Books & the Arts / His songs, for generations of listeners, provided community, solace, and a sense of understanding. Marcus ...

Sly Stone, the visionary frontman of Sly and the Family Stone, died at age 82 on June 9, 2025, after a groundbreaking career that revolutionized popular music with its blend of funk, soul, rock, and ...

Lenny Kravitz is tributing one of the greats. Sly Stone died on June 9th at the age of 82. Known for his music that became popular in the '60s and '70s with the band Sly & the Family Stone, he died ...

Musician Sly Stone spent the years leading up to his death as a recovering drug addict who was forced to live in a van, Knewz ...

Sly Stone, who created visionary psychedelic rock, soul and pop that helped integrate popular music and captured harsh social ...

You can hear Sly Stone's influence in tracks by 2Pac, A Tribe Called Quest, and De La Soul --sampling classics like "Sing a ...

Today, millions of musicians record and splice tracks from their bedrooms, closets and garages. Half a century ago, the funk pioneer revolutionized home recording.

Sly & The Family Stone's "Family Affair" saw a splintering band reach the highest heights of pop music one last time.