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From Snoop Dogg to LL Cool J, these are some of the best Sly Stone samples in hip-hop history.
"Sunday Morning" looks back at the legacies of two musical giants – the beating hearts of Sly and the Family Stone and the Beach Boys.
Questlove, director of the Sly Stone documentary 'Sly Lives,' looks back at Stone's life in a new essay ...
The legendary producer worshiped Sly Stone long before he became friends with the funk pioneer, who passed away at 82 on Monday.
For a certain generation of Black people, Sly was everything: a fearless free-thinking creator at a time when such courage wasn’t prevalent. Sure, you had the likes of Jimi Hendrix and Little ...
Sly Stone fused joyful visions of the country with a deep understanding of its worst ills.
Hanif Abdurraqib remembers the performer Sly Stone, the lead singer of Sly and the Family Stone, who died at eighty-two.
Where were you when you heard the news about Sly Stone's June 9 death from COPD and, according to his family, "other underlying health issues"? I was on my way to a doctor's appointment, and I ...
Thank You, Sly Stone The journalist who got the late funk legend to break his decades-long silence pays tribute to his indelible message of hope — needed now more than ever.
Sly Stone, the influential but enigmatic funk-rock star whose soulful, socially conscious recordings altered the course of popular music before he abruptly retreated from the spotlight and became ...
The genius leader of Sly & the Family Stone died Monday at 82. In 1971, he was slated to play a unique show at Evansville's Roberts Stadium.
From "Everyday People" to "Dance to the Music," these are Sly & the Family Stone's best songs and greatest hits, a tribute to the legacy of Sly Stone.