Rhonda Ross Kendrick


Rhonda Ross is an American singer-songwriter, actress, and public speaker. She is the daughter of singer/actress Diana Ross. She was born in Los Angeles and raised by Ross and her first husband, Robert Ellis Silberstein. Her biological father is Motown Records founder Berry Gordy.

Early life

At the time of Rhonda's birth, Diana Ross was married to her first husband, Robert Ellis Silberstein. Ross, Gordy, and Silberstein all knew of Rhonda's parentage. She was publicly presented as the daughter of Ross and Silberstein, and he raised her. When she was 13, she was told Gordy was her biological father. Ross Kendrick has said that the revelation came as a relief. She was beginning to notice physical differences between herself and her younger sisters. The revelation gave her an answer to the situation. Rhonda Ross Kendrick is the eldest of Diana Ross' five children and the seventh of Berry Gordy's eight biological children. She is a graduate of Brown University.

Career

Ross Kendrick's most famous acting credit is Toni Burrell on Another World. She played the role from 1997 to 1999 and was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award in 1998. She also appeared in the movie The Personals with Malik Yoba as well as The Temptations miniseries with her relative Bianca Lawson. In 2004, she released her debut live album Rhonda Ross Live Featuring Rodney Kendrick.
After working for two years as an agent with the firm Citi Habitats, she found Ross Realty International, a real-estate brokerage firm in New York City in 2008.
In 2013, she joined her mother on the In the Name of Love Tour as the opening act for her concerts. In July 2016, she released her first studio album In Case You Didn't Know. The album spawned the singles "Summer Day" and "In Case You Didn't Know".

Personal life

Rhonda has eleven siblings, seven on her biological father Berry Gordy’s side, and four on her mother Diana Ross’s side.
Her younger brother is Stefan Gordy, more commonly known as artist Redfoo, who is one half of the group LMFAO, which consists of himself and Rhonda’s nephew Sky Blu, whose real name is Skyler Gordy.
On her mother’s side, she is the sister of actress Tracee Ellis Ross, Chudney Ross, Ross Naess, and musician Evan Ross. Her sister-in-law is Ashlee Simpson, via her brother Evan’s marriage.
In 1985, her mother married her stepfather, Arne Næss Jr. Through this marriage, she gained three step-siblings, Katnika, Christoffer, and folk singer Leona Naess; before her half-brothers Evan and Ross Naess were born to the couple.
On September 13, 1996, she married jazz musician Rodney Kendrick. On August 7, 2009, she gave birth to their son Raif-Henok Emmanuel Kendrick.

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