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Sly Stone, the funk music pioneer and frontman of Sly and the Family Stone, has died at the age of 82, his manager, Arlene Hirschkowitz, confirmed to CBS News.

Sly Stone, best known as the frontman of The Family Stone, has died at age 82, with tributes from icons like Questlove and Clairo. He was a pioneer of funk music in the late 60s and early 70s ...

As the leader of Sly and the Family Stone, Sly Stone changed the face of popular music in the late ’60s and early ’70s.

Sly Stone, the frontman of seminal San Francisco psychedelic funk group Sly & the Family, has died at the age of 82, according to his family.

Funk pioneer Sly Stone, a onetime San Francisco DJ turned pop music innovator and leader of Sly and the Family Stone, has died at 82.

Funk pioneer Sly Stone, a onetime San Francisco DJ turned pop music innovator and leader of Sly and the Family Stone, has died at 82.

Sly Stone, a onetime SF deejay turned funk innovator and leader of Sly and the Family Stone, sang on and produced an album for a Stockton band.

The band leader said patrons will hear rock, funk, hip hop, pop and indie covers while the group’s original tunes use what he calls a 70s-funk-vibe.

Eminem Brings Renewed Attention to 70s Funk Pioneer Labi Siffre In the early 2000s, there was a trend in music, particularly hip-hop, to include homophobic or misogynistic lyrics or images.