The man Philip is divorced. He wed Lucille O’Neal, Shaquille’s mother. She gave her current husband the rights after she married him following the arrest of her ex-husband, Joseph Toney. When Shaquille was only 2 years old, Philip began acting as his father. With an iron fist, Philip guards the former basketball player.
He adores his stepson dearly and has instilled in him all the virtues of life. In addition, Philip’s mother is the mother of 3 more children, Jamal, Lateefa, and Ayesha. Ayesha, however, died from cancer in October 2019 at the age of 40. But in 2002, the couple made the decision to part ways. However, the cause of their divorce remains a mystery.
