About this season
Unsung is an hour-long music documentary program that premiered on TV One on November 27, 2008. It celebrates the lives and careers of artists or groups sharing their triumphs, their tribulations, and their truth. It uncovers the stories behind well-known R&B, gospel, and hip-hop music artists, bands, or groups which were ranked on the Billboard music charts with a string of hits, only to have their career derailed by a major crisis. After four seasons, Unsung won an NAACP Image Award in the "Outstanding Information Series or Special" category. Others nominated in this category for 2011 were Anderson Cooper 360° and Washington Watch with Roland Martin. And as of 2018, the series has garnered six NAACP Image Awards.
Episodes (9)
1. Mtume
Aired 20 May 2018 • 60 min
2. Special Ed
Aired 27 May 2018 • 60 min
3. Digable Planets
Aired 3 June 2018 • 60 min
4. Regina Belle
Aired 10 June 2018 • 60 min
5. 702
Aired 17 June 2018 • 60 min
6. B. B. King
Aired 24 June 2018 • 60 min
7. Cheryl "Pepsii" Riley
Aired 1 July 2018 • 60 min
8. Will Downing
Aired 8 July 2018 • 60 min
9. Michel'le
10.0Aired 15 July 2018 • 41 min
Michel’le stormed the music scene with a voice like no other, and scaled the charts with help from romantic attachments in high places. But that success came with a terrible cost.