The One Moment That Ruined Sly Stone's Career

At the 2006 Grammys, Stone resurfaced for a tribute performance, but walked off stage, barely singing or saying much, according to Billboard. In previous years, Stone had already had a reputation for being a no-show, even snubbing his former ex-bandmates (the Family Stone) for a reunion project, per another Billboard report.

At the 2006 Grammys, Stone resurfaced for a tribute performance, but walked off stage, barely singing or saying much, according to Billboard. In previous years, Stone had already had a reputation for being a no-show, even snubbing his former ex-bandmates (the Family Stone) for a reunion project, per another Billboard report.

In 2010, a highly-anticipated performance from Stone at Coachella (pictured above) proved to be another disappointment in his roller coaster of a career. The funk singer was scheduled to perform, but he was late. Then rumors followed that he wasn't going to show up. Only he did, and it wasn't good news. Stone's reemergence at the California music festival sealed the final nail in the coffin that was his career. He did take the stage later than scheduled, but didn't give festival-goers the show they were hoping for. Stone continuously stopped in between singing, and rambled on and on, and on and on. Yet still, the band attempted to keep the show going but were taken aback at Stone using his stage presence to rant about his money issues instead.

It was not the comeback the then-67-year-old needed, who could've used the opportunity to clean up negative press that followed him for decades. Following the disaster performance, his former manager filed a lawsuit against him for slandering his name in the rant, reported The Guardian. A year later, says Rolling Stone magazine, Sly Stone was living in a van on the streets of Los Angeles.

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