Who is DeVon Minters: What happened to Karrueche Tran’s Father?

Who is Karrueche Tran’s Father?

Devon Minters is the father of Karruche Tran. Devon Minters’s daughter is a model and actress who is known by many for starring as Vivian Johnson in the web series The Bay. For producing the series, she won two Daytime Emmy Awards. She is also known by many as the ex-girlfriend of popular American singer and songwriter Chris Brown.

Who is Devon Minters?

Although Devon’s true age is unknown, the father of the beautiful celebrity model is believed to be in his mid-50s (He is about 55 years old from the way he looks). He stood at 5 feet 8 from the ground and weighed about 65kg.

Devon was once married to Cindy Adamson. His marriage with Karrueche’s mom, Cindy Adamson (a Vietnamese-American) didn’t last long as the couple planned. The two love birds called it a quit shortly after their daughter was born. However, Devon Minters maintained a close relationship with his daughter and son, Raymond Adamson, even after their divorce. Paparazzi have caught the family together, on occasion, treating themselves to dinners at lavish restaurants.

ALSO, READ; Cindy Adamson: Inside the Life of Karrueche Tran’s Mother

Karrueche Tran’s father was Gay

According to the fashion icon, she found out that her biological father, DeVon Minters, was gay when she was in her middle school years. She revealed this information in a video interview with MadameNoire in 2015. This makes It safe to assume that it is one of the reasons her parents called their marriage a quit and went their separate ways.

‘I don’t think I’ve ever told anybodoy this, but my father is gay,‘ she said. ‘I think I never told anybody just because I don’t realize that that’s not necessarily normal,’ she continued. ‘I live my life as me, so it’s just like, “Oh, that’s my dad.”

‘I’ve just kind of always known, and then as I grew older, we had certain talks with my mom, and it was just what it was.  ‘Love conquers all,’ she said. ‘It doesn’t matter what race, what age, how you look or anything… Love is love.‘ 

What happened to Karrueche Tran’s father?

Karrueche Tran’s father Devon Minters passed away in 2023. The actress shared the news of her father’s death via her Instagram story. The Bay actress revealed that her father had passed away the previous week. She shared an emotional tribute to her father and revealed she was at the Sundance Film Festival when she received the devastating call earlier last week.

Karrueche shared various throwback photos of herself and her father, DeVon Minters – who is believed to have been in his mid-50s at the time of his passing – and wrote: ‘Rest in Paradise Dad’ but didn’t reveal the real age of her father. She posted two photos of their father-daughter date from 2017. In another, she shared a snap of herself and her father from her childhood days.

The devastated actress also wrote that ‘the past seven days have been tough.. receiving the call I always feared.. making decisions I wasn’t prepared for..‘ She continued saying it has been difficult ‘being at Sundance which is something I prayed for.. trying to celebrate my accomplishments while in pain..’ 

The two-time Daytime Emmy Award winner was born in 1988. She began her career in the fashion industry as a personal shopper. Later, she took on the role of a freelance celebrity stylist in Hollywood. Karrueche’s first massive public attention came when she began dating R&B singer Chris Brown in 2011.

She gained wider prominence after starring as Vivian Johnson on the Emmy award-winning web series The Bay from 2013 to 2016 and eventually winning three Daytime Emmy Awards for producing the series. She went on to host the BET Awards red carpet and multiple events during the official BET Weekend in 2014.