When Salt, Pepa, and Spinderella were at the height of their reign, as hip hop’s dopest female group in the 90’s, DJ Spinderella (50) was experiencing some of the greatest joys and toughest battles of her life. In particular, with her baby daddy and former NBA star, Kenny Anderson (51). However, the thing about tough battles is that they don’t last always, which is a lesson Spin’ has clearly learned years later with her current man…yet, not before revealing how Kenny did her dirty…
NBA Star Left Spinderella Soon After Their Daughter’s Birth…
In a 1994 interview with New York Magazine, Spinderella (birth name, Deidra Roper) let the world know that Kenny Anderson dumped her when their now 28 year old daughter was just weeks old:
“He [Kenny Anderson] made the decision not to be with me,” says Roper. Being a young man of his status, he was doing things I couldn’t deal with. He was there at the birth. He stayed for a couple weeks until the novelty wore off.”
But The Way Spinderella Said Her Ex Left Her, Is Sad
Spinderella Knew It Was Over When This Happened…
Spinderella realized Kenny Anderson (pictured above, center) wasn’t coming back, after she says he’d never returned from a ‘celebration’ for their daughter’s birth:
“He went out to celebrate and never came back,” claimed Spinderella.
She Wanted To Get Married, Anderson Didn’t…
Spinderella: “I did plan to get married. But I can’t shackle him and drag him to the altar”
Years later, it was revealed that Anderson’s relationship was strained with several of his children.
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What Kenny Anderson’s Up To Nowadays
Kenny Anderson went on to have several more kids, including one with Basketball Wives reality star, Tami Roman.
These days, he and Spinderella have made amends, with the Salt N’ Pepa legend even appearing in a documentary about his life years later. Still no word on his relationship with their daughter though.
