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 ...

Shortly after forming in 1966, Sly and the Family Stone produced a string of hits, including "Everyday People," "I Want to Take You Higher," "Hot Fun in the Summertime" and "Stand!" Stone’s ...

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 ...

In “Sly Lives!” and “Becoming Led Zeppelin,” the divergent expectations faced by White and Black musical artists become ...

The film focuses on Sly Stone, a funk musician who headed up Sly & the Family ... accidental No. 1 songs that he didn’t intend on catching on. On the 1969 song ‘Stand!’ with the break beat at the end ...

Sly and the Family Stone’s “Everyday People” debuts at No. 7 on Billboard’s R&B Digital Song Sales chart, thanks to renewed ...

Sly and the Family Stone’s mix of Black and white musicians and women and ... when he was a member of a Manhattan branch of the Black Panthers, the band’s song “Stand!” meant for him allegiance with ...

LL Cool J famously opens “I’m Gonna Knock You Out” with a Sly & the Family Stone sample. “Everyday People,” “Stand,” and “Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)” became beloved ...

The film focuses on Sly Stone, a funk musician who headed up Sly & the Family ... accidental No. 1 songs that he didn’t intend on catching on. On the 1969 song “Stand!” with the breakbeat at the end I ...