Kandi Lenice Burruss-Tucker is a talented American singer, songwriter, television personality, actress, and businesswoman known by her mononym Kandi. Additionally, Burruss first gained notice as a member of American vocal group Xscape in 1992. Additionally, she won a Grammy Award for Best R&B Song in 2000 for her contributions to TLC’s hit song ‘ No Scrubs’. Additionally, Burruss currently appears on Atlanta’s Bravo Reality TV series The Real Housewives since its first season on July 30, 2009.

KANDI BURRUSS: EARLY CHILDHOOD, EDUCATION, FAMILY

Daughter of Reverend Titus Burruss Jr. and Joyce Jones, Burruss was born in College Park, Georgia on May 17, 1976. She also had an older brother, Patrick Riley, who died at the age of 22 in an accident. car. Equally significant, Burruss graduated from Tri-Cities High School in East Point, Georgia in 1994. Similarly, at the age of 15, she first appeared on the BET show, Teen Summit.

KANDI BURRUSS: CAREER AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS

xscape

LaTocha Scott had played with a band called Precise before joining Xscape. Scott’s sister Tamika met Kandi Burruss while attending Tri-Cities Performing Arts High School in East Point, Georgia. The three began singing together and added a fourth member, Tamera Coggins, although she had a short-lived tenure with the group. On October 12, 1993, the band released their debut album, Hummin’ Comin, on ‘Cha. The album peaked in the United States at number 17. Billboard 200 and Top R&B Album Chart number three. It was a critical and commercial success, within a year it went platinum, and it released two top ten singles.

Solo work and production

Since Xscape disbanded, Burruss has focused on producing and songwriting. In 1999, Burruss teamed with bandmate Tameka “Tiny” Cottle to score TLC’s international number one hit “No Scrubs.” Burruss wrote another song for Destiny’s Child that same year, “Bills, Bills, Bills.” Burruss will continue to work with Pink co-writing ‘There You Go’, her debut single Burruss became the first African-American woman to receive 2,000 Songwriter of the Year awards from the American Society of Composers, Writers and Publishers . For her Real Housewives of Atlanta co-star Kim Zolciak, Burruss rewrote and produced the album “Tardy for the Party.”

Reality show

Entertainment Weekly announced in March 2009 that Burruss would replace DeShawn Snow on the second season of The Real Housewives of Atlanta. Burrus returned for the third season he saw, Zolciak and Burruss managed to record music together, despite their disputed artistic differences. Burrus got the second Real Housewives of Atlanta spinoff.

Kandi’s Marriage received very high marks for Bravo, which beat previous spinoffs from NeNe Leakes and Kim Zolciak. The network later announced Kandi’s Ski Trip, the third branch with Burruss, as another project. The three-part special premiered after the end of the seventh season of The Real Housewives of Atlanta. It was revealed on January 13, 2019 that Burruss would be a guest star on the second season of American reality competition Celebrity Big Brother. She finished fifth in the competition and during her time on the show was a fan favorite.

KANDI BURRUSS: PERSONAL LIFE AND HUSBAND

Burruss believes in God and is a member of Holiness Church. Burruss and her ex-boyfriend, Russell “Block” Spencer of Block Entertainment, have a daughter named Riley Burruss who was born on August 22, 2002. In late 2008, Burruss began a relationship with Ashley “AJ” Jewell and the couple got together. engaged in January 2009 after dating for several months. Likewise, on October 2, 2009, Jewell died from head injuries during a fight.

Similarly, on January 15, 2013, Burruss revealed via Twitter that she had been engaged to Todd Tucker, a former line producer for The Real Housewives of Atlanta, whom she had been dating since 2011 while filming the fourth season. On April 4, 2014, the two were married. The pair are based in Atlanta, Georgia. Burruss revealed on July 22, 2015, that she was pregnant. She and Tucker welcomed their son, Ace Wells, on January 6, 2016. On November 22, 2019, Burruss and Tucker welcomed their second child, a daughter named Blaze Tucker, through a surrogate.

KANDI BURRUSS: FORTUNE AND SOCIAL MEDIA

Kandi Burruss has an estimated net worth of over $40 million as of March 2020. The music star has made his fortune mainly through his record sales and record label. She still earns a lot of money thanks to her reality show.

Likewise, talking about her availability on social media platforms, she is available on Instagram as ‘ Kandi ‘ with 7.4 million followers. Furthermore, she can also be accessed on Twitter as ‘ Kandi’ and has 1.8 million followers.

KANDI BURRUSS: BODY MEASUREMENTS

Burruss is a beautiful lady with an amazing body and facial features. The height of the actress is 1.71 meters, and she weighs 70 kg. Also, her body measurements are 37-28-38.