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Rhonda Ross Kendrick

 

 

Born:     August 14, 1971

Birthplace:    Los Angeles, CA  

Zodiac Sign:  Leo

Rhonda Ross Kendrick (born Rhonda Suzanne Silberstein) is an American singer and former actress.

 

She is the daughter of singer and 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.

 

Still, she was raised by her former stepfather Silberstein, a man she remains close with today, and he is considered her legal father.

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.

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 (1999) with Malik Yoba and The Temptations miniseries with her relative Bianca Lawson. In 2004, she released her debut live album Rhonda Ross Live Featuring Rodney Kendrick.

After working two years as an agent with Citi Habitats, she founded Ross Realty International, a real estate brokerage firm in New York City, in 2008.

In 2013, she joined her mother (Diana Ross) 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".. Source.

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