With his most commercial record in years, Sylvester signs with a major label, becomes the face of a movement, plants... more

Sylvester goes broke, makes history on MTV and returns to his Pentecostal  roots as AIDS ravages his community. But at... more

Sylvester loses some of his closest creative collaborators — some to success, others to a mysterious disease that doesn’t have... more

Between the racist backlash to disco, the late ‘70s record industry collapse, and a bizarre case of mistaken identity, superstardom... more

Sylvester always thought disco was tacky, but he really wants a hit record. So he finally embraces the popular sound... more

A legendary Motown producer signs Sylvester to a record deal, and a new band helps him build a passionate local... more

Sylvester tries to make it as a glam rock star, but ends up self-sabotaging on an epic scale: spending his... more

Sylvester moves from South Central LA to join a performance-art commune in San Francisco that’s mostly made up of white... more

If you know Sylvester at all, you know him as the gender-bending Queen of Disco whose hit song “You Make... more