Sly Stone dealt with health issues privately throughout the end of his life. The Sly and the Family Stone leader's family announced his death at age 82 in a statement on Monday, June 9 and revealed he ...

Every time you turn on the radio, you are hearing Sly Stone. That’s not literal. It’s not just a poetic exaggeration, either. Whether your bag is rock or rap or soul or pop, the artists you love ...

(WDHN)–Sly Stone, leader of the Sly and the Family Stone died today at the age of 82. The rock, funk, and soul music pioneer broke barriers when he formed the racially mixed- male and female band in ...

It was Sly Stone’s mission to alter the pathways in our brains. His vision was of soulful, transcendental music that could lead us into new dimensions — not just those colorful, kaleidoscopic ...

In the fall of 1971, Sly and the Family Stone’s “There’s a Riot Goin’ On” landed like a quiet revolution. After two years of silence following the band’s mainstream success, fans expected more ...

Questlove is remembering the late great, Sly Stone. In a lengthy and emotional Instagram post, the musician — who directed the documentary Sly Lives! (aka the Burden of Black Genius), about Stone’s ...

Only Slate Plus members can gift Slate stories. Become a member to share 10 free articles a month. For a roughly half a decade spanning the late 1960s and early 1970s, Sly Stone, who died on Monday at ...

The influential musician, who died on Monday at 82, forged harmony — musical and otherwise — that he wasn’t able to hold together on his own. By Wesley Morris “Landscape” is just one of those words.

On June 5, 1974, the funk pioneer Sly Stone exchanged vows with the young model and actress Kathy Silva. These nuptials at ...

This feel-good song was a hit.

Sly Stone died last month at the age of 82. Sly founded and sang with the funk act Sly and the Family Stone, one of the biggest and most consequential funk bands in the history of modern music. If you ...