Kiki Shepard (born Chiquita Renee Shepard; July 15, 1951) is an American

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host, best known as the longtime co-host of '' It's Showtime at the Apollo''. She is a native of

Tyler, Texas Tyler is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the largest city and county seat of Smith County, Texas, Smith County. It is also the largest city in Northeast Texas. With a 2020 census population of 105,995, Tyler was the List of cities in Texa ...

. Shepard has also worked as an actress and

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Pop culture

Kiki was referenced in the song "So Fresh, So Clean" by the hip hop group Outkast (released in 2001), "No Church in the Wild" on the duet album

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and

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(August 2011), and in "Keep My Coo" from the compilation album Everybody's Everything by Lil Peep (November 2019).

References

* 1951 births Living people African-American actresses Actresses from Texas American television actresses People from Tyler, Texas 21st-century African-American people 21st-century African-American women 20th-century African-American people 20th-century African-American women {{US-tv-actor-1950s-stub