Traci Braxton Biography – Age, Career, Battle With Cancer, Braxton Sisters And Death
Traci Braxton was an American singer, reality television personality, and radio personality
Age
Traci Renee Braxton was born April 2, 1971. She was 50 year sold in 2022.
Career
Braxton’s solo debut album, Crash & Burn, was released in October 2014, preceded by the single “Last Call”.“Last Call” peaked at number 16 on the US R&B Adult chart. “Crash & Burn” debuted at No. 108 on the Billboard Hot 200 chart with sales of 4,000 in its first week and reached No. 11 on the relaunched Billboard R&B Albums chart and at No. 1 on the Heatseekers Albums chart. In April 2018, she released the single “Broken Things” featuring her sisters Toni, Towanda and Trina. In August 2018, Traci Braxton released the song “Lifeline” as the official lead single from her second album, On Earth, which was released later that month. Braxton was also a member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated
In 2011, Braxton reunited with her sisters for the WE tv reality show Braxton Family Values. The first season was the No. 1 rated reality show on WE tv, and the network ordered a 13-episode second season of the show after the third episode. In 2013, Braxton got her own radio show called The Traci Braxton Show on the BLIS.F.M. radio.
In parallel to her singing career, she acted in films such as Sinners Wanted (2018), All In (2019) and The Christmas Lottery.
Early life
Braxton was born in Severn, Maryland as the third child of her parents. Her father, Michael Conrad Braxton Sr., was a Methodist clergyman and power company worker, and her mother, Evelyn Jackson, a native of South Carolina, was a former opera singer and cosmetologist, as well as a pastor. Braxton’s maternal grandfather was also a pastor.
Braxton has an older brother, Michael Jr. (born in 1968), and four sisters, Toni (born in 1967), (born in 1973), Trina (born in 1974) and Tamar (born in 1977). Braxton and her siblings were raised in a strict religious household, and Braxton’s first performing experience was singing in her church choir
The Braxtons Sisters
Toni, Traci, Towanda, Trina, and Tamar Braxton signed their first record deal with Arista Records in 1989. In 1990, they released their first single, “Good Life”. It would be their only single as a fivesome. “Good Life” was not a hit, peaking at No. 79 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart. At the time of the single’s release, the members’ age differences created a problem with marketing. Subsequently, The Braxtons were dropped from Arista Records.
In 1991, during a showcase with Antonio “L.A.” Reid and Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds, who were in the process of forming LaFace Records, Toni Braxton, minus her four sisters, was chosen and signed as the label’s first female solo artist. At the time, the remaining members were told that LaFace was not looking for another girl group since it had just signed TLC.
Traci Braxton was Toni’s younger sister and released her debut solo album in October 2014. She, along with her other siblings, appeared on the 2011 reality show Braxton Family Values. Two years later, The Traci Braxton Show was launched via BLIS.FM radio.
Husband & Children
She was married to Kevin Surrat. The couple had one child together named Kevin Surratt Jr.
Battle With Cancer
Traci Braxton secretly battled esophageal cancer for over a year before her death. Esophageal cancer is a disease in which malignant (cancer) cells form in the tissues of the esophagus. Smoking, heavy alcohol use, and Barrett esophagus can increase the risk of esophageal cancer. Signs and symptoms of esophageal cancer are weight loss and painful or difficult swallowing
Death
Braxton died on March 12, 2022, at the age of 50. She had been suffering from esophageal cancer for at least one year before her death.
In addition to her sister, she is survived by her husband, Kevin Surrat, Sr., their son, Kevin Surrat and Olivia (née Barron), and her grandson, Kevin Surrat.
While speaking to media outlet People Magazine, the singer’s representative said that she was surrounded by her friends and family at the time of her death. Traci Braxton is survived by her husband Surratt and a child.
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