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Original Airdate07/07/2024
Unforgettable stories and moving discussions with the people who have raised icons in the music, sports, business, TV, and film.
Raising Fame
Where to watch Raising Fame
- Included with TV One on Spectrum TV
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Season 1
12. Usher
Air Date 09/01/2024
From his beginnings as a child star, Usher always knew he wanted fame and fortune and believed he had the talent to make it happen. Under the expert guidance of his mom and manager, Jonnetta Patton, he would become a music icon and superstar!
8. Shaquille O'Neal
Air Date 08/25/2024
Four-time NBA champion and NBA Hall of Famer, Shaquille O'Neal, sits down with Mom Lucille to tell the story about how he overcame a difficult childhood to become the icon in sports, business and entertainment that he is today.
7. John Legend
Air Date 08/18/2024
Singer-songwriter-producer-actor John Legend earned the moniker of "legend" early in a star-studded musical career. But an unusual and complicated upbringing lies behind this man's epic success.
6. Kevin Durant
Air Date 08/11/2024
Basketball superstar Kevin Durant was born and raised in Maryland by a strong and determined single mother who drove him to beat the odds of poverty to become one of the greatest basketball players ever to grace the court.
4. Billy Porter
Air Date 07/28/2024
Award-winning singer-actor Billy Porter credits his mother, Cloerinda, with giving him the strength and tenacity to overcome a difficult childhood in Pittsburgh to fulfill his dream of becoming a legendary Broadway star.
3. Earvin "Magic" Johnson
Air Date 07/21/2024
Sonya and Lucille sit down with Hall of Fame basketball legend, billionaire businessman, team owner and philanthropist, Magic Johnson and his mom, Christine, who he says shaped him into the legend we've come to love.
2. Chance The Rapper
Air Date 07/14/2024
The son of successful parents, Chance the Rapper broke with parental expectations to leave school and become a superstar while still in his teens, rejecting traditional record companies and winning his whole family over to the rising "Chance Machine".
1. Danielle Brooks
Air Date 07/07/2024
Award-winning actress Danielle Brooks and her parents share the extraordinary tale of her rise from a small-town South Carolina girl with big dreams to superstar of stage and screen.