Egypt Criss rose to fame as an emerging reality star. She is best known for her recurring appearances in the Oji Singletary's reality TV show named Growing Up Hip Hop, a reality show that focuses on the life of famous hip hop musicians' children.
Her journey in the show started in 2016 and continued till 2019—she has appeared in more than 50 episodes of the TV show. She has also made her presence in the 2019's TV Series entitled The Real.
In addition to a reality TV career, she is actively involved in the field of music.
Age & Family
Hailing from the suburbs of the United States, Egypt Criss was born on 2 September 1998 as Egypt Jahnari Criss. She has a birth sign of Virgo.
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Egypt was raised in a family of artists. Her father, Anthony Criss, got fame as Treach from Naughty By Nature, and her mother Sandra Denton gained popularity as Pepa from Salt-N-Pepa. Likewise, her uncle, Diesel Criss, is a famous rapper from the hip hop group named Rottin Razkals. Sadly, her parents got separated in 2001.
Additionally, she is the grand-daughter of Enid Denton and Charles Denton. Moreover, she has a brother named Tyran Moore.
Is Egypt Criss Dating? Or Married?
Egypt Criss is in a relationship with a rapper, Sam.
Their dating life started in January 2018, and since then, they have appeared in numerous shows and events. During the initiation of their relationship, there were some twists as another rapper named Lil Twist had a plan to propose her. But, Egypt had already started hooking up with Sam, which failed Lil Twist's plans.
After dating each other for more than 17 months, Sam finally decided to propose Egypt. And, on 8 June 2019, Sam popped out a ring from his pocket during his live performance show at the Whiskey a Go-Go. Without any delay, she accepted the proposal and wore the engagement ring.
Their proposal was even filmed by the Growing Up Hip Hop crew and was showed during the fifth season of the show.
Egypt Criss with her fiance, Sam on 25 October 2019 (Photo: Egypt Criss' Instagram)
Following their engagement, Egypt and her fiancé are looking forward to sharing the wedding vows. They even got approval from Egypt's parents. During an interview with theJasmineBRAND on 2 July 2019, Egypt revealed that:
“He talked to my mom beforehand and my pops. He got both’s approval. I found out afterward.”
Before their engagement, she and Sam had tried to run away and get married. In 2018, they had a shotgun wedding in Las Vegas, but her mother didn't give approval, and her inner circle hurried and stopped the wedding ceremony.
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Sam even had clashed with Egypt's parents on various occasions.
Some Interesting Facts About Egypt Criss
Egypt celebrated her fiancé's 27th birthday on 9 February 2020.
In the show, Growing Up Hip Hop, she shares the screen alongside Angela Simmons.
Her fiancé is professionally known as Sammattick.
She has garnered more than 28.6k followers in her Instagram account.
In December 2019, she gave an audition to play the role of her mother in the Salt-N-Pepa biopic. However, she was not selected.
Furthermore, she is the founder of the jewelry line named Be.See.Own.
