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 ...

Amir “Questlove” Thompson’s upcoming documentary, Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius), debuted its trailer on Thursday. The video showcases the band’s meteoric rise and the ...

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The new documentary “Sly Lives, aka the Burden of Black Genius,” which focuses on the life and career of the brilliant but troubled musician Sly Stone and his group Sly and the Family Stone ...

Questlove’s new documentary aims to dissect the forward-looking brilliance of Sly Stone and his band, but mostly it traces their downward arc. By Wesley Morris When you purchase a ticket for an ...

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 ...

One answer that comes up frequently, and my choice, is Sly and the Family Stone. In music circles, Sly Stone is an almost mythical figure. But in his brilliant new documentary SLY LIVES!

Joseph Patel and 'SLY LIVES!' director Questlove thought it wouldn't be "empathetic" to show Stone on camera Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Sly Stone wasn’t interviewed for ...

“Sly Lives” is about Sly Stone, but it’s really about this burden of Black genius. The Dilla story is about a man who affected time — both in his music and in the life he lived.

WHAT IT’S ABOUT Once upon a time, there were two kinds of music: Black and white. Or so it seemed until Sly and the Family Stone, a San Francisco band with a mixed-race, mixed-gender lineup ...

Legendary funk musician Sly Stone‘s daughter, Phunne Stone, has revealed in a new documentary that she tried snorting chalk as a child to emulate her father’s cocaine use. “We were out there ...