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André 3000 Reflects on Sly and the Family Stone’s Influence on Outkast in ‘Sly Lives!’: Watch


André 3000 reflects on Sly and the Family Stone's influence on Outkast in the 'Sly Lives!' documentary. Watch Billboard's exclusive clip.

But one performance in the documentary about 1969’s Harlem Cultural Festival was singularly captivating: that of multiracial band Sly and the Family Stone in all its glorious, psychedelic soul-funk splendor. is directed by Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, who made his documentary directorial debut with 2021’s Summer of Soul. For Questlove, he also wants the documentary to foster “a conversation about Black artists and success, why so many of them feel a kind of survivor’s guilt and how the world that claims to support them can also undermine them.

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