A teenage girl who almost became the stepdaughter of Xscape singer-turned-Real Houswives Kandi Burruss was critically wounded in a road rage incident outside Atlanta. Asheley Jewell, 15, of Stone Mountain is fighting for her life at Grady Memorial Hospital after being shot in the back of the head. Asheley is the daughter of the late A.J. Jewell, the man who was engaged to marry Kandi.
Investigators said Jewell was riding in a car with friends on Old National Highway when another vehicle began chasing the car. Someone in that vehicle opened fire on the car, shooting Asheley just a year after her father died after a fight outside an Atlanta strip club.
One Woman. One Mic. One Voice. Real Housewives of Atlanta star Kandi Burruss pays a touching tribute her late fiance, AJ Jewell, in the somber video promo for “Haven’t Loved Right” — the second single from the former Xscape singer’s forthcoming solo effort, Kandi-Koated.
Jewell died in Oct. 2009 after a brawl with a patron outside the Atlanta strip club he co-owned turned fatal. Jewell, who suffered from sickle cell anemia, bled out at the scene.
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Atlanta Housewife Kandi Burruss is back on the music scene — sans Xscape — and we’re getting our first look at the filming Kandi filming her new video, “Leave You.” Directed by Darren Grant and featurng Pooch Hall (The Game), the video will premiere this Thursday, Oct. 27 on 106 & Park.
A second autopsy has been requested in the death of A.J. Jewell.
Ashley “A.J.” Jewell, who appeared alongside former Xscape star Kandi Burruss on Bravo reality show The Real Housewives of Atlanta, died in October following a brawl in a bar parking lot in Atlanta, Georgia.
Police have ruled his death a homicide after the Fulton County Medical Examiner found the massive head injuries he suffered in the bust-up had aggravated Jewell’s existing medical conditions, including sickle cell disease, leading to his passing. But Jewell’s relatives are not entirely convinced by the coroner’s report and the Fulton County District Attorney has “tentatively” agreed to grant the family’s request for another autopsy.
“Physical altercation resulting in sickle cell trait related exertional collapse” and an enlarged heart have been listed as contributing factors in A.J.’s death.
In a performance dedicated to her late former fiance AJ Jewell, Grammy Award-winning songwriter Kandi Burruss sang her new single “Fly Above” on last night’s The Real Housewives of Atlanta Reunion Special.
