People" to "Dance to the Music," these are Sly & the Family Stone's best songs and greatest hits, a tribute to the legacy of ...

F ifty-five summers ago, a riot broke out in Chicago’s Grant Park, where Sly and the Family Stone was booked to play a ...

Sly Stone, funk pioneer and frontman of Sly and the Family Stone, died Monday at the age of 82, following what his family ...

The drummer-producer and documentarian explains why that theme was central to his film on the funk band Sly and the Family ...

Sly Stone. In a lengthy and emotional Instagram post, the musician — who directed the documentary Sly Lives! (aka the Burden of Black Genius), about Stone’s life and has long described him as ...

(Questlove went on to direct “Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)," a 2025 Hulu documentary focused on Stone. While Stone's band was among the earliest of the '60s groups to feature a ...

“Sly Lives! (aka the Burden of Black Genius).” “He had a way of talking, moving from playful to earnest at will,” Questlove wrote of Mr. Stone in the introduction to Mr. Stone’s ...

Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson directed the Sly Stone documentary Sly Lives! (AKA The Burden of Black Genius that premiered at Sundance this year, and now he has penned a moving tribute to his ...

(aka The Burden of Black Genius).” American musician Sly Stone poses for a portrait backstage prior to his concert and wedding, to Kathy Silva, at the Madison Square Garden in New York ...

(aka The Burden of Black Genius).” Sly’s influence has endured for decades. The top funk artist of the 1970s, Parliament-Funkadelic creator George Clinton, was a Stone disciple. Prince ...

Even in his passing, Stone’s profound impact continued to resonate. His life and musical legacy were explored in SLY LIVES! (AKA The Burden of Black Genius), a compelling new documentary ...