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Sly Stone Wrote the Hits, But Everyone Else Got Paid—What Really Happened?

Summary by Finurah
Funk legend Sly Stone passed away on June 9, but his legacy is more than musical. His life is a cautionary tale about artists signing their rights away and bad management. LONDON – 16th JULY: Sly Stone of Sly And The Family Stone posed in London on 16th July 1973. (Photo by Michael Putland/Getty Images) As the frontman of Sly and the Family Stone, he helped redefine Black music in the 1960s and ’70s with a sound that was decades ahead of its tim…
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Finurah broke the news in on Tuesday, June 10, 2025.
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