Patti LaBelle is a music legend. She has five children, namely Zuri Edwards, Dodd Stocker-Edwards, William Holte, Stayce Holte and Stanley Stocker-Edwards.
Her son Stanley, 58, is an attorney while her son Dodd, 62, works as a chief marketing manager at DAM GOOD Bodies Online. Her daughter Stacey, 56, owns a firm named The Stacey Holte Love Conglomerate where she works to unite people.
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Patti LaBelle’s Children
Patti LaBelle, also known as “The Godmother of Soul,” has been a singer, songwriter, businesswoman, and actress for decades. Her success is attributed to her soulful music and her impeccable acting performances.
She is also an author and chef. Her cookbooks have been praised for their delicious recipes and the high quality of their ingredients.
Her eldest daughter, Vivian Hogan Rogers died in 1975 at the age of 43; her sister Barbara Holte Purifoy passed away from colon cancer at 40 in 1982; and her youngest sister Jacqueline Holte Padgett was killed in 1989 due to brain cancer at the age of 43.
She has one biological son, Zuri Kye Edwards. He was born in 1973. She also adopted his two siblings, Dodd Stocker-Edwards and Stanley Stocker-Edwards.
Zuri Edwards
Zuri Kye Edwards is the only biological child of Patti LaBelle and her ex-husband, Armstead Edwards. He was born on July 17th, 1973.
He is currently residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and works as his mother’s manager. He also acts as a bodyguard for her.
Zuri is a very sweet and a good father to his two daughters, Gia and Leyla. He loves his family very much and is always spotted on their Instagram page, uploading photos and videos of them together.
Dodd Stocker-Edwards
Patti LaBelle is a singer and actress who launched her career in the early 1960s. She is considered the godmother of soul.
The R&B singer is the mother of five children – Zuri Kye Edwards, Stayce Holte, Dodd Stocker-Edwards, William Holte, and Stanley Stocker-Edwards.
Among them, Zuri is her biological child with Armstead Edwards. She adopted two of her deceased neighbor’s sons, Dodd and Stanley, and the other two, William and Stayce, were her sister’s children.
Dodd Stocker-Edwards lives in New Jersey and owns Pump Dog, a luxury boutique gym fashion company. He also works as a manager for Patti LaBelle. He has two kids, Gia and Leyla. He is married to Lona Edwards. He has an Instagram account where he posts pictures of his family.
William Holte
Patti LaBelle adopted her nephew William Holte and daughter Stayce Holte when their mother, Jacqueline Holte, died in 1989. Both children are now reportedly in their late 30s and are still thriving, per Vulture.
William was embroiled in drama when internet sleuths discovered him involved in a controversial social media moment with former Pennsylvania Republican congressional candidate Dean Browning, according to Vulture. However, he’s since been praised for his loving nature by LaBelle.
He runs a self-described “anti-feminist TV critic” Medium blog under the name Byl Holte, and has also set up a Twitter account under that same name. But that account was suspended on Tuesday.
Stanley Stocker-Edwards
In his authorized biography about the First Lady, Peter Slevin revealed that Michelle Obama (back when she was Michelle LaVaughn Robinson) dated Stanley Stocker-Edwards while they were both Harvard Law students.
Nonetheless, there are no hard feelings between the First Lady and Stocker-Edwards. Today, Stocker-Edwards is an attorney at Covington and Burling LLP, in Washington D.C.
Patti LaBelle has five children, all of which are grown up and successful. Zuri Kye Edwards is her only biological child, while Dodd Stocker-Edwards, William Holte and Stayce Holte are her adopted kids.
