28 Facts About Kandi Burruss

Kandi Burruss appeared as a guest in Kim Zolciak's wedding special Don't Be Tardy for the Wedding.

Kandi Burruss had a recurring role as Roselyn Perry in the third season of the Showtime drama series The Chi.

Kandi Burruss won the third season of the Fox competition series The Masked Singer, and became the show's first female champion.

Kandi Burruss was born May 17,1976 in College Park, Georgia, the daughter of the Reverend Titus Kandi Burruss Jr.

Kandi Burruss had an older brother, Patrick Riley, who died in a car crash.

Kandi Burruss attended Tri-Cities High School in East Point, Georgia, graduating in 1994.

Kandi Burruss first appeared on the BET series Teen Summit at age 15.

Kandi Burruss called the other band members to discuss starting a show of their own.

Kandi Burruss received an apology from Scott on stage during a concert in Detroit in 2017.

Kandi Burruss was the first African-American woman to win the award.

Kandi Burruss rewrote and executive produced the 2009 song "Tardy for the Party" for her Real Housewives of Atlanta co-star Kim Zolciak.

The lawsuit was dismissed on October 12,2013, after the presiding judge deemed that Kandi Burruss failed to furnish enough evidence of copyright infringement.

In December 2009, Kandi Burruss announced she had signed a deal with Asylum Records after her deal with Capitol Records fell through.

Kandi Burruss teamed with Atlanta female rapper Rasheeda to form the duo Peach Candy.

In later seasons, Kandi Burruss struck up a friendship with castmates Phaedra Parks and Porsha Williams, even starring the latter a role in her production of A Mother's Love, a play that Kandi Burruss and her husband, Todd Tucker, created and produced.

Sometime during her pregnancy with son Ace, a rift was shown between Phaedra and Kandi Burruss, eventually souring due to unpaid production fees that Parks owed Tucker.

In February 2024, Kandi Burruss announced she had departed the series.

Kandi Burruss's Wedding brought in very high ratings for Bravo, and topped NeNe Leakes and Kim Zolciak's previous spin-offs.

Kandi Burruss's third spin-off series, Kandi's Ski Trip, was a three-part special that aired in 2015 after the conclusion of the seventh season of The Real Housewives of Atlanta.

Kandi Burruss was a contestant on the second season of the reality competition show Celebrity Big Brother.

Kandi Burruss placed fifth in the competition and was a fan favorite during her run on the show.

Kandi Burruss appeared as a guest judge on the "From Farm to Runway" episode of season 11 of RuPaul's Drag Race alongside model and actress Amber Valletta, which aired on April 11,2019.

Kandi Burruss had been originally asked to compete in the first season, but was unable to participate due to other commitments.

Kandi Burruss won her season as the show's first female winner.

Burruss and four friends started Kandi Koated Nights, a "sex and relationship" web series on Ustream.

Kandi Burruss starred in the holiday themed BET+ original film, Whatever It Takes on December 21,2023.

Kandi Burruss and her ex-boyfriend, Russell "Block" Spencer of Block Entertainment, have a daughter born in 2002.

On January 15,2013, Kandi Burruss 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.