A Sly Stone Tribute w/Author & Music Historian Dr. Rickey Vincent

11/06/2025 36 min
A Sly Stone Tribute w/Author & Music Historian Dr. Rickey Vincent

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(Airdate 6/10/25) On this podcast we pay tribute and do a deep dive on the incredible contributions of Sly Stone who made his transition yesterday at the age of 82. Dr. Rickey Vincent is a scholar, educator, radio host and author. He obtained his Ph.D. in Ethnic Studies at UC Berkeley in 2008, and lectures on black music history, black power and social movements, the cultural politics of Hip Hop, and issues of African American culture and globalization. He is the author of Funk: The Music, the People and the Rhythm of The One; and Party Music: The Inside Story of the Black Panthers’ Band, and How Black Power Transformed Soul Music.https://africam.berkeley.edu/people/rickey-vincent https://www.facebook.com/rvincent1/ https://www.facebook.com/diprimaradio/about/

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