Dodd Stocker-Edwards is one of the adopted children of Patti LaBelle and her ex-husband Armstead Edwards. Dodd Stocker-Edwards’ mother gained massive popular recognition in the 1980s. Fans referred to her as the “Godmother of Soul”. She was the lead singer and frontwoman of the vocal group Patti LaBelle and the Bluebelles.
Dodd Stocker-Edwards: Bio Summary
Dodd Stocker-Edwards was adopted by the singer
Dodd Stocker-Edwards was born in the United States of America in 1973. As of 2023, he is 50 years old. He is one of the four adopted children of LaBelle and her ex-husband Armstead Edwards. Dodd Stocker was adopted around the time the legendary singer had her son. Zuri Kye Edwards is the only biological child of the singer. Aside from Dodd and Zuri, the singer has three other children- They are Stayce Holte, William Holte, and Stanley Stocker-Edwards.
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Dodd and Stanly are biological siblings. The two were her deceased neighbor’s children while Stayce Holte and William Holte are also the singer’s sister’s children. She later adopted them after her sister, Jackie died. LaBelle lost her youngest sister, Jacqueline “Jackie” Holte-Padgett, to brain cancer at the age of 43. A day after the singer buried Padgett, an emotionally-wrecked LaBelle shot the music video to “If You Asked Me To” where she was seen crying in various shots; the video was shot on what would have been Padgett’s 44th birthday.
Dodd Stocker-Edwards is the founder of PUMP DOG
Based in New Jersey, Dodd Stocker-Edwards owns Pump Dog, a luxury boutique gym fashion company according to Afrotech. The company PUMP DOG Performance Apparel is Premium Athletic Apparel and Gear originally founded in 1996 and re-launched in May 2021. LaBelle’s son also worked as the Chief Marketing Director at DAM GOOD Bodies Online according to his LinkedIn profile. He is also a graduate of the University of North Texas.
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His Parents divorced in 2003
Dodd Stocker’s parents ended their marriage in 2003. The two announced their legal separation in 2000 and their divorce was finalized everything in 2003. The singer revealed they parted as friends. LaBelle revealed- “I never hated him. He never hated me,” she says. “We just couldn’t live together — not because of physical fights or anything. We never fought, thank God, in 32 years. We got along even when we didn’t get along! But then we realized that we had to leave each other.”…. “We’re cool now,” she says. “He’s one of my best friends.”
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The singer has admitted that she is ready to start dating again at the age of 78 after the divorce according to Fox News. When asked if she is ready to date again, Dodd Stocker-Edwards’ mother said, “Well, sort of, kind of… I was married for 32 years to a wonderful man, and we’re still friends, good friends… I think in life I have to find happiness for myself other than back in the day with him, which was wonderful.”
Where is Dodd Stocker-Edwards now?
Though he is the son of a popular personality, Dodd Stocker has been very private about his life. It is unclear if he is marriage has his own family and children. He has not made the news or any headlines in recent times. His brother Zuri on the other hand is married and has three children making Dodd an Uncle.
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