The documentary ‘Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)’ explores the meteoric rise and dramatic fall of Sly & The Family Stone — a band that defined a new era in the 1960s, led by a frontman as ...

As Andre 3000 notes in the clip (via Billboard), the cover of the rap duo's 2000 album was influenced by Sly and the Family Stone's There's a Riot Goin' On art. "To wrap that flag around you is ...

But one performance in the documentary about 1969's Harlem Cultural Festival was singularly captivating: that of multiracial band Sly and the Family ... cover for There's a Riot Goin' On had ...

"This is a movie about Sly Stone," he tells UCR, "but it's also about the burden that comes with success for Black artists in America." 50 Years Ago: Sly and Family Stone Splinter on 'Family ...