Overview

Traces the incredible trajectory of Brown’s life and career from a 7th grade drop-out arrested and jailed at the age of 16 for breaking into a car in the Jim Crow-era South, to an entertainment legend whose groundbreaking talent and unique perspective catapulted him to become a cultural force.

Network

• A&E

Seasons & Episodes

Cast

• 

  James Brown

  Self (archive footage)

  4 eps

• Deanna Brown

  Self - James Brown's Wife

  4 eps

• Yamma Brown

  Self - James Brown's Daughter

  4 eps

• 

  Bootsy Collins

  Self

  4 eps

• 

Themes

• 1970s
• drug addiction
• american dream
• comeback
• rags to riches
• rhythm and blues (r&b)
• hairstyle
• racial segregation
• music history
• perfectionist
• live music
• 1960s

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