Mark Weiss/Getty After decades of dealing with drug addiction, Sly Stone finally got clean in 2019 — leaving his three kids free to enjoy what they call the “most normal times” yet with ...

Sly Stone’s life has been eventful, to say the least. From the highs of his groundbreaking records with The Family Stone to the lows of drug addiction and serious financial hardship, he’s been ...

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.

“That’s not empathetic.” While Sly himself didn’t participate, three of Stone’s children — Novena Carmel, Sylvette Robinson and Sylvester Stewart Jr. — shared anecdotes about their fathe ...

Legendary funk musician Sly Stone‘s daughter, Phunne Stone, has revealed in a new documentary that she tried snorting chalk as a child to emulate her father’s cocaine use. “We were out there ...

February 12, 2025 • Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson says that telling Sly Stone's story with empathy was a way to open a conversation about Black artists and mental health. February 10, 2025 • In ...

At age 81, Sly Stone is having a long overdue and sorely deserved moment. 2023 saw the release of the reclusive musical titan’s memoir, Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin), a book released ...

(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 ...

“I hate to say it,” the rhythm and blues singer D’Angelo ventures toward the end of Questlove’s new documentary “Sly Lives!” (streaming on Hulu), “but these White rock-and-rollers ...

(aka The Burden of Black Genius)" came out on Hulu this week. The documentary traces Sly Stone's career, from popular DJ in the San Francisco Bay Area to frontman for a groundbreaking interracial ...

It’s a love letter to Sylvester Stewart, better known as Sly Stone, the genre-splicing rock ... Chillwave star Toro Y Moi opens. Lauren Mayberry of the Scottish synth pop band Chvrches made ...

Questlove’s Sly Stone documentary Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius), out now on Hulu, features interviews with artists like D’Angelo, Q-Tip, and Andre 3000 talking about the Family ...