Sly Stone of Sly and the Family Stone died Monday (June 9) at age 82, and the music community is grieving the groundbreaking funk pioneer. Questlove, who directed the new documentary Sly Lives (aka ...

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),” has shared a remembrance of the subject of his film, Sly Stone. The 82 year-old died of COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) and other underlying health ...

"In terms of impact and the kind of shift they created, there isn’t a greater American band," said Vernon Reid of Sly and the Family Stone.

The death of Sly Stone - aged 82 from chronic pulmonary disease - has prompted a slew of tributes from other musicians Subscribe. News. Features. Reviews. Music. Film. Uncut+. Magazine. Subscribe ...

“His work looked straight at the brightest and darkest parts of life and demanded we do the same,” wrote Questlove of the late Sly and the Family Stone frontman.

Sly Stone from the group Sly and the Family Stone performs at the 48th annual Grammy Awards on Feb. 8, 2006, in Los Angeles. ... A 2005 tribute record included Maroon 5, ...

Sly Stone, the groundbreaking and supremely influential leader of the band Sly and the Family Stone, died at age 82, his family announced. Sly Stone Death: Funk Legend Dead at 82 ...

Questlove calls the late Sly Stone, the subject of his doc 'Sly Lives: aka the Burden of Black Genius,' a 'giant' who 'will forever live' in a tribute ...

Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, who directed the new documentary “Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius),” has shared a remembrance of the subject of his film, Sly Stone. The 82 year-old ...

NEW YORK — Sly Stone, the revolutionary musician and dynamic showman whose Sly and the Family Stone transformed popular music in the 1960s and '70s and beyond with such hits as "Everyday People ...