Sly Stone, the iconic frontman of the band Sly and the Family Stone, and an influential figure in funk, soul and rock, has ...

The greatest artists take from all that came before them and create a language all their own. And during his transcendent ...

Queen Latifah has taken to social media to heap praise on the funk legend, who "passed away peacefully" following a lengthy ...

Sly Stone, the visionary bandleader and frontman to his legendary Family Stone, is dead at age 82, his family confirmed on ...

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

As the leader of Sly and the Family Stone, Stone inspired generations of listeners with songs that advocated for unity, ...

Sly Stone, whose band Sly and the Family Stone electrified Woodstock audiences and introduced a genre-fusing brand of ...

The music world mourns Sly Stone, funk pioneer and leader of Sly and the Family Stone, who died in Los Angeles at 82.

Sly Stone, an electrifying musician, songwriter and showman whose Sly and the Family Stone transformed popular music in the ...

By Rob Tannenbaum In Sly & the Family Stone’s prime, from 1968 to 1973, the band was one of music’s greatest live acts as well as a fount of remarkable singles including “Everyday People ...

and multi-instrumentalist Sly Stone (born Sylvester Stewart). They were pioneers of funk, soul, rock, and psychedelic music, known for their innovative blend of genres and socially conscious lyrics.

Sly and the Family Stone became the poster children for a particularly San Francisco sensibility of the late Sixties: integrated, progressive, indomitably idealistic. Their music, a combustible ...