Sly Stone's three children discuss their relationship with their father in the new documentary 'Sly Lives! (aka the Burden of Black Genius), which is now streaming on Hulu.
For decades, Sly had been one of music’s great cautionary tales. In the late 1960s and early ’70s, Sly and his band, the Family Stone, effectively ruled over American popular music, but by the middle ...
During a Q&A following a screening of the documentary 'SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)', the producer explained why he and director Questlove decided it wouldn’t be “empathetic” to ...
Amir "Questlove" Thompson tells the story of Slyvester 'Sly Stone" Stewart in the documentary "Sly Lives! aka the Question of ...
In this Slate Plus episode, Anna talks about the trailblazing psychedelic funk band Sly and the Family Stone with Joseph Patel, producer for the new documentary Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black ...
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“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 ...
Growing up, Sly Stone’s daughter wanted to be just like the star in every way. Phunne Stone is sharing the dark side of her childhood in a new Hulu documentary, "Sly Lives! (aka the Burden of ...
In “Sly Lives!” and “Becoming Led Zeppelin,” the divergent expectations faced by White and Black musical artists become ...
The new documentary “Sly Lives, aka the Burden of Black Genius,” which focuses on the life and career of the brilliant but troubled musician Sly Stone and his group Sly and the Family Stone ...
Sly and the Family Stone’s “Everyday People” debuts at No. 7 on Billboard’s R&B Digital Song Sales chart, thanks to renewed ...
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 ...