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'Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)' profiles the 1960s band Sly and the Family Stone and the pressures on its leader. Oscar winning filmmaker Ahmir 'Questlove' Thompson ('Summer of Soul') interviews musicians who were part of the group and others who took inspiration from it.
By WNYC4.2
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'Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)' profiles the 1960s band Sly and the Family Stone and the pressures on its leader. Oscar winning filmmaker Ahmir 'Questlove' Thompson ('Summer of Soul') interviews musicians who were part of the group and others who took inspiration from it.

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