Kiki Shepard | |
Birth Name: | Chiquita Renee Shepard |
Birth Date: | 15 July 1951 Tyler, Texas, United States |
Occupation: | Television Host, Actress |
Years Active: | 1987–present |
Kiki Shepard (born Chiquita Renee Shepard; July 15, 1951) is an American television host, best known as the longtime co-host of It's Showtime at the Apollo. She is a native of Tyler, Texas. Shepard has also worked as an actress and voice actor.
Kiki was referenced in the song "Payback II" by Erick Sermon (released in 1993), "So Fresh, So Clean" by the hip hop group Outkast (released in 2001), "No Church in the Wild" on the duet album Watch the Throne by Jay Z and Kanye West (August 2011), and in "Keep My Coo" from the compilation album Everybody's Everything by Lil Peep (November 2019).