Whitney Alford Ethnicity

Whitney Alford is an American makeup artist and famous personality. She is best known as the fiance of Kendrick Lamar, a US rapper and songwriter.

She was born in an American family on 12 May 1986 in California, USA, making her age 38 as of 2024.

Quick Info

Real NameWhitney Alford
Age38 [as of 2024]
Birth PlaceCalifornia, USA
EducationBBA from California State University
Height5 feet 9 inches [approx.]
Weight58 kg [approx.]

Ethnicity

Whitney Alford possesses a mixed ethnic background, mostly of African roots. She is a Christian by religion and holds American citizenship.

She has a brother named Taylor Alford. He supported Kendrick during the Kendrick Lamar and Drake online beef in 2024.

Personal Life

She got engaged to Kendrick Lamar in the year 2015. They both went to the same school. She was his girlfriend while they were in high school.

Though they were dating in high school, they broke up in 2010 due to various reasons. They got back together a couple of years later after Kendrick released his second studio album Good Kid, M.A.A.D City.

She has two children with Kendrick Lamar namely Uzi (born July 2019) and Enoch respectively.

During the Lamar-Drake feud in 2024, Drake’s song Push Ups suggests a cheating allegation on Alford with Dave Free. These allegations reveal that Dave could be a biological father to Lamar’s children. In fact, she follows him on Instagram.

She graduated from Centennial High School, located in Compton, California in 2005. She pursued a bachelor’s degree in accounting from California State University.

Career

Whitney Alford is a makeup artist by profession. Being a beautician, she ran a beauty business in Los Angeles.

As per IMDb, she was a part of the additional crew of the TV show Family Fued in 2020. The same year, she worked as an assistant makeup artist in the film California No.

She contributed background vocals on a few songs of Kendrick’s To Pimp a Butterfly album. She made appearances in a few of his music videos. Additionally, she was featured on Lamar’s Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers cover along with her kids.

Throughout Kendrick’s music career, he released many songs dedicated to her such as Determined, She Needs Me, Growing Alive (To Get Closer), and much more.

Though she is available on Instagram under the username blushedbywhit, she uploads her pictures occasionally. Regardless, she accumulated more than 118k followers on the photo-sharing website.

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Featured image: @blushedbywhit – Instagram.