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Kandi Burruss

1976-05-17 (48 years old) in 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).

Movies

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The Underdoggs
70 %|Jan 25, 2024
Comedy
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Whatever It Takes
60 %|Dec 21, 2023
TV Movie
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Pretty Stoned
55 %|Apr 19, 2023
Comedy
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Taking On Taylor Swift
40 %|Dec 23, 2022
Documentary, Music
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Envy: A Seven Deadly Sins Story
60 %|Apr 17, 2021
Drama, TV Movie
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30 Rock: A One-Time Special
51 %|Jul 16, 2020
Comedy, TV Movie
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Same Difference
95 %|Jun 14, 2019
Mystery
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Never Heard
71 %|Nov 1, 2018
Drama, Family
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Bad Dad Rehab
68 %|Jul 3, 2016
Drama, TV Movie
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Second Chance Christmas
45 %|Dec 6, 2014
Family, TV Movie
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Where's The Love?
65 %|May 3, 2014
Drama, Comedy, Romance, TV Movie
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A Mother's Love
10 %|Apr 8, 2014
Music
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Make it Rain
0 %|Aug 1, 2013
Comedy
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Truth Be Told
75 %|Jan 1, 2002
Drama

Series

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Snake Oil
55 %|Sep 27, 2023
Reality
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SWV & Xscape: The Queens of R&B
50 %|Mar 5, 2023
Reality
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The Jennifer Hudson Show
64 %|Sep 12, 2022
Talk
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Sherri
42 %|Sep 12, 2022
Talk
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Kandi & The Gang
10 %|Mar 6, 2022
Reality
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Keeping Up with the Joneses
87 %|Jul 8, 2021
Drama
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For Real: The Story of Reality TV
100 %|Mar 25, 2021
Documentary
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I Can See Your Voice
74 %|Sep 23, 2020
Reality
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VERZUZ
100 %|Mar 24, 2020
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Tamron Hall
51 %|Sep 9, 2019
Talk
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The Kelly Clarkson Show
62 %|Sep 9, 2019
Talk
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The Masked Singer
78 %|Jan 2, 2019
Reality
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The Masked Singer
78 %|Jan 2, 2019
Reality
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Celebrity Big Brother
63.46 %|Feb 7, 2018
Reality
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Celebrity Big Brother
63.46 %|Feb 7, 2018
Reality
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The Chi
80 %|Jan 7, 2018
Drama
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Kandi Koated Nights
0 %|Jan 7, 2018
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Insecure
74 %|Oct 9, 2016
Comedy, Drama
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Celebrity Family Feud
78 %|Jun 21, 2015
Reality
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Kandi's Ski Trip
0 %|May 17, 2015
Reality
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The Kandi Factory
0 %|Apr 9, 2013
Reality
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Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
50 %|Jul 16, 2009
Talk, Comedy
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RuPaul's Drag Race
75 %|Feb 2, 2009
Reality
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The Real Housewives of Atlanta
60 %|Oct 7, 2008
Reality
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The Wendy Williams Show
66 %|Jul 14, 2008
Talk