2006-11-08 14:40:42 · 25 answers · asked by maivas229 5 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Celebrities
Her biological father is widely rumored to be Afro-Latino musician Pete Escovedo, brother of 1980s pop percussionist Sheila E. and son of famed Latin percussionist Pete Escovedo, but this was directly denied by Nicole in the November 2005 issue of Jane magazine. According to an April 2006 Tatler magazine interview with Nicole, her biological father was a drummer who worked with Lionel Richie; her biological mother was a backstage assistant for Lionel. When Nicole was 3, Lionel and his wife Brenda Harvey-Richie informally adopted her and raised her as their daughter. When she was 9, they went through the legal formalities of the adoption; she still speaks with her biological mother who is also of Afro-Latin diaspora - currently resides in the Dominican Republic.
2006-11-08 14:45:11 · answer #1 · answered by 7aliens 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Nicole Richie was born Nicole Camille Escovedo in Berkeley, California. She is reportedly the biological daughter of percussionist Peter Escovedo III and a black woman identified only as a backstage assistant on Lionel Richie's 1980 world tour; Escovedo was a member of Richie's band. Reportedly, Nicole's mother was never a factor in her life, and Escovedo raised her alone. Escovedo took Nicole to Richie's shows and recording sessions, and she became something of a mascot for the band. Lionel Richie first met Nicole as a child playing tambourine onstage at a Prince concert. Richie became Nicole's guardian and later adopted her.
2016-05-21 23:24:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No Nicole Richie isnt Lionel Richies biological daughter. Lionel Richie and his EX-Wife Brenda Richie adopted Nicole when she was 3 years old.
2006-11-08 15:15:39 · answer #3 · answered by mystic rain 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nicole Richie was born in Berkeley, California. Her biological father is widely rumored to be Afro-Latino musician Pete Escovedo, brother of 1980s pop percussionist Sheila E. and son of famed Latin percussionist Pete Escovedo, but this was directly denied by Nicole in the November 2005 issue of Jane magazine.
According to an April 2006 Tatler magazine interview with Nicole, her biological father was a drummer who worked with Lionel Richie; her biological mother was a backstage assistant for Lionel.
When Nicole was 3, Lionel and his wife Brenda Harvey-Richie informally adopted her and raised her as their daughter. When she was 9, they went through the legal formalities of the adoption; she still speaks with her biological mother who is also of Afro-Latin diaspora - currently resides in the Dominican Republic.
On The Tyra Banks Show in September 2006, Nicole said of her heritage that she was a "mix of everything", but when asked she just says she is Black-American. Her godfather is Michael Jackson.
2006-11-08 14:51:15 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lionel Richie and his wife Brenda adopted Nicole, when she was a baby. I read that Nicole's the biological niece of Sheila E.
2006-11-08 14:43:28 · answer #5 · answered by A_WWE_FAN_4LYFE 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, she is the biological daughter of Lionel Ritchie's band member back in the day..
2006-11-08 14:42:08 · answer #6 · answered by Lami 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They say she isn't but I think she is. I think she's a result of an affair Richie had. They look a lot alike.
2006-11-08 15:16:04 · answer #7 · answered by kristonianinstitution 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
She was adopted by Lionel and his then wife Brenda.
2006-11-08 14:55:34 · answer #8 · answered by robee 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no she's adopted.. she's the daughter of Lionel's drummer...
2006-11-08 20:33:58 · answer #9 · answered by Trinity_Leigh 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
she is an adopted daughter
2006-11-08 23:56:11 · answer #10 · answered by rizwano 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋