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Kandi Burruss

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49 Years Old

Kandi Lenice Burruss (born May 17, 1976), known professionally by her mononym Kandi, is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, television personality, actress, businesswoman, and producer. She first gained recognition in 1992 as a member of the multi-platinum R&B female vocal group Xscape. As a songwriter, she has received writing credits on the singles "Bills, Bills, Bills" by Destiny's Child, "There You Go" by Pink, "Break Up with Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored" by Ariana Grande, and "Shape of You" by Ed Sheeran. In 2000, she won a Grammy Award for Best R&B Song for her work on the TLC hit song "No Scrubs". Her debut single "Don't Think I'm Not", as well as her appearances on the singles "4, 5, 6" by Solé, and E-40's "U and Dat" alongside T-Pain, have all reached the top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100. She has starred in the Bravo reality television series The Real Housewives of Atlanta since its second-season premiere on July 30, 2009, making her the longest serving cast member in The Real Housewives franchise. She has appeared in six Real Housewives spin-offs 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), Xscape: Still Kickin' It (2017), and Kandi & the Gang (2022), all of which were aired by Bravo. She also appeared as a guest in Kim Zolciak's wedding special Don't Be Tardy for the Wedding (2012). She competed in the third season of the Fox competition series The Masked Singer and and on the second season of Celebrity Big Brother on CBS. In 2023, her production work on a 2022 Broadway production of the play The Piano Lesson earned her a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play. She and her ex-boyfriend, Russell "Block" Spencer of Block Entertainment, have a daughter named Riley Burruss (born on August 22, 2002). In late 2008, she started dating Ashley "A.J." Jewell and after several months, the couple became engaged in January 2009; however, Jewell died on October 2, 2009, after sustaining head injuries in a brawl. On January 15, 2013, she announced via Twitter that she was 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. They married on April 4, 2014, and had a son (born January 6, 2016) and a daughter, via surrogate (born November 22, 2019).

Born

College Park, Georgia, USA on 17th May 1976

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Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
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The Kelly Clarkson Show
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The Wendy Williams Show
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Sherri
Self - Guest
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The Masked Singer
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The Masked Singer
Night Angel
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RuPaul's Drag Race
Self - Guest Judge
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Insecure
Glenda
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The Chi
Roselyn Perry
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The Jennifer Hudson Show
Self - Xscape
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Tamron Hall
Self - Guest
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Celebrity Big Brother
Contestant
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Celebrity Big Brother
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I Can See Your Voice
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VERZUZ
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The Real Housewives of Atlanta
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Celebrity Family Feud
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For Real: The Story of Reality TV
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Kandi & The Gang
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SWV & Xscape: The Queens of R&B
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Snake Oil
Self - Celebrity Guest Advisor
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The Real Housewives of Atlanta: Kandi's Wedding
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The Kandi Factory
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The Underdoggs
Judge Tara
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Kandi Koated Nights
Self - Host
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Kandi's Ski Trip
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Keeping Up with the Joneses
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Never Heard
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Kandi Burruss and Todd Tucker's The Pass
Shay
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30 Rock: A One-Time Special
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Pretty Stoned
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Bad Dad Rehab
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Second Chance Christmas
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Same Difference
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A Mother's Love
Lena
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Where's the Love?
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Envy: A Seven Deadly Sins Story
Regan
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Whatever It Takes
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Taking On Taylor Swift
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Truth Be Told
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