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Questlove on Sly Stone: ‘His Artistry Came with a Burden'
Sly Stone's journey highlights the difficulty of showing emotions, something that is even more difficult for Black people in ...
Questlove Pays Tribute To Sly Stone: “He Dared To Be Simple In The Most Complex Ways”
Sly Lives!' filmmaker Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson pays tribute to his documentary subject Sly Stone, who died June 9: "Dared ...
Questlove Set Out to Answer One Question With the Documentary ‘Sly Lives!’: What Is Black Genius?
The drummer-producer and documentarian explains why that theme was central to his film on the funk band Sly and the Family ...
Questlove Pays Tribute to Sly Stone: ‘You Will Forever Live’
Questlove calls the late Sly Stone, the subject of his doc 'Sly Lives: aka the Burden of Black Genius,' a 'giant' who 'will ...
Questlove, Clairo, Earthgang, and More Remember Sly Stone: He ‘Was a Giant'
The music industry is mourning Sly Stone. After news broke that the groundbreaking musician had died at 82 on Monday, stars ...
“It came from that mysterious place”: The one lyric Don Henley called a musical gift
Who is to say where inspiration should come from? For Don Henley, he managed to finish one of his best songs merely by ...
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‘A lot comes with jumping into that inferno’: Questlove explores the burden of Black genius in ‘Sly Lives!’
To follow up his Oscar-winning Summer of Soul, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson turned his focus on one of the landmark acts featured in that lauded documentary, Sly and the Family Stone. The result, Hulu's ...
The Roots’ Tariq “Black Thought” Trotter & Questlove Team With Impossible Creative For Immersive Hip-Hop Feature
Roots co-founder Tariq “Black Thought” Trotter is writing and directing a new narrative film that's billed to "drops ...
Questlove, Clive Davis & More React to Sly Stone Death: ‘Sly’s Music Will Likely Speak to Us Even More Now Than It Did Then’
Sly Stone died Monday after "a prolonged battle with COPD and other underlying health issues," according to a family ...
Questlove Apologizes for Extreme Delays at Roots Picnic: ‘Today Wasn’t Ideal’
Opening day of the annual Roots picnic was marred by muddy grounds and extreme delays. Questlove apologized to fans for the ordeals they faced.
How Questlove uncovered those culture-shifting moments in his ‘SNL’ music doc
Like the DJ he is, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson is highly adept at keeping a lot of things spinning.
Questlove Remembers Sly Stone: “He Dared to Be Simple in the Most Complex Ways”
Questlove, who helmed Sly Lives! (aka the Burden of Black Genius), has paid tribute to the documentary’s subject, Sly Stone, ...