Music Sly Stone Was a Whole New Thing He didn’t just change the music of the 1960s and ’70s. He gave us the way it still sounds today.

Sly Stone’s Political and Musical Awakening How “There’s a Riot Goin’ On” helped the musician find a purpose beyond hippie-culture stardom.

At a time of protests over conditions in inner cities and police killings of Black Americans, as well as an ascendant women's liberation movement, Sly and the Family Stone featured Black and white ...

Sly Stone performing at the Harlem Cultural Festival in 1969. Sly and the Family Stone was the first major group to include Black and white men and women. 20th Century Studios / Courtesy of ...

Creatively and politically, Sly Stone’s influence is immeasurable. On the day that news broke of his death, rapper Doechii accepted the best female hip-hop artist prize at the BET Awards.

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 ...

Thanks to the group’s impact, Sly & the Family Stone were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1993; the year before, Arrested Development’s “People Everyday,” which interpolates ...

FILE - Sly Stone from the group Sly and the Family Stone performs at the 48th Annual Grammy Awards on Feb. 8, 2006, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)© The Associated Press ...

Iconic funk singer, songwriter and producer Sly Stone — known best as the bandleader of his band Sly & the Family Stone — has died. He was 82 years old.

Sly and the Family Stone was inducted into the Rock & Roll of Fame in 1993 and honored in 2006 at the Grammy Awards, but Sly released just one album after the early ’80s, “I’m Back!

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 pioneering frontman of the legendary group Sly & the Family Stone ...