The Sly & the Family Stone leader is the subject of a new documentary directed by Questlove. Here’s what to know about his ...

I didn’t think it was right to have it out there in the world like that, where it could appear suddenly and do him harm” ...

What is Black genius?” It’s a slightly sideways question that results in some blank looks, but the filmmaker’s point is this: ...

Boom laka laka laka! Boom laka laka laka!” It’s hard to believe that there was a time when such an utterance was unknown to ...

"Sly Lives! (AKA the Burden of Black Genius)" paints a complicated portrait of Sly and the Family Stone founder Sly Stewart.

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 ...

For decades, Sly had been one of music’s great cautionary tales. In the late 1960s and early ’70s, Sly and his band, the ...

The follow-up to the Roots drummer's Oscar-winning directorial debut Summer of Soul (which highlighted the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival, dubbed "the Black Woodstock") has long been in the works.

One critic said the group was too hot and Black to be rock, too positive to be the Blues, and too wild to be Soul. Sly's ...

Two of the greatest rock bands of all time are the subjects of new documentaries which take very different approaches into ...