Category:
Richest Celebrities › Actors
Net Worth:
$500 Thousand
Birthdate:
Aug 28, 1991 (33 years old)
Birthplace:
Atlanta
Gender:
Male
Height:
5 ft 4 in (1.65 m)
Profession:
Actor, Songwriter, Guitarist, Musician, Singer, Voice Actor, Comedian, Rapper, Dancer
Nationality:
United States of America
Kyle Massey is an American actor, dancer, singer, comedian, rapper, and magician who has a net worth of $500 thousand. Kyle Massey is perhaps best known for starring in the Disney Channel sitcom “That’s So Raven” and its spin-off “Cory in the House,” in which he played Cory Baxter. He sang the theme song for “Cory in the House.” The show was canceled after its second season. Massey has released several rap songs for Walt Disney Records and Hollywood Records. He appeared on the “Disney Channel Holiday” soundtrack and the “Shaggy Dog” soundtrack, where he performed “Who Let The Dog Out.” He provided the voice of Milo in the Disney animated series “Fish Hooks” and was the runner-up on the 11th season of ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars.” Massey also played a role in the PBS children’s educational series “The Electric Company.” Massey made his Broadway debut as John Caviness in the new musical “Holler If Ya Hear Me,” the new musical inspired by the lyrics of Tupac Shakur. Massey is the brother of actor Christopher Massey, who played Michael Barret in the television series “Zoey 101”. In March 2019, Kyle Massey was sued for allegedly sending sexually explicit material to a 13-year-old.
Massey was born on August 28, 1991, in Atlanta, Georgia, to parents Angel and Michael Massey. He grew up with his older brother, Christopher Massey, who also became an actor. Massey was interested in acting from a young age, and his parents agreed to allow him to pursue his dream.
Massey first appeared on-screen in the 1999 television film, “Selma, Lord, Selma.” The same year, he also appeared in the television film “Passing Glory.” In 2001, He had a role in an episode of “The Parkers” and then appeared in episodes of “That Was When,” “The District,” and “Becker,” in 2002.
Kyle’s big break came in 2003 when he was cast in the Disney Channel show “That’s So Raven.” He remained on the show throughout its four-season run, playing the role of Raven Symone’s younger brother. The show, which also starred Rondell Sheridan and Orlando Brown, was very popular and one of the most-watched shows on the channel. He also starred in the 2005 Disney Channel Original Movie, “Life is Ruff.”
In 2007, Massey starred in the “That’s So Raven” spinoff, “Cory in the House.” From 2010 to 2014, Massey voiced one of the main characters in the Disney Channel show, “Fish Hooks.” He also played a role in three episodes of the PBS children’s educational series “The Electric Company.”
In addition to acting, Massey also pursued a career in music. He appeared on the Disney Channel Holiday soundtrack, where he performed “Who Let the Dog Out” and “Jingle Bells (a Hip-Hop Carol).” He also sang the theme song for his own show, “Cory in the House,” and rapped a song on the “Life is Ruff” soundtrack. Additionally, he sang the theme song for “Yin Yang Yo!” and sang in the music video for Disney’s “Underdog.”
Outside of his work with the Disney channel and other youth-oriented programs, Massey also has performed with his brother as a rap duo. In 2016, Massey was featured using his surname as a mononym on the song “Verse” by the Lebanese-American rapper Skate. When the song was released, it was the first time in almost ten years that Massey had performed anything musically for the public. He has since set up a SoundCloud account where he uploads his own original music.
Massey has also gotten involved in reality television. He was a contestant on the 11th season of “Dancing with the Stars,” which premiered in September 2010. He was paired with professional dancer Lacey Schwimmer. The two finished as runners-up in the competition. He was dubbed the “Fresh Prince of DWTS” due to his dancing style and was well-liked by both the judges and the audience. In 2012, Massey and Schwimmer appeared in the “Dancing with the Stars” live show in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Massey also appeared in a number of films later on in his acting career. In 2011, he appeared in “Beethoven’s Christmas Adventure” followed by “Senior Project” in 2014. In 2017, he appeared in the film “Ripped” and then in the film “Bad Company” in 2018. In 2021, he played the role of Teen Quan in the direct-to-video film, “Dutch.” He also had a number of roles in television series like “Being Mary Jane,” “Mighty Magiswords,” “The Mind of Jake Paul,” and “Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.”
Massey has been romantically connected to several different women. He has dated Maiara Walsh, Bristol Palin, and Taylor Dooley. He most recently has been confirmed to be in a relationship with Hana Giraldo. The two are not known to have any children together.
Massey has been involved in a couple of controversies in the last decade. In 2015, the rapper Lil Twist was arrested and subsequently charged with a number of crimes that he had inflicted on Massey and his older brother, Christopher, including assault. Lil Twist had broken into Massey’s apartment a couple of years early, attacked Christopher with brass knuckles, and stole a number of things from the apartment. After pleading no contest to the charges, Lil Twist then received a one-year jail sentence, though he only ended up serving seven and a half weeks of his sentence.
In June of 2021, Massey was charged in King County, Washington, on one count of immoral communication with a minor. Allegedly, he sent lewd photos to a 13-year-old girl. The criminal charges followed a lawsuit that dated back to 2019. Massey similarly denied the allegations in that lawsuit and stated that the suit was actually an extortion attempt. He said that the attorneys representing the girl had threatened to go public with the allegations unless Massey paid $1.5 million.
