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Home · Black Celeb Couples

The 13 Famous Couples Who Tied The Knot In 2016

These celebrity couples took their love stories to the next level this year. Congrats!

By Charli Penn · December 1, 2016October 26, 2020
01
Kevin Hart and Eniko Parrish

After a two-year engagement, the longtime couple said “I do” on August 14th in Santa Barbara California during a lavish black-and-white themed ceremony. Kevin’s children, Heaven and Hendrix, walked their father down the aisle.

@KevinHart4Real via Instagram
02
Ciara and Russell Wilson

Ciara and Russell married in a surprise wedding at the Peckforton Castile in Liverpool, England on July 6th, and their fans went wild. Singer and best friend Jennifer Hudson was on hand to help Ciara make it to the altar.

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03
Adrienne Bailon and Israel Houghton

After getting engaged early in the year in Paris, the couple tied the knot at the Hotel Plaza Athénée in Paris in front of close family and friends. The nuptials come one day after their rehearsal dinner at Ferdi, where the pair met almost a decade ago.

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04
Jill Scott and Mike Dobson
Scott married her love Mike Dobson in a surprise wedding on June 25th.
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05
Misty Copeland and Olu Evans

The ESSENCE Festival 2016 speaker, former cover star and principal dancer at the American Ballet Theatre married her longtime love Olu Evans in August before 100 close friends and family in an affair to remember.

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06
Tatyana Ali and Dr. Vaughn Rasberry

In July, Ali and her now-husband Dr. Vaughn Rasberry swapped “I dos” in Beverly Hills with a little more than a hundred of their closest family and friends all present to witness their union. The newlyweds welcomed a son, Edward Aszard in September. 2016 was a very good year for these love birds! 

 

Lance Gross
07
J. Cole and Melissa Heholt

Rapper J.Cole may think “Nobody’s Perfect” but that might exclude his wife, college sweetheart Melissa Heholt. The two met in college at St. John’s University and are very low-key about their loving. No one would have known the couple had even tied the knot if it weren’t for Creed director Ryan Coogler accidentally spilling the beans.

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08
Teyana Taylor and Iman Shumpert
The low-key lovebirds tied the knot earlier this year in a small intimate wedding in Cleveland.
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09
‘Mistresses’ Star Rochelle Aytes and C.J. Lindsey
Actress Rochelle Aytes smarried fellow actor CJ Lindsey in a small ceremony at Tappan Hill Mansion in Tarrytown, New York. The elegant August 28th ceremony overlooked the Hudson River.
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10
Ray J and Princess Love
In August, the couple officially exchanged vows before an intimate group of family and friends at Los Angeles’ Vibiana event hall. Anthony Hamilton serenaded guests as Princess Love and her bridal party walked down the aisle to the Grammy award-winning singer’s “The Point of It All,” and Ray J’s Grammy award-winning sister, Brandy, sang Etta James’ “At Last” as the new Mr. and Mrs. Norwood shared their first dance.
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11
J.R. Smith and Jewel Harris

The New Jersey native married fiancé Jewel Harris in ceremony held in his home state in August.

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12
‘Next’ Singer RL and Lena Huggar

Singer Robert “RL” Lavelle Huggar from 90s R&B group Next found his real life “wifey” and the sweet couple got married in a lavish ceremony in Atlanta.

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13
Celtics Player Isaiah Thomas
NBA star Isaiah Thomas married his longtime girlfriend Kayla Wallace at the Experience Music Project Museum in Seattle in August.
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