In Memoriam Questlove on Sly Stone: ‘His Artistry Came With a Burden’ Questlove, director of the Sly Stone documentary Sly Lives, looks back at the late artist's genius and pain in a new essay ...

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The film world is nothing new for Black Thought and Questlove. Black Thought has numerous acting credits to his name, including HBO’s The Deuce dramatic series, 2010’s Night Catches Us and the ...

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EXCLUSIVE: Roots co-founder Tariq “Black Thought” Trotter is writing and directing a new narrative film that they hope “drops audiences into hip hop’s soul,” and it’s powered by ...

"From the moment his music reached me in the early 1970s, it became a part of my soul," 'Sly Lives!' director Questlove also shared on Instagram.

There’s no better way to honor and remember this innovative legend than by watching Questlove’s 2025 Sly Stone documentary, Sly Lives! (Aka The Burden of Black Genius), which is now streaming ...

Questlove, drummer and bandleader for The Roots joins us on the latest episode. The legend. Lately, he's been working on music documentaries: Sly Lives! and Summer of Soul were both fantastic. He ...

He can do hip hop, funk, jazz, and R&B. Therefore, he was the perfect person to tell Sly's story. In 2021, Questlove made his directorial debut with the release of the documentary Summer of Soul.

Questlove writes, “Once idealistic, now I hear it as a command. Sly’s music will likely speak to us even more now than it did then. Thank you, Sly. You will forever live.” ...

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 ...

February 12, 2025 • Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson says that telling Sly Stone's story with empathy was a way to open a conversation about Black artists and mental health. February 10, 2025 • In ...