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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!

Raising Fame

Usher

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Unforgettable stories and moving discussions with the people who have raised icons in the music, sports, business, TV, and film.

Kenan Thompson

The gifted late actor Chadwick Boseman was known for portraying historical Black icons and in so doing, became an icon in his own right; his parents and siblings share their remembrances about "Chad", the son and brother that they all loved.

Chadwick Boseman

Award-winning musician-actor-composer Jon Batiste fell in love with his music as a child growing up in New Orleans where his bass-playing father, Michael, mentored him into the musical genius he is today.

Jon Batiste

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.

Shaquille O'Neal

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.

John Legend

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.

Kevin Durant

Winning American Idol at just 19-year-old marked the beginning of a bumpy road to stardom for actress Fantasia Barrino who credits her mom with helping her overcome the obstacles and turning her into the accomplished woman she is today.

Fantasia

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.

Billy Porter

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.

Earvin ``Magic'' Johnson

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".

Chance The Rapper

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.

Danielle Brooks

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