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Sly Stone, the legendary bandleader of Sly and the Family Stone, has died at 82. These five songs show the power of his ...
Stone had a capacity for summing up the zeitgeist of an America in social transition, from collective joy to racial harmony, ...
Sometimes death, as life, brings strange symmetries. Two music revolutionaries, Sly Stone and Brian Wilson, both died within ...
Sly Stone has died. The music legend born Sylvester Stewart passed away Monday, June 9, at the age of 82, according to a ...
Sylvester Stone, who, along with his band The Family Stone, had a major impact on rock, funk, R&B, and hip-hop music, has ...
Sly Stone, the visionary force behind Sly and the Family Stone , has died at 82, leaving an indelible mark on music and ...
His work looked straight at the brightest and darkest parts of life and demanded we do the same,” wrote Questlove of the late ...
Queen Latifah has hailed Sly Stone as a “genius ... pioneers, whose impact on modern music cannot be overstated. The 55-year-old star has taken to social media to heap praise on the funk ...
The music world mourns Sly Stone, funk pioneer and leader of Sly and the Family Stone, who died in Los Angeles at 82.
The legendary musician, born Sylvester Stewart, was best known as the frontman of Sly and the Family Stone, the influential ...
Just this year, Roots drummer and hip-hop icon Questlove directed a documentary, Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius), celebrating Stone's life and musical and cultural impact.