The Grammy Award–winning bandleader for The Roots spoke with Fresh Air's Terry Gross about his film on the funk musician who led Sly & the Family Stone in the 1960s and '70s.

Questlove wishes he'd had an "intervention talk' with some of the Black artists he's worked with who succumbed to the pressures of fame. His Sly Stone documentary, 'SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black ...

Clip for 'Sly Lives! (aka the Burden of Black Genius)' starring André Benjamin, Chaka Khan, George Clinton, Nile Rodgers, ...

Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)” examines the influential Sly and the Family Stone front man. It also probes a ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — February is Black History Month and the National Museum of African American Music has an invitation to share. It's called Sly Lives: The Burden of a Black Genius and tells ...

Multiple Black-owned businesses are coming to Kellogg Community College (KCC) for collaboration, networking and strengthening ...

In October 2023, Questlove hosted another game night — this time, Chrissy Teigen, Tyler, the Creator and The Bear actor ...

Ghanaian rap icon Okyeame Kwame has showered praise on Black Sherif, describing him as a “genius” after listening to his ...

In the debut of his new music documentary, Sly Lives (aka The Burden of Black Genius), director and musician Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson unveiled the famed life, and struggles of one of Black ...

YAKIMA, Wash.- Yakima Valley College's Diversity Series to host a culture fair in February. A series of events will be hosted ...

F or many Black Americans, closing the racial equity gap can feel like an insurmountable task. More than 83% say efforts ...

Ibram X. Kendi was celebrated by the news media as a moral voice for the Black Lives Matter era. That all took a detour when ...