Sly Stone

Sylvester Steward, or famously known as Sly Stone, is a musician, songwriter, and record producer, who rose to prominence as the frontman of Sly and the Family Stone. Sly and Family Stone, along with James Brown and Parliament-Funkadelic, were pioneers in the late 1960s and early 70s. The 77-year-old star got credit for being one of the pioneers of developing the soul, funk, rock, and psychedelia in the 1960s and 1970s music scene.

However, despite his success, he still struggled financially. Although his bad vices had something to do with it, it all came down to the usual practice of prohibiting the singers from getting their songwriting royalties. If Sly could only have this, he might be worth millions of dollars today, especially with his critical role in the music world. A judge ruled a production company owned his royalties that even his attorney couldn’t do anything about it.