The father of Salt N’ Pepa legend, DJ Spinderella (50), and Basketball Wives star-turned-actress, Tami Roman (52), is grateful to be alive today, after suffering a serious health scare that took quite some time for him to recover from. Many of you may remember 14-year NBA star, Kenny Anderson, who at the height of his career was in a public relationship with Spinderella and later married Tami.
Both relationships ended in shambles and left lingering bitterness and pain for all involved, including their kids. Before we recap their drama, let’s first get into Kenny’s health scare and recovery.
In 2019, Kenny Anderson (51) was hospitalized after having a stroke. At that time, his wife, Natasha Anderson, thanked fans without giving many details:
I am good Thank God! pic.twitter.com/qCslyF3b7D
— Kenny Anderson (@chibbs_1) April 13, 2019
“We would like to thank everyone for reaching out on behalf of Kenny. Our family is extremely grateful for all the prayers and love that we have received over the last few days. We appreciate you continuing to respect our privacy as Kenny heals.”
It was later reported that Kenny has high blood pressure and high cholesterol, but had stopped taking his meds, which somehow triggered the stroke.
The NORMAL JOB Kenny Has Now…And How He Lost ALL His NBA Money
Months after his stroke, Kenny Anderson is still on his road to recovery and attending rehabilitation sessions to get his body back to it’s prior state. But as you can see, the brotha is coming along just fine, thank goodness.
His Tough Times
Via Undefeated: This is…the Kenny Anderson who was sexually abused as a boy, whose mother dealt with the demons of drug and alcohol addiction, who lost most of his NBA fortune and declared bankruptcy in 2005, who fathered seven children with five women, and who lost a high school coaching job in Florida after a 2013 DUI arrest.
His Current Job
Kenny once had a $63 MILLION fortune and admittedly blew most of it on cars, champagne, partying, etc. “I lived a fast life,” said Anderson, “and enjoyed every bit of it.”
Today he’s the men’s basketball coach at an HBCU, Fisk University.
When Kenny applied for the job, Fisk president, Kevin Rome, leaped at the opportunity to have him join the staff and give the school’s struggling enrollment a fighting chance, as well as give Kenny a second chance:
“I knew his story and the challenges he has faced, and one of the things we pride ourselves on at HBCUs is that we give people second chances. … “We don’t make the assumption that because someone has challenges that they don’t have value. With [Anderson’s] fame and skill set, I think he can transform our program and take it to a new level of competitiveness. It’s about exposure, but we’re going to give him time to build his own program. I don’t have unrealistic expectations.” – via Undefeated
Meet Kenny’s Kids With Spinderella And Tami Roman & Their Past Drama
Kenny & DJ Spinderella’s Era
Deidre “DJ Spinderella” Roper and Kenny had daughter, Christy, in 1992. Spin’ had her issues with Kenny when they dated in the early 90’s, but she mostly kept them behind closed doors. There was, however, one publicized incident according to Undefeated- they once angrily ‘splashed champagne on each other during actor Wesley Snipes’ birthday party at a Manhattan nightclub.’
Tami Roman & Kenny Anderson’s Marriage
Kenny married Tami in 1994, had two daughters (Lyric and Jazz), and divorced in 2001. Tami says he had multiple affairs (including one with her BBW co-star, Evelyn Lozada, before the two ladies ever met) and TWO babies with mistresses during their union. Tami was left broke and on welfare assistance because they’re pre-nup left her without one red cent.
Tami and a few of Kenny’s other four baby mommas have reportedly publicly blasted him in the past for not taking care of his children.
Kenny once made an appearance on “Basketball Wives” with Tami, after allegedly not having seen their daughters in ten years, at that time.
Today, he’s putting forth effort to do better, as a humbled man who’s had to learn from his mistakes the hard way. Be sure to watch Kenny Anderson’s documentary, Mr. Chibbs, on Amazon.
