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But in 1983, following a struggle with drug and alcohol abuse, Sly Stone went into permanent retirement, and the band disbanded. For decades, music lovers wondered what happened to Sly.

Sly shot to prominence in the music industry in 1968 alongside his band Sly and the Family Stone with their hit “Dance to the Music,” which landed in the top 10 on both the pop and R&B charts.

Sly Stone was born in Texas, but raised in the blue-collar Bay Area town of Vallejo. He was just a kid when he cut his first record with his family gospel group, the Stewart Four.

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Meet the Editorial Board NEWSLETTERS Sly Stone and the sound of Black freedom By Renée Graham Globe Columnist,Updated June 12, 2025, 1:55 p.m. Sly Stone in a 1974 performance Getty Images ...

Sly & the Family Stone on “The Midnight Special.” Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images “He challenged people’s perception of normalcy,” Mr. Williams wrote in The New York Times.

That’s because Sly Stone created music without boundaries or regard for the constraints of genre. It was Black music, because Sly was Black, and that’s the only kind of music we can make.