute to D’Angelo.

The Grammy-winning singer, who died this week from cancer at the age of 51, was beloved — a love made obvious from those who shared publicly about his passing.

Singer and songwriter John Legend posted a lengthy message on Instagram, writing “I’m heartbroken to hear of the passing of one of our generation’s greatest artists, D’Angelo.”

“I remember 1995, when Brown Sugar came out and changed my life. I was just graduating high school and moved to Philadelphia to go to college. I bought my first stereo with a CD player (strictly cassette tapes and vinyl before that!), and my first 2 CD purchases were Brown Sugar and Mary J Blige’s classic My Life,” Legend wrote. “I played both of these albums incessantly.”

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