Questlove uses a photo of Will Smith in his new Sly Stone documentary — three years after Smith's infamous slap overshadowed Questlove's first Oscar win — to illustrate the pressure Black artists face ...

He says his new Sly Stone documentary, 'SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)', is the closest he could get to “a press ...

Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson says that telling Sly Stone's story with empathy was a way to open a conversation about Black ...

Now Questlove has threaded Will Smith into a larger discussion in his new film “Sly Lives!” about “the burden of Black Genius” (which is also the new film’s subtitle). This documentary ...

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

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ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Questlove accepts his Oscar at the 94th Academy Awards The montage, which puts a photographic black strip across each of its subject's eyes, includes Smith at the 94th Academy ...