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Questlove directed 2025’s Sly Lives!(aka the Burden of Black Genius), which reexamined Stone’s legacy and focused on how his influence continues to impact popular music today.It included ...
The world lost a major cultural icon on Monday with the passing of Sly Stone. The Sly and the Family Stone frontman was more than just a groundbreaking musician. As one of the first racially ...
Sly Stone, of Sly & the Family Stone, is dead at 82 of COPD. He leaves behind an immeasurable funk music legacy.
Stone, born Sylvester Stewart, had been in poor health in recent years. His publicist Carleen Donovan said Monday that Stone died surrounded by family after contending with chronic obstructive ...
Sly Stone, the frontman of legendary band Sly and the Family Stone, has died. He was 82. Stone, born Sylvester Stewart, had been in poor health in recent years.
Sly Stone, a Grammy winner whose pioneering funk-rock group Sly and the Family Stone produced groundbreaking albums and singles died June 9. He was 82.
NEW YORK (AP) — Sly Stone, the revolutionary musician and dynamic showman whose Sly and the Family Stone transformed popular music in the 1960s and ’70s and beyond with such ...
NEW YORK — Sly Stone, the revolutionary musician and dynamic showman whose Sly and the Family Stone transformed popular music in the 1960s and ‘70s and beyond with such hits as “Everyday Peo ...
Sly Stone, San Francisco deejay turned funk music icon, has died, his family announced on Monday. He was 82. Sly Stone died following complications from COPD(X) “It is with profound sadness that ...
Sly Stone, the genre-defying musical visionary, dies at 82 after a trailblazing career that redefined funk, rock, and soul — and left an indelible mark on American music and culture. Sly Stone ...
Sly Stone, a prominent funk innovator who produced chart-topping hits in the 1960s and 1970s with his band, has died. The 82-year-old Texas native passed away after a prolonged battle with COPD ...
Sly Stone, the influential but enigmatic funk-rock star whose soulful, socially conscious recordings altered the course of popular music before he abruptly retreated from the spotlight and became ...