Dir. Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson. At the beginning of Sly Lives!, director Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson asks his i ...

For decades, Sly had been one of music’s great cautionary tales. In the late 1960s and early ’70s, Sly and his band, the ...

Boom laka laka laka! Boom laka laka laka!” It’s hard to believe that there was a time when such an utterance was unknown to ...

Live celebrates it's 50th anniversary, we count down the top 50 musical shorts/original songs in the show's history; see the ...

Questlove’s new documentary aims to dissect the forward-looking brilliance of Sly Stone and his band, but mostly it traces their downward arc.

The new documentary “Sly Lives, aka the Burden of Black Genius,” which focuses on the life and career of the brilliant but ...

The Sly & the Family Stone leader is the subject of a new documentary directed by Questlove. Here’s what to know about his ...

In SLY LIVES!, Questlove documents the genius of a funk trailblazer — and the pressure Sly felt as a Black artist. "Sly will ...

I will not be a meme!,” Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson tells host Sean Evans, attempting to remain stoic and stone-faced while eating chicken wings doused with increasingly intense levels of hot sauce on ...

The startling “cold open” for a documentary about 50 years of “Saturday Night Live” music is proof that a musician — a specific kind of musician — had to put it together.

Filmmaker Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson’s experience as a DJ taught him enough about beats per minute and musical keys to meld things seamlessly.

The documentary Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music, directed by Questlove, takes an in-depth look at the musical guests that helped shape Saturday Nigh ...