Behind it all was Sly Stone, the visionary who died Monday at 82 after a long battle with the lung disease COPD. He wrote, ...

Sly Stone, the legendary bandleader of Sly and the Family Stone, has died at 82. These five songs show the power of his ...

In an emotional tribute, the Sly Lives! director reflects on the funk legend’s impact, lasting influence, and artistry ...

Sometimes death, as life, brings strange symmetries. Two music revolutionaries, Sly Stone and Brian Wilson, both died within ...

The legendary group, which fused funk, rock and soul into a new form, charted three Hot 100 No. 1s among 10 top 40 hits.

Stone had a capacity for summing up the zeitgeist of an America in social transition, from collective joy to racial harmony, ...

With his diverse band and a jaw-dropping list of musical inspirations, Family Stone frontman changed the face of modern music ...

Funk master and iconic music innovator Sly Stone, whose songs drove a civil rights-inflected soul explosion in the 1960s, ...

As the leader of Sly and the Family Stone, Sly Stone changed the face of popular music in the late ’60s and early ’70s.

According to his family, the legendary funk-rock pioneer died after a prolonged battle with COPD compounded by other health ...

(aka the Burden of Black Genius), about Stone’s life and has long described him as an inspiration — reflected on the legend’s legacy and enduring impact on music at large. “Sly Stone ...