Un-Break my hearts singer, Toni Braxton is one of the most popular performers of rhythm
and blues, pop and soul as well as an actress.
She started singing at a young age in a church choir, while the professional career began
in late 80s when she and her four younger sisters were singing in a band The Braxtons.Real
fame came to her after the release of the first solo album with over 15 million sold
copies for which she got three Grammy awards.
The second album was even a bigger success.
However, very soon she went bankrupt, yet it didn’t break her and she started working
even harder.
The multi-award winning performer keeps singing till nowadays as well as has been acting in
TV series Braxton Family Values since 2011.
She proves that everything is possible however difficult the circumstances are!
Toni’s mother, Evelyn is a dedicated and proud mom to six children.
She walked down the aisle at 18 and devoted all her life to raising kids, being their
supporter and music coach.
When kids’ careers were settled, she decided to live for herself and took some courses
in a University.
The father, Michael was a pastor in a church where all his kids were singing.
At the very beginning, he didn’t allow them to listen to secular music but then he eased
and the whole music world was opened to girls and especially Toni.
After three decades of marriage, he was caught up cheating that led to divorce.
He now lives with his second spouse in Baltimore.
Toni has a brother Michael Jr.
He is the only male sibling in a family and as the rest of the kids grew up singing in
a church.
He is now a music performer and a songwriter.
Traci is a sister who persuaded Toni to pursue a solo career.
She is also a singer herself but additionally to that she is a TV personality as well as
a motivation speaker.
She is a wonderful mom to a son and a loving wife to Kevin Surratt.
Towanda is another creative sister who is a TV figure, singer and founder of a company
aimed at training of personal assistants.
She even worked for the music star as a personal assistant.
She was married and has two kids.
The third sister Trina was also once a singer.
Nonetheless, she grew up to be an extremely successful businesswoman who owns a fashion
boutique.
She is divorced and co-parents two children with ex-husband.
Tamar is the youngest child and like the rest of the siblings, she is also into the entertainment
industry.
It was her idea to create the show about their family, which turned out to be a financial
success for everyone.
She was twice married and twice divorced.
With the second ex-spouse, she has a son who they co-parent.
The celebrity was married only once to a singer Keri Lewis.
They met during one of her solo tours and that’s where their love story began.
Lewis even left the band and started helping Braxton to produce music.
They had been together for 12 years and produced two sons who they raise together after the
divorce.
Toni is now often seen with Birdman and who knows what the future is for these two love-birds.
The first son from Lewis is Denim.
He was delivered in 2001 and is the singer’s first child.
He is very popular in social media and has thousands of followers.
The second son, Diezel became a wonderful addition to a family two years after.
At the age of 3, he was diagnosed with autism.
However, according to the music star, he now no longer has the symptoms of this disease
as he began therapy early and is now called a social butterfly.