Blac Chyna

Angela Renée White (born May 11, 1988),[1] known professionally as Blac Chyna, is an American model, socialite and entrepreneur. Originally rising to prominence in 2010 as the stunt double for Nicki Minaj in the music video for the song "Monster" by Kanye West,[3] Chyna gained wider media attention after being name-dropped in the song "Miss Me" by Drake in the same year, leading to a number of magazine appearances, including pieces in Dimepiece, Straight Stuntin and Black Men's Magazine. In 2014, Chyna launched her own makeup brand, "Lashed by Blac Chyna", and a beauty salon in Encino, Los Angeles. Chyna has since made a number of media appearances, including in her own reality television shows, Rob & Chyna and The Real Blac Chyna.[4]

Not to be confused with Chyna.

Blac Chyna
Chyna at RuPaul's DragCon LA in May 2019
Born
Angela Renée White

(1988-05-11) May 11, 1988[1]
Washington, D.C., U.S.[1]
Occupation
  • Model
  • entrepreneur
  • rapper
  • stripper (former)
Years active2008–present
Partner(s)
Children2
Modeling information
Height5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)
Hair colorBlack
Eye colorBrown

Early life and career

Angela Renee White was born on May 11, 1988 to Shalana Hunter and Eric Holland in Washington, District of Columbia. Chyna began stripping in Maryland to pay for her college tuition. While attending Johnson & Wales University in Miami, Chyna resumed stripping, eventually dropping out from the exhaustion of handling both stripping and studying, after having repeatedly fallen asleep in class. Chyna began to focus on stripping and modelling, taking the name "Blac Chyna" on the suggestion of a customer as a stage name.

While stripping at King of Diamonds, a popular Miami club, Chyna's unusual and "exotic" look made her popular; radio host Angela Yee described her as looking "like someone who was going to be famous."[5] In 2010, Drake name-dropped her in "Miss Me".[5] Her rising popularity led to modeling jobs on the covers of Dimepiece, Straight Stuntin and Black Men's Magazine. Later in the same year, she was cast as Nicki Minaj's stunt double in the song "Monster" by Kanye West.[3]

Throughout her career, Chyna has undergone several surgeries for buttock augmentation and breast enhancement, but has also had surgery to reduce the size of her chest.[6]

In February 2013, Chyna enrolled in JLS Professional Make Up Artist School. In December 2013, she launched her online boutique entitled "88fin", filled with new clothing and products from her clothing line of the same name. Also in the same month, Chyna launched her own brand of adhesive eyelashes called "Lashed by Blac Chyna". In February 2014, Chyna purchased a beauty bar located in Encino, Los Angeles, offering makeup courses.[3]

Since 2016, Chyna has appeared in a number of reality television shows, including E!'s Keeping Up with the Kardashians, and her own reality show with then-boyfriend Rob Kardashian Rob & Chyna, also on the E! network.[7] In 2019, Chyna starred in The Real Blac Chyna on Zeus Network.[4] Chyna has also appeared in Tokyo Toni's Finding Love ASAP!, and VH1's Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood.[8]

Personal life

In December 2011, Chyna appeared in the music video for the song "Rack City" by rapper Tyga; she has said that Tyga asked her to join him on tour that year, but she refused. The two began dating in December 2011,[5] and had a son together in October 2012.[9] The couple split in 2014 when Tyga began a relationship with Kylie Jenner, leading to a number of social media feuds between Chyna and Jenner that ended when Chyna started dating Jenner's half-brother Rob Kardashian in 2016.[5] Their daughter was born in November 2016.[10]

In December 2016, Kardashian announced on his Instagram post that he and Chyna split.[11] They reconciled a few days later, but separated again in February 2017. In July 2017, Kardashian posted sexually explicit photos of Chyna on social media, leading to Chyna obtaining a temporary restraining order against him.[12]

Filmography
YearTitleCharacterNotesRef.
2014–2018Keeping Up With the KardashiansHerselfEp. 11
2016Extra With Billy BushHerself
2016Rob & ChynaHerselfMain Cast[7]
2017 All Def Movie Awards Herself
2017Rupaul's Drag RaceHerselfEpisode 1
2017Good Morning AmericaHerselfEpisode 1
2017Wild 'N OutHerself -Team CaptainEpisode 1
2018Black Card RevokedAppearanceEpisode 3
2018Hip Hop SquaresPanelist- ContestantEpisode 3
2019The RealHerselfEpisode 1
2019Grown & SexyHerself
2019The Real Blac ChynaHerselfMain cast
2019The Wendy Williams ShowHerselfAppearance
2019 Dish NationHerselfEpisode 1
2019Love & Hip Hop: HollywoodHerselfCameo
2019 The Real Blac Chyna Herself Main Cast
2019RupaulHerselfEpisode 1
2019Tokyo Toni's Find Love Asap!Herself2 Episodes

Music videos

References
  1. "Blac Chyna". BET. Retrieved January 26, 2020.
  2. Gavilanes, Grace (July 6, 2017). "Rob Kardashian and Blac Chyna, Relationship Timeline". People. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
  3. Baxter-Wright, Dusty (July 13, 2017). "Blac Chyna's rise to fame is actually really interesting". Cosmopolitan. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
  4. https://variety.com/2019/digital/news/blac-chyna-docu-series-zeus-network-1203215517/
  5. Ogunnaike, Lola (August 30, 2016). "Blac Chyna Bares All". Elle. Retrieved August 5, 2019.
  6. Boucher, Ashley (May 15, 2019). "Blac Chyna Admits She's Had Plastic Surgery on Breasts Four Times". People. Retrieved June 4, 2019.
  7. Schilling, Dave (September 12, 2016). "Rob & Chyna: the saddest show on TV". The Guardian. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  8. "Do You Feel Like a Real Rapper Yet?". VH1. November 26, 2019. Retrieved December 28, 2019.
  9. Bobb, Maurice (November 16, 2012). "Tyga Welcomes His First Baby – MTV". MTV. Retrieved November 6, 2014.
  10. Vivinetto, Gina (November 10, 2016). "Rob Kardashian and Blac Chyna welcome baby daughter, Dream". NBC Today. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
  11. "Rob Kardashian announces Blac Chyna split on Instagram". CTV News. December 18, 2016. Retrieved May 2, 2018.
  12. Winton, Richard (July 10, 2017). "'Devastated' Blac Chyna wins temporary restraining order against Rob Kardashian in sex images case". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on June 12, 2018. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
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