Blac Chyna Wiki: Everything To Know About This Model And Former Stripper Including Her Net Worth
Blac Chyna is a former stripper and model who has climbed the ladder of success through hard work and dedication to what she does for a living. She's even quite recently increased her overall net worth. Find out more about her, here.
Jul 24, 2018
Everything you ever wanted to know stripper and model about Blac Chyna
Blac Chyna, was born Angela Renee White, on May 11, 1998, in Washington, DC. She worked as a stripper and exotic dancer and she was given the name Blac Chyna by a customer at a club. That's what she's been called ever since. Her parents are Shalana Hunter and Eric Holland. She has become a huge star on social media due to her many celebrity connections. One of those connections just happens to be her best friend Amber Rose. The following are facts worth noting about Blac Chyna:
1. Blac Chyna as a stripper
Chyna started her career as a stripper when she was 18 years old. Her first stripper name was Dora Renee. The former stripper danced at the Old Diamonds in Miami where she later changed her stripper name to Cream. Chyna attended Johnson and Wales University during the day and stripped at night. She later joined the famous King of Diamonds club, which is frequented by athletes and rappers. By this time, she had changed her stripper name to Blac Chyna which she had borrowed from a client to whom she had given a lap dance. Chyna dropped out of university once her career as a stripper had grown. Her mother was not disappointed by her choice to drop out of school because her mother is also a former stripper as well. She told her daughter to follow her dreams and that is what she did. She has never been ashamed of being known as a former stripper since she says it helped her to grow mentally.
2. Chyna's modeling career
Chyna's career as a model kicked off when she appeared on the cover of 'Dimepiece' magazine. She was also featured in 'Black Men' magazine as well as 'Straight Stuntin' magazine. In 2011, she was awarded model of the year award at the Urban Model Awards. She continued to grow her career as a model by appearing in magazines like 'XXL,' 'Smooth Girl,' and 'Urban Ink.'
3. Chyna as a music video vixen
In 2010 November, Chyna made her debut in Kanye West's video 'Monster' where she was Nicki Minaj's double. They needed someone else to play the part of Minaj and she was the best choice. She was tied up on a chair, a pink wig was put on her head, and they changed her face to Nicki's in the video. In November 2011, rapper Tyga first romantically pursued Chyna. However, she did appear in his music video 'Rack City"'in which she was paid $2,500. She continued to appear in music videos like in Minaj's 'Come on a Cone' in October 2012. Chyna loved to do this not for money but for fame.
4. Instagram
Chyna has a lot of followers on Instagram. She has managed to get 14.1 million Instagram followers over the years and the number continues to grow daily. Her sexy photos are not the only ones that have helped her to get there because her Instagram fans love the fact that she posts throwback photos every now and then. Her fans also get to know what is going on in her life with the photos she constantly uploads on her Instagram page. She has also appeared in Kim Kardashian's Instagram posts and photos. Kim Kardashian is her one and only best friend. Chyna also has a Snapchat account, her Snapchat name bing "blacchynala.” She records everything she does on Snapchat and there are evem videos of her spending time with her kids on Snapchat.
5. Chyna as an Entrepreneur
After dominating urban modeling, Chyna was inspired to go back to school and acquire a degree that would help her accomplish her dream of becoming an entrepreneur. She enrolled in JLS Professional Makeup Artist School in February 2013. She later graduated in May the same year. In December 2013, Chyna launched her own online boutique "88fin" together with her own brand of fake eyelashes called "LASHED” by Blac Chyna.” Her dream to become an entrepreneur was coming true. She continued to grow as an entrepreneur when she purchased a beauty bar in Encino Los Angeles that offered makeup classes and services courtesy of her brand "LASHED". On September 29 2014, Chyna opened another branch of the Lashed bar in California. The bar offers makeup, eyelashes, facials, eyelash extensions, threading, body waxing, spray tans, facial threading, eyebrow tinting, lash strips, body wraps, and eyelash tinting. It took only a few years for Chyna to climb up the ladder from an exotic dancer, urban model, music video vixen, to a successful entrepreneur.
6. Blac Chyna's Relationships
On October 5 2011, Chyna met rapper Tyga at the F. A. M. E Tour after a party with Chris Brown while she was working in Miami at the 'King of Diamonds.' According to Chyna, her relationship with Tyga started officially on November 9 2011 while they were shooting the music video 'Rack City.' The couple was often seen together in public places like basketball games and clubs. In March 2012, the couple appeared together on the cover of Urban Ink magazine. On October 16, 2012, the couple's son King Cairo Stevenson was born. On the same day, Tyga purchased a mansion in Calabasas for his new family and it was worth $6.5 million. In December 2012, Chyna confirmed that they were engaged and planning to have a wedding. However, the couple split up in 2014 when Tyga got into a complicated relationship with Kylie Jenner who was 17 years old at the time. Chyna made headlines in October 2015 when she got Future's name tattoed on her hand, Future is a rapper. She then posted the picture on Ciara's birthday, Ciara just happens to be Future's former girlfriend and the mother of their son. Future denied ever being in a relationship with Chyna. Since that time, Chyna has recorded sessions in social media where she said she was in the process of was the tattoo. In January 2016, Chyna was in a serious relationship with Rob Kardashian who is the brother of her Kardashian/Jenner foes. She became friends with Kylie and the two would post photos, and videos together on Snapchat. She helped Rob to overcome his struggle with obesity and depression and she helped him start living a happy and healthier life. The couple was happy together despite their disagreements. They even had a reality show together called Rob & Chyna. They had a daughter Dream Kardashian on 10th November 2016. The couple later split up and her friendship with Kylie faded.
7. Rob & Chyna's Reality Show
Chyna had a reality show with Rob called 'Rob & Chyna.' The show showed her journey in the relationship and pregnancy with Rob Kardashian. The 'Rob & Chyna' TV show had many views however, it was later canceled. Chyna has currently filed a lawsuit where she is suing the Kardashians for being responsible for the cancellation of the show. The Kardashians maintain that the restraining order Chyna had taken against Rob made it impossible for the filming of Rob & Chyna to go on.
8. Chyna's Lawsuit
The 29-year-old model has filed a bitter suit against the famous Kardashian family. The suit came after Rob Kardashian posted nude photos of Chyna in July 2017. Days later, she got a restraining order against Rob. By October of 2017, the model had filed lawsuits against his sisters Kim Kardashian, Kourtney Kardashian, Khloe Kardashian, Kylie Jenner, and Kendall Jenner. The lawsuit claimed that Rob had been verbally and physically abusive to Blac Chyna. It also said that the whole Kardashian/Jenner family wanted to destroy her reputation and prevent the filming of the second season of her former reality show Rob and Chyna. By November 2017, Blac Chyna had dropped her lawsuit against Kendall, Khloe, Kylie, and Kourtney. However, the lawsuit against Rob, Kim, and Kris was not dropped. On December 21 2017, Rob, Kim, and Kris' attorney filed a demurrer that asked Blac Chyna to drop her lawsuit. The family claimed that the two could not film Rob and Chyna since they could not interact in front of the cameras.
9. Her net worth
Blac Chyna's net worth as of 2017 is $4 million. The former model's net worth got a boost from $1.5m to $4 million dollars when she started dating Rob Kardashian and she appeared in the reality show 'Keeping up with the Kardashians.' She also increased her net worth with appearances on her own show, 'Rob and Chyna.' Imagine how rich she would have become if she stayed with Rob. Chyna and Rob were given $5 million to split between them when they were filming the TV show, Rob and Chyna. She got $100,000 per episode. She later made a deal with E! to let them film her giving birth. This made her earn a bonus of $1.0 million. She makes $12,000 per gig for her appearances. She has her own set of emojis called "Chymoji" which contribute to her net worth. This angered the Kardashians not because the emojis were a competition for Kim's "Kimojis" but because one of the emoji looked like Chyna slapping Kylie. Instagram also contributes to her net worth with the endorsements she gets. Celebs like Chyna can earn up to $30,000 per Instagram post, which contribute to her net worth.
10. Leaked Photos
After Rob and Chyna split up, Rob went wild on Instagram and started posting nude photos of Chyna. He also leaked some private messages between them. Chyna went ahead and got a restraining order against Rob for leaking the nude photos during their nasty break up.
11. Chyna’s Children
Blac Chyna has a son with Tyga named King Cairo Stevenson who was born on October 16, 2012. She also has a daughter with Rob named Dream Kardashian who was born on November 10, 2016.
12. Chyna’s Arrest
In January 2015, she was arrested at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Texas. She was charged with public intoxication after she had an incident on the flight. Blac Chyna is many things but she is not lazy. She has managed to grow from a stripper to a successful entrepreneur. She is the perfect example of why you should not judge a book by its cover. She went from being ashy to classy.