La La Anthony is the wife of Carmelo Anthony and here is more about her family, net worth, salary, records and endorsements
La La Anthony is an American television personality, author, businesswoman, producer, and actress who is the wife of basketball player Carmelo Anthony. Let’s know more about her life and relationship.
La La Anthony Facts
| Full | Alani Nicole Vázquez |
| Popular Name | La La Anthony |
| Birth Place | Brooklyn, New York |
| Father’s name | Not available |
| Mother’s name | Carmen Surillo |
| Siblings | younger brother and two younger sisters |
| Nationality | American |
| University | Howard University |
| Current Residence | USA |
| Birth date | June 25, 1979 |
| Star Sign | Cancer |
| Age | 43 |
| Husband | Carmelo Anthony (m. 2010) |
| Children | Kiyan Carmelo Anthony |
| Net Worth (2021) | $30 million (approx.) |
Who is La La Anthony?
Born on June 25, 1979, Alani Nicole Vázquez aka La La Anthony is the 43-year-old daughter of Carmen Surillo. Unfortunately, we don’t know the name of La La’s father. La La is the eldest of four children and she has a younger brother and two younger sisters.
Describing La La, she is an American television personality. She is also an author, businesswoman, producer, and actress.
La La describes herself as Afro-Puerto Rican, and both of her parents are of Puerto Rican heritage. Although La La and her parents have Puerto Rican heritage, both of her parents were born and raised in New York City. La La herself was born in Brooklyn, New York and was raised there.
Further, La La in her childhood was involved in many activities but La La claims that she was mainly interested in music. Moreover, she studied communications at Howard University but didn’t complete her graduation.
La La Anthony’s husband Carmelo Anthony
Carmelo Kyam Anthony or Carmelo Anthony is an American professional basketball player who plays in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and has last played for the Los Angeles Lakers. Anthony is famously known by his nickname, which is ‘Melo’.
Anthony plays in the position of Small Forward/ Power Forward and he was the third overall draft pick by the Denver Nuggets in the 2003 NBA Draft.
Till now in his career, 38-year-old Anthony has played for the Denver Nuggets, New York Knicks, Oklahoma City Thunder, Houston Rockets, Portland Trail Blazers, and Los Angeles Lakers.
A certified superstar, Anthony is a ten-time NBA All-Star, two-time All-NBA Second Team, and four-time All-NBA Third Team. He is also the 2013 NBA scoring champion. He is also a member of the prestigious NBA 75th Anniversary Team.
Furthermore, Anthony also played for the United States internationally. He is a three-time Olympic gold medallist (2008 Beijing, 2012 London, 2016 Rio de Janeiro) and one-time Olympic Bronze medallist (2004).
Before joining the NBA, Anthony played college basketball at Syracuse University. He played at Syracuse from 2002 to 2003. In his freshman year itself, Anthony was an NCAA champion (2003) and was named the NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player (2003).
Anthony was born on May 29, 1984, in New York City to parents Mary Anthony and Carmelo Iriarte. Melo’s mother, Mary, is African American and his father, Carmelo Iriarte, was Puerto Rican. Anthony has two brothers, Robert and Wilford, and a half-sister, Daphne. He had another sister, Michelle, who died in 2010.
La La Anthony Career
La La’s career started when she was just a teenager. At the age of 15, La La began working in radio at WHTA-FM, HOT 97.5 in Georgia. After a short internship at the station, La La hosted Future Flavas, alongside rapper/actor Ludacris. Impressively, La La was still in high school when she hosted Future Flavas.
Then at the age of 19, La La worked at Los Angeles’s 92.3 The Beat cohosting The B-Syde. In 2001, La La left the radio station and moved to MTV where she was the cohost of Direct Effect and Total Request Live. Then in 2003, La La left MTV.
La La by that time was a successful host and was able to host various VH1 reality shows. The shows she has hosted include “The Real World: Paris” (2003), “Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Inferno” (2004), “Real World/Road Rules Challenge: Battle of the Sexes 2” (2005), “Flavor of Love” (2006), “Flavor of Love 2” (2006), “I Love New Work” (2007), “Flavor of Love Girls: Charm School” (2007), “For the Love of Ray J” (2009), “Real Chance of Love” (2009), “Charm School with Ricki Lake” (2009), “and “For the Love of Ray J 2” (2010).
After this La La worked as a producer on Mike Tyson’s documentary, Tyson. Also, La La also produced a feature film with director/producer Brett Ratner.
As an actress, La La appeared in films Two Can Play That Game, Think Like a Man, Baggage Claim, and television shows “NYC 22” and Single Ladies. Other film credits include Urban Massacre (2002), Monster Island (2004), and You Got Served (2004).
Furthermore, in 2011, La La appeared in the off-Broadway production of Love Loss and What I Wore.
La La has also appeared in music videos, including for the song “In My Feelings” (2018) by Drake and “Hot Girl Summer” (2019) by Megan Thee Stallion.
La La co-produced the Broadway production of Danai Gurira’s Eclipsed in 2016.
La La also appeared in and executive produced La La’s Full Court Wedding. La La’s Full Court Wedding was her own reality show which documented the time and process leading up to her wedding to NBA superstar Carmelo Anthony.
On February 2, 2012, La La launched a cosmetic line and in 2013 she launched a clothing line.
La La is also an author who have written several books.
La La Anthony and Carmelo Anthony Relationship
According to sources, it is said that La La and Carmelo met back in 2003. The couple has confessed themselves that they met through a mutual friend.
After they met, La La and Carmelo quickly became friends. Their friendship soon evolved into a relationship after some time. Interestingly, for their first date, Anthony flew out to meet her in Long Beach, California, where La La was filming for MTV, and the rest is history.
Then in 2004, La La became engaged to Carmelo Anthony. Finally, in July 2010, La La married Carmelo at Cipriani’s in New York. The couple’s wedding was attended by 320 guests and they were married off by Michael Eric Dyson. Finally, La La Anthony became the wife of Carmelo Anthony.
On the other hand, on March 7, 2007, La La gave birth to Kiyan Carmelo Anthony. Kiyan is Carmelo’s and La La’s son.
Sadly, after 12 years of marriage, La La filed for divorce. Since first splitting in April 2017, La La and Carmelo have been on and off. After their initial separation announcement, they did reconcile in late 2018.
However, finally, in June 2021, La La officially filed for divorce, ending her 12-year marriage with Melo.
La La Anthony and Carmelo Anthony’s net worth
According to reports, La La Anthony has an approximate net worth of $30 million.
On the other hand, Carmelo Anthony has a massive net worth of $160 million.
The net worth is mainly acquired from their salaries as a professional and from various endorsement and sponsorship deals.
FAQs about La La Anthony
| What is the age of La La Anthony? |
| La La Anthony is 43 years old and she was born on June 25, 1979. |
| What is the net worth of La La Anthony? |
| La La Anthony has an approximate net worth of $30 million. |
| Where was La La Anthony born? |
| La La Anthony was born in Brooklyn, New York. |
| What is the nationality of La La Anthony? |
| La La Anthony is an American. La La describes herself as Afro-Puerto Rican. |
| Who is the son of La La Anthony? |
| Kiyan Carmelo Anthony is the son of La La Anthony and Carmelo Anthony. |
| Who is the husband of La La Anthony? |
| Carmelo Anthony is the husband of La La Anthony. |
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