Whitney Alford is an American licensed makeup artist and esthetician. Kendrick Lamar who is a multiple Grammy Award winner, is engaged to her. Alford is a native of California and was raised in one of the city’s most dangerous areas.
This makeup artist is from Compton in the American City located in Compton, California. Her birthplace was in America and has mixed ancestry. Her mother is mixed race and her father is African-American.
Profile
- Full name: Whitney Alford
- Gender: Female
- Date of both: 12 May 1986
- Age: 37 years old
- Zodiac sign: Taurus
- Place of birth: Compton, California, United States
- Current residence: South Bay, California, United States
- Nationality: American
- Ethnicity: Mixed
- Religion: Christianity
- Sexuality: Straight
- Height in feet: 5’8″
- Height in centimeters: 173
- Weight in pounds: 128
- Weight in kilograms: 58
- Hair color: Dark brown
- Eye color: Dark brown
- Relationship status: Engaged
- Fiancé Kendrick: Lamar
- Children: 2
- High School: Centennial High School
- University: University of California
- Profession: Makeup artist, esthetician
- Net worth: $1.5 million
Early life & Education
Alford was the son of a mixed-race mom and a father of African descent on May 12th, 1986 in Compton, California. Alford along with Lamar received exposure to the vibrant hip-hop community in Compton when they were young.
The region has previously provided musicians such as Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, and Suge Knight. Due to gang violence and the lack of resources this talent pool is often overlooked.
The father of Lamar, Kenny Duckworth was a part of a notorious street gang called the Gangster Disciples and also relatives of the family linked with the Bloods.
Whitney went to the California’s Centennial High School. Then, she attended The University of California, Long Beach where she earned a bachelor’s in accounting in 2007.
Furthermore, she was granted the license to be a beauty stylist in the entertainment industry.
Career
Whitney was employed in the entertainment industry as a makeup artist and skincare specialist. Numerous magazines, including Rolling Stone, Billboard Magazines, Ebony, and Reebok have praised her work.
The makeup artist has a beauty salon in Los Angeles, California, in the United States.
Social media
Her social media channels are given below:
Personal life
While attending the same high school, Whitney Alford and Kendrick Lamar became friends. Although they were first close friends, they quickly began dating.
Both of them entered the spotlight as his career grew and expanded. Together with Kendrick, she debuted in front of the public at the 2014 Grammy Awards. In a Billboard interview, Kendrick Lamar said he constantly refers to Whitney as his best friend.
He even wrote a song called “Love,” specifically for her. The paparazzi captured her wearing a wedding band on her left hand in March 2015, and Kendrick subsequently confirmed the engagement during an interview on a radio show.
They had a girl as their first child in July of that year. Whitney has two kids with her fiancé. Kendrick Lamar and Whitney Alford welcomed their first child in July this year.
When they debuted the album cover for Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers, they made their second kid public.
Net worth
Her estimated net worth is over $700,000, plus she likely shares Kendrick’s estimated net worth of over $18 million.
