Bernard Jeffrey McCullough, better known by his stage name Bernie Mac, was an American comedian and actor. Born and raised on Chicago’s South Side, Mac gained popularity as a stand-up comedian. He joined fellow comedians Steve Harvey, Cedric the Entertainer, and D. L. Hughley in the film The Original Kings of Comedy.

Bernie Mac’s influences were from The Three Stooges and listening to stand-up comedians Richard Pryor and Redd Foxx. Mac started as a stand-up comedian in Chicago’s Cotton Club. After he won the Miller Lite Comedy Search at the age of 32, his popularity as a comedian began to grow.

Did Bernie Mac raise his niece and nephew?

In the mid-90s, while raising the teenage Je’Niece, Mac and his wife also took in Mac’s 16-year-old niece, Toya, along with her 2-year-old daughter. Around the same time, a friend of the family took in her drug-plagued sister’s three children.

Bernie raised both of them, straightening out his niece, who is now happily married. He transformed his experiences as a surrogate parent into a part of his stand-up and now his Fox sitcom.

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