| Celebrated Name: | Russell Block Spencer |
| Real Name/Full Name: | Russell Block Spencer |
| Gender: | Male |
| Age: | 42 years old |
| Birth Date: | 1 March 1979 |
| Birth Place: | Atlanta, Georgia, United States |
| Nationality: | American |
| Height: | 1.7 m |
| Weight: | 57 kg |
| Sexual Orientation: | Straight |
| Marital Status: | Single |
| Wife/Spouse (Name): | N/A |
| Children/Kids (Son and Daughter): | Yes (Riley Burrus) |
| Dating/Girlfriend (Name): | N/A |
| Is Russell Block Spencer Gay?: | no |
| Profession: | Businessman |
| Salary: | $600,000 |
| Net Worth in 2024: | $12 million |
| Last Updated: | January 2024 |
Russell “Block” Spencer is an American businessperson and hip hop executive and the founder of Block Entertainment. Their company created groups like Boyz and D Hood and artists such as Yung Joc and Lil Xan. He has also released famous artists like Jody Breeze and Ciara. He has also worked on several on-screen projects.
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Early Life & Biography
Russell Block Spencer was born on 1st March 1979 in Atlanta, Georgia, the United States to an African mother and American father. He grew up in Georgia and moved to Los Angeles. As an adolescent, he used to travel between Atlanta and Georgia frequently. There is almost no information about his childhood life. A large part of his private life is also hidden from the world.
Personal Life
Russell Block Spencer had several relationships, but the one which is widespread, and known by media is with an affair with television personality Kandi Burruss, who was the former member of the reality show The Real Housewives of Atlanta. They met each other at a car dealership in Atlanta, where Kandi was present for the shooing of her show. The couple exchanged numbers and very quickly started dating.
However, the relationship did not last long because of Spencer’s infidelity. Burruss later stated in an interview that he was having an affair with one of his other kid’s moms. By the time they broke up, Kandi was already pregnant with the couple’s lovechild, their daughter Riley Burruss who was born in 2002. But according to Kandi Burruss, Russell did not demand child custody from her, ever.
He went on with his life as it is and rarely keeps contact with his ex-girlfriend and daughter. Kandi Burruss is currently married to music producer Todd Tucker. There were also speculations that Russell was going to leave his fiancee to be with Kandi and Riley again. But nothing like that happened. Russell is probably divorced, but there is no information about his ex-wife, although his ex-wife has alleged Spencer of cheating on her, not just with Kandi Burruss, but also with four other women.
Age, Height, and Weight
Being born on 1 March 1979, Russell Block Spencer is 42 years old as of today’s date 2nd January 2024. His height is 1.7 m tall, and his weight is 57 kg.
Career
Russell Block Spencer began working at the recording industry during the late 1990s, and by 1997, he became the President of a Houston-based record label. In 2000, he founded Block entertainment alongside Andrew Couser. In 2009, they joined with Capitol Records, which is an American record label owned by the American global music corporation, Universal Music Group.
In 2013, they sued ReDigi.com, an online market place for used digital music, e-books, and games for wrongfully infringed copyright because of a business model of Capitol Records, which allows the creation of extra copies of their digital music files. Capitol Records won the lawsuit against ReDigi that year, and the latter also loosed many of their customers.
In 1999, Spencer also acquired the one-third ownership of ShoNuff Records, which went on to discover talented artists, such as American singer-songwriter Ciara Williams and rapper Jody Breeze. His company Block Entertainment also discovered talents such as rapper Yung Joc and Rapper-singer-songwriter Sean “Diddy” Combs.
Awards & Achievements
No awards or achievements yet.
Net Worth & Salary of Russell Block Spencer in 2024
As of January 2024, The net worth of Russell Block Spencer is about $12 million. He is one of the most vibrant music producers in the United States of America and has delivered several artists to the world. He resides in Los Angeles currently and is single, and his label does not have any fixed earnings. Their company signs a contract for a fixed period with artists and bands. The company earns about 60-70 percent of the revenues of the album released.
His label currently has artists such as Lil Xan and Gorilla Zoe.