Sly Lives

[Drunk Monk]

Well, that was in part some of Questlove's point. He felt the drugs were symptomatic. There was a bit where an interviewer (maybe it was Dick Cavett? I kinda lost track because there was a lot of interview material) was asking about what drugs were involved and the doc brings up the point that no one asks why when it comes to black drug use. They postulated (and I'm paraphrasing now) that it was the additional pressure placed upon black celebrities. I think there is a valid point in there, but it just got a tad too belabored for me. On a personal note, there's seldom any account of the positive applications of drug use on art. It can be a fast track to the muse as I'm sure you'll remember. Some more honest deadheads will speak of Jerry's heroin years, which produced some of his most soulful work. I imagine drugs have a greater impact on music than most of the other arts. 

But yeah, Sly was a crackhead. That is made very clear in the doc too.