Sylvester Stewart, better known to the world as Sly Stone, is in the latter category. In late 1967, Sly and his band, the Family Stone, released the thunderous single “Dance to the Music ...

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 ...

Phunne Stone opens up about her relationship with her dad in the new documentary 'Sly Lives! (aka the Burden of Black Genius)' Rachel DeSantis is a senior writer on the music team at PEOPLE.

Stone's daughter says in a new Hulu documentary that all he wanted for his birthday was a "big pizza with all of the toppings" Mark Weiss/Getty After decades of dealing with drug addiction ...

Sly Stone’s life has been eventful, to say the least. From the highs of his groundbreaking records with The Family Stone to the lows of drug addiction and serious financial hardship, he’s been ...

The Sly & the Family Stone leader is the subject of a new documentary directed by Questlove. Here’s what to know about his brilliant career and crushing addiction. By Rob Tannenbaum In Sly & the ...

“Life” followed on its heels, the invitation to dance now implicit in the band’s magpie fusion of funk and psychedelia. Mr. Stone’s next imperative was the more politically engaged “Stand!

In November 1987, someone in Sly Stone’s camp thought it would be a grand idea to book a two-night stand at the Las Palmas Theatre in Hollywood. The erstwhile superstar, who had notched multiple ...

André 3000, D'Angelo, Chaka Khan, and more speak on the 'Black genius' that is Sly Stone. Questlove can be seen asking André 3000 if he believes in the concept of “Black genius” before quick ...

It's been 55 years since Sly and the Family Stone released their first hit, the psychedelic dancefloor stomper "Dance to the Music." Since then, Sly Stone, the group's leader and frontman ...

The great rock-funk-soul band Sly and the Family Stone didn’t just make hits in the 1960s and ‘70s, they made “culture-changing hits,” in the words of no less a figure than record mogul ...