Sylvester Stewart, better known to the world as Sly Stone, is in the latter category ... bored,” he writes of an early recollection of elementary school.) Many—maybe most—brilliant musicians ...

In November 1987, someone in Sly Stone’s camp thought it would be ... artist well-deserving of deep analysis — even if the early years are far more interesting. Oct. 5, 2023 In his new memoir ...

50 Years of SNL Music in January, SLY LIVES ... the funk-rock band Sly and the Family Stone. The multiracial group is best known for late-'60s and early '70s hits like "Everyday People" and ...

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 deserves the celebratory documentary treatment, and the new Hulu movie “Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)” certainly recognizes the musician for the trailblazing alchemist that he ...

But by the early 1970s, he was ravaged by drug ... released under the musician’s birth name five years before he formed Sly & the Family Stone, has strong echoes of the Drifters but also hints ...

Sly Stone, the iconic artist and former lead singer for Sly and the Family Stone, now resides in a secluded suburban area in Los Angeles, leading a low-key and quiet life. At 80 years of age, he ...

The great rock-funk-soul band Sly ... of Stone from the music scene. Questlove gets personal in our conversation, speaking about his own journey in life and music (including an early, awkward ...

50 Years of SNL Music in January, SLY LIVES ... the funk-rock band Sly and the Family Stone. The multiracial group is best known for late-'60s and early '70s hits like "Everyday People" and ...