The world lost a major cultural icon on Monday with the passing of Sly Stone. The Sly and the Family Stone frontman was more than just a groundbreaking musician. As one of the first racially ...

Sly & The Family Stone got the coveted call to be featured performers on The Ed Sullivan Show in December 1968. Following Sly’s invocation, “Don’t hate the Black, don’t hate the White / If you get bit ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Sly and the Family Stone’s “Everyday People” debuts at No. 7 on ...

“His work looked straight at the brightest and darkest parts of life and demanded we do the same,” wrote Questlove of the late Sly and the Family Stone frontman. The world lost a major cultural icon ...