CELEBRITY couple, Teyana Taylor and Iman Shumpert, garner attention for their respective works together, as well as individually.
While music fans know Teyana for her hit singles, fans are curious to know more about her husband Iman and his NBA career.
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Who is Teyana Taylor’s husband Iman Shumpert?
Iman Shumpert is a professional basketball player who last played for the Brooklyn Nets of the NBA.
Shumpert was selected by the New York Knicks with the 17th overall pick in the 2011 NBA draft.
In February 2012, then teammate Jared Jeffries said that “he’s about as good an on-ball defender as there is in the league right now.”
Shumpert won an NBA championship with the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2016.
An Illinois native, Shumpert attended Georgia Tech University where he was the team’s fourth-leading scorer for the ’08-’09 season.
Outside of basketball, Shumpert has dabbled in rap music.
In 2012, he released the song Knicks Anthem and the mixtape Th3 #Post90s.
In 2013, he released the song, Dear Kendrick, in response to Kendrick Lamar’s verse in the song Control by Big Sean.
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Teyana and Iman first met in 2014 and both bonded over their recent break-ups.
Although Teyana claims she “didn’t like” Iman at first, the pair grew close, eventually getting engaged and marrying in a private ceremony in their home in 2016.
In November 2021, Iman reached the finale of Dancing with the Stars season 30, and subsequently took home the show’s first-place prize.
Iman was the biggest surprise of the season with consistent scores.
He went up against JoJo Siwa and Amanda Kloots to take home the coveted Mirrorball trophy.
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Similarly, his other half Teyana is also a reality TV competition show winner.
The performer took part in the seventh American season of The Masked Singer.
On May 18, 2022, it was revealed that she was masquerading as Firefly, who was also declared the program’s winner on that night’s broadcast.
What is Iman Shumpert’s net worth?
According to Celebrity Net Worth, the Brooklyn Nets player amassed an estimated fortune of $30million.
The Shumpert-Taylor clan reside in a mansion in Atlanta.
Their home is best known for its crazy dining room optical illusion, reminiscent of a comic book or cartoon.
The dining space is designed in black and white to look like it has been painted or drawn.
Do Teyana Taylor and Iman Shumpert have children?
The pair have two daughters: Iman Tayla “Junie” Shumpert Jr and Rue Rose Shumpert.
Junie Shumpert was born on December 16, 2015 in Atlanta, Georgia and Rue was born September 8, 2020.
“As if bug didn’t soften me enough… Rue—Rose to the occasion of melting my heart,” the Iman poetically captioned an Instagram picture of Rue following her birth.
The girls have already amassed a huge social media following. Junie’s Instagram following stands at 500,000 followers while baby Rue’s has amassed 200,000.
Baby Junie is already an entrepreneur and musician. She has her own clothing line and has demonstrated her singing chops on mom Teyana’s song Come Back to Me with Rick Ross.
Teyana often uploads videos to Instagram of Junie dancing, singing and entertaining crowds of people.
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