Rhonda Ross Kendrick

Rhonda Ross (born Rhonda Suzanne Silberstein; August 14, 1971) is an American singer-songwriter, actress, and public speaker. She is the daughter of singer/actress Diana Ross and Motown founder Berry Gordy.

Early life
At the time of Rhonda's birth, Diana Ross was married to her first husband, Robert Ellis Silberstein. Although Gordy, Ross, and Silberstein all knew of Rhonda's parentage, she was publicly represented as the daughter of Silberstein; who agreed to raise her as his own daughter. Although Gordy was always a close family friend, he became more fatherly toward her after she was informed of her true paternity when she was 13. She has said that the revelation came as a relief: she had previously found herself troubled over the stark physical differences she had noticed developing between herself and her two half-sisters, and now she was realizing the peace of having the explanation for these differences. She remains close with her ex-stepfather, Robert Ellis Silberstein, who considers her to be his own daughter today. Rhonda Ross Kendrick is the eldest of Diana Ross' five children and the seventh of Berry Gordy's eight children. She is a graduate of Brown University.

Career
Ross Kendrick's most famous acting credit is Toni Burrell on Another World. She played the role from 1997 to 1999 and was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award in 1998. She also appeared in the movie "The Personals" (1999) with Malik Yoba as well as The Temptations miniseries with her relative Bianca Lawson. In 2004, she released her debut live album Rhonda Ross Live Featuring Rodney Kendrick.

After working for two years as an agent with the firm Citi Habitats, she set out on her own, founding Ross Realty International, a real-estate brokerage in New York City, in 2008.

In 2013, she joined her mother (Diana Ross) on the In the Name of Love Tour as the opening act for her concerts. In July 2016, she released her first studio album In Case You Didn't Know. The album spawned the singles "Summer Day" and "In Case You Didn't Know".

Personal life
On September 13, 1996, she married jazz musician Rodney Kendrick. On August 7, 2009, she gave birth to their son Raif-Henok Emmanuel Kendrick.

Discography

 * Rhonda Ross Live Featuring Rodney Kendrick (2004)
 * In Case You Didn't Know (2016)