Famous for his hits with Sly and the Family Stone, the abundantly talented musician created infectious and enduring music in the 1960s and 1970s.

Sly Stone turned solitude into sonic innovation, inspiring generations with home-studio funk and loop-based recording.

Sly Stone passed away on June 9, 2025, at his home in Granada Hills, Los Angeles. He was 82. According to his representatives ...

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Gov't Mule guitarist Warren Haynes took to social media to pay tribute to the groundbreaking musical legacy of the late Sly Stone.

Jose Valentino Ruiz, University of Florida (THE CONVERSATION) In the fall of 1971, Sly and the Family Stone’s “There’s a Riot Goin ... and the recycling of sounds that defines sample culture. It ...

Two musical revolutionaries, Sly Stone and Brian Wilson, leave life's stage nearly simultaneously. ... “He was our American Mozart,” musician Sean Ono Lennon wrote on social media.

Sly Stone was one of a kind. It seems unlikely that anyone will ever shift global culture in the ways he did. But thanks to his work and his influence, Black artists can create as freely as they want.

Sly and the Family Stone performed at the concert, which was intended to be an opportunity for the community to mourn the loss of legendary civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., who was ...

Sly Stone, leader of the funk ... "the most talented musician I know," left an undeniably significant impact on music, ... fans gathered in Marcus Garvey Park for the Harlem Cultural festival, ...