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Sly Stone, born Sylvester Stewart, left this earth today, but the changes he sparked while here will echo forever. From the moment his music reached me in the early 1970s, it became a part of my soul.

Sly Stone of Sly and the Family Stone died Monday (June 9) at age 82, and the music community is grieving the groundbreaking funk pioneer. Questlove, who directed the new documentary Sly Lives (aka ...

"In terms of impact and the kind of shift they created, there isn’t a greater American band," said Vernon Reid of Sly and the Family Stone.

The music world mourns the loss of funk pioneer Sly Stone, who passed away at 82 after battling COPD and other health issues. His family confirmed his peaceful death, surrounded by loved ones.

Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, who directed the new documentary “Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius),” has shared a remembrance of the subject of his film, Sly Stone. The 82 year-old ...

Funk master and iconic music innovator Sly Stone, whose songs drove a civil rights-inflected soul explosion in the 1960s, sparking influential albums but also a slide into drug addiction, has ...

Sly & The Family Stone, photo courtesy of High Moon Records. On June 9, Sly Stone, the fearless innovator behind Sly & The ...

Sly & The Family Sone was one of the first self-contained, multi-gender, interracial, genre-fluid bands to ever top the ...

Sly Stone, the iconic musician ... Shown here, Sly Stone performing at the American Music Awards special in 1975. ... A 2005 tribute record included Maroon 5, John Legend and the Roots.

Beginning with “Dance To The Music” in 1968, which peaked at No. 8 on the chart, Sly and the Family Stone racked up 17 Hot 100 hits, including five top 10s and three number ones: “Everyday ...

Sly Stone, an electrifying ... songwriter and showman whose Sly and the Family Stone transformed popular music in the 1960s and ’70s, has died. ... A 2005 tribute record included Maroon 5, ...