NEW YORK (AP) — Sly Stone, the revolutionary musician and dynamic showman whose Sly and the Family Stone transformed popular music in the 1960s and ’70s and beyond with such hits as “Everyday People,” ...

Sly Stone, beloved patriarch of Sly & The Family Stone, had died at the tender age of 82. The news was confirmed by the family in a statement. “It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing ...

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 ...

Revolutionary funk musician Sly Stone, whose Sly and the Family Stone redefined popular music in the late 1960s and early ‘70s, has passed away at age 82. Born Sylvester Stewart, Sly Stone had been in ...

Of paradigm-shifting legends who’ve made recent transitions, the epitaph following the death of Sylvester Stewart/Sly Stone, is inarguably the most elusive and perplexing. One of the undisputed ...

André Joseph is a movie features writer at Collider. Born and raised in New York City, he graduated from Emerson College with a Bachelor's Degree in Film. He freelances as an independent filmmaker, ...

Sly and the Family Stone rip through a rendition of Otis Redding’s “I Can’t Turn You Loose” in the latest offering from the upcoming album, The First Family: Live at Winchester Cathedral 1967. The ...

Sly Stone, born Sylvester Stewart, passed away on June 9, 2025, at the age of 82, leaving the music world in mourning for one of funk’s brightest stars. The frontman of Sly and the Family Stone, a ...