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The Roots’ Tariq “Black Thought” Trotter & Questlove’s Two One Five Team With Impossible Creative For Immersive Hip-Hop Feature
EXCLUSIVE: Roots co-founder Tariq “Black Thought” Trotter is writing and directing a new narrative film that’s billed to ...
Questlove Remembers Sly Stone: “He Dared to Be Simple in the Most Complex Ways”
Questlove, who helmed Sly Lives! (aka the Burden of Black Genius), has paid tribute to the documentary’s subject, Sly Stone, ...
Questlove declares Sly Stone will ‘forever live’ after funk legend dies aged 82
Sly Stone, best known as the frontman of The Family Stone, has died at age 82, with tributes from icons like Questlove and ...
Gracie Abrams, Clairo, Questlove & More Remember Brian Wilson: ‘Hero In Every Sense of the Word'
Beach Boys leader and musical innovator Brian Wilson has died at the age of 82, leaving the music world that he helped shape ...
Questlove, Clairo, Earthgang, and More Remember Sly Stone: He ‘Was a Giant’
The music industry is mourning Sly Stone. After news broke that the groundbreaking musician had died at 82 on Monday, stars ...
Questlove Honors ‘Giant' Sly Stone: ‘His Music Will Echo Forever'
In an emotional tribute, the Sly Lives! director reflects on the funk legend's impact, lasting influence, and artistry ...
Questlove Set Out to Answer One Question With the Documentary ‘Sly Lives!’: What Is Black Genius?
The drummer-producer and documentarian explains why that theme was central to his film on the funk band Sly and the Family ...
Questlove, Clive Davis & More React to Sly Stone Death: ‘Sly’s Music Will Likely Speak to Us Even More Now Than It Did Then’
Sly Stone died Monday after "a prolonged battle with COPD and other underlying health issues," according to a family ...
Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson Shares Tribute to Sly Stone
Sly was a giant — not just for his groundbreaking work with the Family Stone, but for the radical inclusivity and deep human ...
Two musical revolutionaries, Sly Stone and Brian Wilson, leave life's stage nearly simultaneously
Stone's skills came in creating a musical world that others only dreamed of at the time. The Family Stone was an integrated ...
Questlove, Chaka Khan, Clairo lead tributes to Sly Stone: “A true innovator and pioneer of funk”
Questlove, Chaka Khan, Clairo and more have lead tributes to the late Sly Stone of Sly and the Family Stone. The funk pioneer died yesterday (June 9) aged 82 following “a prolonged battle with COPD ...
Sly Stone Mourned by Questlove and Others
His work looked straight at the brightest and darkest parts of life and demanded we do the same,” wrote Questlove of the late ...