and a towering afro set the stage for highlights of Stone’s career, all accompanied by his 1969 No. 1 hit, “Everyday People.” Photos of the diverse making of Sly and the Family Stone help ...

(aka The Burden of Black Genius). The film focuses on Sly Stone, a funk musician who headed up Sly & the Family Stone in the 1960s and 1970s. The group’s hits, including “Everyday People,” “Dance to ...

Questlove's second documentary levels up from "Summer of Soul," exploring Sly Stone's life and legacy in ... if you count the Afro he wore like a crown, with that grandly toothy radiant dimpled ...

The gripping story of 1960s/early 70s musical supernova Sylvester Stewart, better known as Sly Stone, will unfold in ... oversized shades and voluminous afro. A larger-than-life figure whose ...

Growing up, Sly Stone’s daughter wanted to be just like the star in every way. Phunne Stone is sharing the dark side of her childhood in a new Hulu documentary, "Sly Lives! (aka the Burden of ...

The Sly & the Family Stone leader is the subject of a new documentary directed by Questlove. Here’s what to know about his brilliant career and crushing addiction. By Rob Tannenbaum In Sly & the ...

Phunne Stone opens up about her relationship with her dad in the new documentary 'Sly Lives! (aka the Burden of Black Genius)' Rachel DeSantis is a senior writer on the music team at PEOPLE.

How's this for a hot 45? In 1969, Sly and the Family Stone released the song "Stand!" as an A-side. On the B-side: "I Want to Take You Higher." A and B are considered two of the greatest rock ...

But it did come from somewhere (and mutate into “boom shaka laka laka”), and that somewhere was the mind of Sylvester Stewart, better known to us all as Sly Stone. If for some reason that name ...

Joseph Patel and 'SLY LIVES!' director Questlove thought it wouldn't be "empathetic" to show Stone on camera Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Sly Stone wasn’t interviewed for ...