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Sly Stone Enters Rehab

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Legendary '70s funk maven Sly Stone has checked into rehab, according to Perez Hilton. This comes after a long period of sliding down the proverbial slippery slope, which was jam packed with drugs.

"[Sly] wants to get clean, and stay sober," a source close to the soul-funk superstar says. "Sly has fallen on very hard times in the past few years. Sly will be in rehab for at least the next 90 days, and he is committed to getting sober."

Sly was recently arrested for possession of cocaine earlier this year. The leader of Sly and the Family Stone has undergone a meteoric downfall: in the last several years he had to give up a compound in Napa Valley, Calif. and was relegated to living in a camper van. The singer had earlier expressed his intentions to get clean and put his music career back on track. Here's hoping the 69-year-old will get it together, everyone needs a little more funk in their lives.

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van50c

It will take a miracle for Sly to get clean, but anything is possible with God. All geniuses seem to suffer from this need to be artificially stimulated. So sad.

April 04 2012 at 10:15 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
salmo60

69 years old and 40 plus years of drug abuse, it's almost a waste of time to go to rehab. Sly is just a burn out

October 22 2011 at 10:14 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Robert Sherbun

Karma's a bitch...Sly treated people like ****...Read Sammy Hagars book

October 22 2011 at 9:32 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Robert Sherbun

Karma's a bitch.....He treated people like ****....read Sammy Hagar's book

October 22 2011 at 9:31 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
jol2994

Sly was a visionary. His music was positive, uplifting, and FUNKY! It's tragic to see him like this. He's obviously delusional to think he can "comeback" agfter all these years. The best we can hope for is that he gets sober. I don't need any new Sly music...I'm happy listening to the old stuff. Pray for him.

October 22 2011 at 9:16 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
cshell9791

Just a few weeks ago it was reported he was broke and living in a truck or camper. Now, he's in rehab. Who's paying for it? I've heard many stories about him and they're not good. I've also heard he's a musical genius. Personally, i'll pass on his music, never got into it, at all. I wish him well and hopefully he wants to get clean and sober, not publicity, someone feeling sorry for him and somehow the money starts rolling in for him to use for his addiction.

October 22 2011 at 8:44 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
rkeeeballs

You still breathing bro ?...ok..we git ya sum help now !...soon as you kin stands up !..what ...they's one more "hit" left in da pipe ......'oh cheeetz man , you bad !

October 22 2011 at 8:29 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
gcali57

I've enjoyed Sly and his music since the 60's, sad he's fallen so far and can't seem to get back up...

October 22 2011 at 6:18 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
HENRY

Hey Sly, remember those nickel bags that used to put us on our asses. You still got it going on I don't, I'm dead. Go on with your bad self!

October 22 2011 at 1:11 AM Report abuse +1 rate up rate down Reply
DAD THE GREAT ON

Can't believe this meat head is still alive and screwing with drugs. In 1975 a few friends drove this nut case and his band from Detroit to Chicago.. About every 20-30 miles we'd have to pull over so half of them could puke on the roadside. Every one of them was snorting or poppin smack the whole way. We poured them out of the cars and never saw them again.. Loved their music.

October 22 2011 at 1:00 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply