With fellow members Cheryl Cook and Angie Stone, the trio was first female hip-hop act to chart a hit single.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gwendolyn “Blondy” Chisolm, the rapper and singer-songwriter who co-founded The Sequence, has died, Rolling Stone has confirmed.

A chance encounter led to overnight success for the Sequence, a seminal trio whose “Funk You Up” broke barriers.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gwendolyn “Blondy” Chisolm, the rapper and singer-songwriter who co-founded the Sequence, has died, Rolling Stone has confirmed.

Gwendolyn “Blondy” Chisolm, the rapper and singer-songwriter who co-founded the Sequence, has died, Rolling Stone has confirmed. She was 66. Chisolm formed the hip-hip group with Cheryl “The Pearl” ...