What is Farrah Franklin's Net Worth?
Farrah Franklin is an American actress, songwriter, model, and rhythm & blues singer who has a net worth of $200 thousand. Farrah Franklin is best known as a former short-term member of the girl group Destiny's Child. Following her mud-slinging departure from the group, which included American singer Beyonce Knowles, Franklin went on to appear in films and television and released a handful of original tracks, such as "Push Up on Me," in 2020.
Early Years
Farrah Laron Franklin was born on May 3, 1981, in Des Moines, Iowa. Although she is the biological daughter of Rodney Heard, she never met him and regards the man who raised her—Lawrence Bohanan—as her father. The oldest of fifteen siblings, Franklin began singing at the age of two and performing in theatrical productions at the Fresno Memorial Auditorium—in California, where her family had relocated—when she was eight.
Franklin attended Central High School, also located in Fresno, which she dropped out of at the age of 15 so that she could move to Los Angeles to pursue a music career. In 1999, she was hired as a backup dancer in the music video for the song "Bills, Bills, Bills" by the American girl group Destiny's Child.
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Destiny's Child
The girl group Destiny's Child was composed of Beyonce Knowles, Kelly Rowland, and Michelle Williams. The group was formed in 1990 as Girl's Tyme, but the name changed to Destiny's Child before the group signed with Columbia Records in 1997. By that time, LaTavia Roberson and LeToya Luckett had joined the group. Destiny's Child's second album, titled "The Writing's on the Wall," was released in 1999 and spawned two tracks that hit number one on the music charts, including "Bills, Bills, Bills."
Despite the group's success ballooning, inner turmoil bubbled as Roberson and Luckett began to feel they were being treated inferior to Beyonce Knowles by their manager, Mathew Knowles – Beyonce's father. In 2000, the two women were replaced with Michelle Williams and Farrah Franklin. About three months later, Williams walked away from the position, leaving Destiny's Child in the hands of Knowles, Rowland, and Franklin. Five months into the gig, Franklin walked away as well, later claiming that she was verbally assaulted for having been physically sick. In an interview with VLAD TV, she stated that Mathew Knowles "got loud" as he scolded her. "It's not a way you would want somebody treating your 18-year-old-daughter fresh out of the hospital from stomach flu and dehydration," she said. She claimed that she put up with the verbal onslaughts "until I was tired of taking it." At that point, she walked away from the group. Beyonce Knowles later overlooked any claims of Franklin being ill and accused her of showing a lack of interest in being part of the group when she didn't attend three major promotional events. Franklin called the assertion that she'd missed shows "a bold-faced lie." Allegedly having been suffering from influenza at the time in question, Franklin said, "My doctor told me I wasn't supposed to be doing any strenuous dancing or anything for at least two weeks. And I was like, no, give me a shot because I have a show to do." Franklin said that after she walked out on a verbal tirade by Mathew Knowles, no one from the group contacted her for three days. That was the end of her membership in the group. "It wasn't about Destiny's Child and the money. It was about my happiness," she explained to the host of VLAD TV. "If I'm not being respected, I'm not going to be part of your situation." Beyonce Knowles had a different tale to tell and it was one that didn't involve her father at all. "We all agreed that Farrah and Destiny's Child should part ways," Knowles said during an interview on the MTV show Total Recall Live. "It wasn't a management decision. It was a group decision."
During her short time with Destiny's Child, Franklin's contributions included appearances in the videos for "Say My Name" and "Jumpin', Jumpin'," performing on tour, and lending vocals to their album "Survivor," which was released in 2001.
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Moving On
In 2002, Farrah Franklin was signed to the Fo' Reel Entertainment record label and recorded a single track, "Get at Me," before being dropped. In 2004, she appeared in the motion picture "The Brewster Project," followed by the 2008 film "Unemployed," "Single Black Female" in 2009, "The Preacher's Family" in 2011, and "Tamales and Gumbo" in 2015.
On the small screen, Franklin appeared in a 2006 episode of the American sitcom "All of Us." She has also appeared in music videos for artists such as American rappers Nelly and Mr. Cheeks.
In 2007, Franklin participated in the American documentary series "Boulevard of Broken Dreams," which focused on celebrities who have not had an easy time with fame. In the film, Franklin talked about her experiences as a member of Destiny's Child.
In 2014, Franklin relocated to Atlanta, Georgia where she trusted that a new music scene was waiting. The following year, she released the promotional track "Magic N Makeup." Franklin continued to produce and upload songs such as "Over," "Billion Dollar Fantasy," and "Build Me Up." In 2020, she released the single "Push Up on Me."
Personal Life
In 2011, after being arrested and charged with disorderly conduct, Farrah Franklin argued that she had been the victim of racial profiling.
In 2014, after a night spent partying in South Carolina with Da'Quan Bowers and Ricky Sapp – two National Football League players – Franklin was discovered in the early morning hours lying on the front lawn of a stranger's property. She was again arrested and charged with disorderly conduct.
During the summer of 2016, while in Georgia, Franklin was discovered arguing with a man outside of an Atlanta gym. Police arrived to find her intoxicated and smelling of alcohol, with bloodshot eyes and slurred speech. When they searched her purse, police discovered a substance that appeared to be marijuana. She later faced charges of public intoxication and possession of marijuana.
