The Sly & the Family Stone leader is the subject of a new documentary directed by Questlove. Here’s what to know about his ...

The Grammy Award–winning bandleader for The Roots spoke with Fresh Air's Terry Gross about his film on the funk musician who led Sly & the Family Stone in the 1960s and '70s.

What is Black genius?” It’s a slightly sideways question that results in some blank looks, but the filmmaker’s point is this: ...

Questlove rounded up an A-list group of Black musical talent to share their praises of the "Black genius" Sly Stone in the new documentary Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius). The new film ...

Questlove uses a photo of Will Smith in his new Sly Stone documentary — three years after Smith's infamous slap overshadowed Questlove's first Oscar win — to illustrate the pressure Black artists face ...

The film tells the story of Sly & The Family Stone's rise and fall, and examines the difficulties facing successful Black artists in America ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — February is Black History Month and the National Museum of African American Music has an invitation to share. It's called Sly Lives: The Burden of a Black Genius and tells ...

Out of all of the Bay Area’s musician geniuses, there may be none more mercurial than Sly Stone. Writer of such hits as “Everyday People” and “Dance to the Music,” his band Sly & the ...