Kandi Burruss Bio, Age, Ethnicity, Height, Family, Husband, Todd Tucker

Kandi Burruss Biography

Kandi Burruss ( born Kandi Lenice Burruss ) is a well-known American singer, songwriter, television personality, actor, and businesswoman who rose to prominence in 1992 as a member of the female American vocal group Xscape. She rose to prominence as a member of the female vocal quartet Xscape in 1992. For her contributions to the TLC smash song “No Scrubs,” she earned a Grammy Award for Best R&B Song in 2000.

Kandi Burruss Career

LaTocha Scott was a member of the Precise band. While attending Tri-Cities art secondary school in East Point, Georgia, Scott’s sister Tamika met Kandi. They began singing together and then added Tamera Coggins as a fourth member. Xscape was founded after Tameka “Tiny” Cottle was asked to listen to the females. After their important debut appearance at BET’s Teen Summit in 1992, the ladies were given recording executive Ian Burke, who later became their group manager. Xscape was quickly noticed by Jermaine Dupri, who eventually signed the group to his So So So Def Recording label. The band’s debut album, “Hummin’ Comin,” was released on October 12, 1993, in ‘Cha. In less than a year, they released their second studio album, Off the Hook.

Burruss was the first African-American woman to win the Songwriter of the Year honor. Burruss also penned the song “Tardi for the Party” for her Atlanta co-star Kim Zolciak, who is a member of the Real Housewives of Atlanta. Burruss co-wrote “No Scrubs” by TLC and “Bills, Bills, Bills” by Destiny’s Child. Kandi Koated, her second album, was released in December 2010. Ed Sheeran released his huge hit single Shape of You in 2017 with Burruss and three other songwriters co-writing credit. She was also a member of the Peach Candy duet alongside Rasheeda, an Atlanta lady rapper. DeShawn Snow was replaced by Burruss in the second season of the Real Housewives of Atlanta, according to Entertainment Weekly in March 2009. Burruss’s debut had multiple stories, the first of which featured her boyfriend A.J.

Burruss formed friendships with castmates Phaedra Parks and Porsha Williams in addition to her work on A Mother’s Love, a play she and her husband wrote and produced. In season 11 of season 11 RuPaul’s Drag Race, she participated as a guest judge alongside the Amber Valletta model and player who was broadcast on 11 April 2019. She came in fifth place and was a fan favorite during her performance. In the third season of reality television in 2020, the Masked Singer played the Night Angel. During the finale, the first female winner in the show’s history was announced. Kandi’s Wedding, the show’s second spin-off, premiered on Bravo on June 1, 2014.

Burruss rode a camel in the series Single Ladies, Thicker Than Wasser: The Tankards, Roblé & Co. Chef, and Let’s Stay Together. Burruss is also the owner of Bedroom Kandi, a sex toy firm. Kandi Koated Nights, Burruss, and four friends launched a sex and relationship’ video series on Ustream. The show debuted on television in 2018.

Kandi Burruss Age

How old is Kandi? Burruss is 45 years old as of 2021. She was born Kandi Lenice Burruss-Tucker on 17 May 1976 in College Park, Georgia, United States. She celebrates her birthday on the 17th of May every year.

Kandi Burruss Education

Burruss attended Tri-Cities High School in East Point, Georgia, graduating in 1994.

Kandi Burruss Nationality | Ethnicity

What ethnicity is Kandi? she belongs to the black ethnicity/heritage, she was born and raised in College Park, Georgia, United States, and she holds American nationality.

Kandi Burruss Height

How tall is Burruss? Burruss stands at a height of 5 feet 3 inches (1.60 m) tall and weighs about 62 kg.

Kandi Burruss Family | Parents

Burruss was born and raised in College Park, Georgia, United States, to Reverend Titus Burruss Jr. and Joyce Jones. She had an older brother, Patrick Riley who died in a car crash when she was 22 years old.

Kandi Burruss Husband | Married

Burruss began dating Ashley “A.J” Jewell in late 2008, and the couple married in January 2009 after several months of dating. Despite this, Jewell died on October 2, 2009, from a headache. Burruss revealed on Twitter on January 15, 2013, that she was filming the fourth season with Todd Tucker, a former line producer for The Real Housewives of Atlanta.

The two of them married on April 4, 2014. The pair resides in Atlanta, Georgia together with their three children. Burruss and her ex-boyfriend, Block Entertainment’s Russell “Block” Spencer, have a daughter named Riley Burruss.

Kandi Burruss Children

Kandi together with her husband have two children, Ace Wells, their son, was born on January 6, 2016, and Blaze Tucker, their daughter, was delivered via surrogate on November 22, 2019, and a daughter named Riley Burruss, who was born on August 22, whom she got with her ex-boyfriend, Block Entertainment’s Russell “Block” Spencer.

Kandi Burruss Net Worth

Burruss has a net worth of $30 million, which she has amassed as a singer, songwriter, television personality, actress, and entrepreneur.

Kandi Burruss The Real Housewives of Atlanta

Burruss has starred in the Bravo reality television series The Real Housewives of Atlanta since its second-season premiere on July 30, 2009. Burruss has appeared in five Real Housewives spinoff and companion series as of 2022, beginning with 2012’s The Kandi Factory, and continuing on with Kandi’s Wedding (2014), Kandi’s Ski Trip (2015), and Xscape: Still Kickin’ It (2017), all of which were aired by Bravo