Kandi Burruss

Known for ActingBorn 1976-05-17 (age 50)College Park, Georgia, USA

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).Read more

Movies & web series

Family Recipe Showdown

For Real: The Story of Reality TV

VERZUZ

Same Difference

Keeping Up with the Joneses

The Chi

Celebrity Family Feud

Never Heard

The Masked Singer

RuPaul's Drag Race

Kandi Burruss and Todd Tucker's The Pass

Whatever It Takes

Truth Be Told

Insecure

The Underdoggs

Secret Celebrity Renovation

I Can See Your Voice

SWV & Xscape: The Queens of R&B

Where's the Love?

The Kelly Clarkson Show

30 Rock: A One-Time Special

Envy: A Seven Deadly Sins Story

Pretty Stoned

Celebrity Big Brother

Steve

The Real Housewives of Atlanta

The Jennifer Hudson Show

The Wendy Williams Show

Bad Dad Rehab

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Tamron Hall

Snake Oil

Second Chance Christmas

The View

Taking On Taylor Swift

The Real Housewives of Atlanta: Kandi's Wedding

Sherri

Kandi & The Gang

A Mother's Love

Don't Bring Your Man to Atlanta

Kandi Koated Nights

Kandi's Ski Trip

Celebrities Undercover

Make it Rain

The Kandi Factory

Kandi - Don’t Think I’m Not