Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson directed the Sly Stone documentary Sly Lives! (AKA The Burden of Black Genius that premiered at Sundance this year, and now he has penned a moving tribute to his subject, ...

Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, who directed the new documentary “Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius),” has shared a remembrance of the subject of his film, Sly Stone. The 82 year-old died of COPD ...

SLY LIVES! offers a captivating deep dive into the career and legacy of Sly and the Family Stone, providing audiences with a respectful and profound good-bad-and-the-ugly edition.

That’s because Questlove, while hewing to a classical and journalistic documentary tradition, is working furiously to get it all in — the vast, extraordinary story of how Sly Stone, starting in the ...

In 2025, Questlove released the documentary “Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius).” Sly’s influence has endured for decades.

Sly was born Sylvester Stewart in Denton, Texas, in 1943. The family soon moved to California, where Sly began singing in the church choir from the age of 4, alongside his siblings. His nickname Sly ...