https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-47183401In a statement to Radio 1 Newsbeat, his management said
the 28-year-old was a passenger in a taxi.
He was on his way to Keele University where he was due to perform.
In a statement, Staffordshire Police said: "Emergency services attended and a passenger of the Toyota, a 28-year-old man from London, sadly died at the scene.
"The drivers of both vehicles, a 36-year-old man from Stoke-on-Trent and a 22-year-old man from Crewe, were taken to the Royal Stoke University Hospital with serious injuries.
"Three further passengers of the Toyota were treated at Leighton Hospital in Crewe."