Toni Braxton Husband, Kids, Sisters, Son, Height, Dating, Boyfriend and Dad

Publish date: 2024-05-02

Toni Braxton is one of the most amazing women in Black American history whose voice has been dubbed a contralto voice. She is a woman who is passionate about her career and she is ambitious enough to achieve it. Braxton, whose middle name is Michelle, was born on October 7, 1967, in Severn, Maryland, United States. She began her quest for excellence making music in her church choir. Her love for craftsmanship was nurtured there before she moved on to the next stage of producing albums.

Besides being a singer, Braxton is also a songwriter, producer, actress, television personality, and philanthropist; she has been active in all her career positions since 1989 until now. She was first signed to Arista Records alongside her sisters in the 1980s in their amazing family band known as ‘The Braxtons’.

Toni attended Bowie State University where she earned a teaching degree, however, she decided to take the tunnel into music professionally after William E. Pettaway heard her singing while pumping gas and decided to be his producer.

Career

Toni Braxton’s self-titled debut album was released in 1993 and was a huge success, peaking at number one on the US Billboard 200 album chart. Next, she released her song titled Another Sad Love Song which reached another peak of excellence on the Top 100 Billboard and R&B Singles charts. Her music albums include Toni Braxton (1993), Secrets (1996), The Heat (2000), Snowflakes (2001), More Than A Woman (2002), Libra (2005), Pulse (2010), Love, Marriage and Divorce (with Baby Face, 2014) andSex and Cigarettes (2018).

Braxton plays the keyboard and was the first woman to sign with Laface Records. She starred as Belle in the Broadway production of Beauty and the Beast in September 1998. She has won several awards, including seven Grammy Awards, two American Music Awards in 1994 and 1995, nine Billboard Music Awards and seven American Music Awards. She has filed for bankruptcy twice but is currently worth $10 million.

Health challenges

Braxton’s world was riddled with rumors that she was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2007. She denied the allegations until they were made public in 2008, when a benign lump was removed from her breast. In 2010, Braxton was diagnosed with systemic lupus erythematosus; a very deadly disease. According to the research carried out, the disease was historic in his family because his brother is a carrier and his uncle died of its complications.

Husband, sons and children of Toni Braxton

Toni Braxton was married to Keri Lewis in April 2001. The two met while on an open tour and kicked off a romance that took them down the aisle. Their union was blessed with two boys – the first they named Denim Cole Braxton Lewis was born in 2001 and the second Diezel Ky Braxton-Lewis was born in 2003.

Her second son Diezel was diagnosed with autism, which motivated her mom to join the Autism Responders where she serves as an international spokesperson. Braxton announced her separation from husband Keri Lewis in November 2009 and later officially divorced in July 2013.

father and sisters

Toni Braxton was born to her father MichaelCornard Braxton Sr., a Methodist Center clergyman who also worked with a power company. His mother is Evelyn Jackson, an opera singer and cosmetologist who was also a pastor. Ironically, Braxton was born into a spiritual and Christian home because apart from her pastor parents, her maternal grandfather was also a pastor. It has been said that the upbringing received by Braxton and his siblings was of the strictest nature as they were never allowed to listen to any type of music apart from gospel/divine music.

Braxton has six siblings and she is the oldest in the mall. She has a brother Micheal Junior born in 1968 and four younger sisters Tarci, Towanda, Trina and Tarma, born in 1971, 1973, 1974 and 1977 respectively.

Growing up, Braxton wasn’t alone in her love for music. Along with her four sisters, they started singing in the late 1980s under the stage name The Braxtons, producing their debut album Good Life in 1990. The album didn’t do so well, but it gave Toni Braxton the right amount of exposure. Soon the producers came looking for her and this led her to record the soundtrack for Eddy Murphy’s movie Boomerang

Is Toni Braxton Dating Again? – Boyfriend

In 2016, news emerged that Toni Braxton is in a relationship with rapper, record producer and entrepreneur Birdman whose birth name is Bryan Williams. They have been together since 2016 but finally announced their engagement at the February 2018 Grammy Awards.

Birdman is worth over $160 million and is the co-founder of cash money records and one half of the duo Big Tymers. In addition to music, the rapper has also been identified as a marijuana hauler after he was caught with a pound of marijuana in 2007. He got into oil and gas and formed a company he named Bronald Oil and Gas, LLC.

Height, body measurements and other facts

Height: 5’1 ft tall

Weight: 54kg (120lbs)

Bra size: 34b

Size: 7 (US)

Dress size: 4 (US)

Body measurement: 34-26-34

Eye color: Dark brown

Hair color: Black.

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