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).
Movie | The Underdoggs | Judge Tara | 2024-01-25 |
Series | SWV & Xscape: The Queens of R&B | Self [Xscape] | 2023-03-05 |
Movie | Pretty Stoned | Mrs. Thompson | 2023-04-19 |
Movie | Kandi Burruss and Todd Tucker's The Pass | Shay | 2023-08-27 |
Movie | Whatever It Takes | Joan | 2023-12-21 |
Series | Snake Oil | Self - Celebrity Guest Advisor | 2023-09-27 |
Series | Kandi & The Gang | Self | 2022-03-06 |
Series | Sherri | Self - Guest | 2022-09-12 |
Movie | Taking On Taylor Swift | Self | 2022-12-23 |
Series | The Jennifer Hudson Show | Self - Xscape | 2022-09-12 |
Movie | Envy: A Seven Deadly Sins Story | Regan | 2021-04-17 |
Series | For Real: The Story of Reality TV | Self | 2021-03-25 |
Series | Keeping Up with the Joneses | Narrator (voice) | 2021-07-08 |
Series | VERZUZ | Self [Xscape] | 2020-03-24 |
Movie | 30 Rock: A One-Time Special | Kandi Burruss | 2020-07-16 |
Series | I Can See Your Voice | Unknown | 2020-09-23 |
Movie | Same Difference | Gloria | 2019-06-14 |
Series | The Masked Singer | Self | 2019-01-02 |
Series | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Self | 2019-09-09 |
Series | Tamron Hall | Self - Guest | 2019-09-09 |
Series | The Chi | Roselyn Perry | 2018-01-07 |
Series | Kandi Koated Nights | Self - Host | 2018-01-07 |
Movie | Never Heard | Tara | 2018-11-01 |
Series | Celebrity Big Brother | Contestant | 2018-02-07 |
Movie | Bad Dad Rehab | Tanya | 2016-07-03 |
Series | Insecure | Glenda | 2016-10-09 |
Series | Kandi's Ski Trip | Self | 2015-05-17 |
Series | Celebrity Family Feud | Self | 2015-06-21 |
Movie | A Mother's Love | Lena | 2014-04-08 |
Movie | Where's The Love? | Self (uncredited) | 2014-05-03 |
Movie | Second Chance Christmas | Tina | 2014-12-06 |
Series | The Real Housewives of Atlanta: Kandi's Wedding | Self | 2014-06-01 |
Series | The Kandi Factory | Self | 2013-04-09 |
Movie | Make it Rain | Roxanne | 2013-08-01 |
Series | RuPaul's Drag Race | Self - Guest Judge | 2009-02-02 |
Series | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self - Guest | 2009-07-16 |
Series | The Real Housewives of Atlanta | Self | 2008-10-07 |
Series | The Wendy Williams Show | Unknown | 2008-07-14 |
Movie | Truth Be Told | Waitress | 2002-01-01 |