Who Is Dwight Howard's Fiancée? All About Rapper Amy Luciani (and Their Surprise Engagement Announcement!)

12/23/2024 03:49 PM

Dwight Howard and Amy Luciani kept their relationship private until announcing their engagement in December 2024

After publicly announcing his relationship with Amy Luciani, former all-star basketball player Dwight Howard can add another title to his résumé: fiancé. 

On Dec. 20, the couple hard launched their relationship by announcing that they were engaged. Prior to sharing the big news on Instagram, Howard and Luciani kept their relationship private.

"Met you and ain't stop smiling since Superman," Luciani captioned an Instagram post of photos and videos with Howard following their engagement announcement. He replied in the comments, "same. Not only is my face smiling my spirit is too." 

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The Dancing with the Starscontestant hasn't been publicly linked to anyone since his relationship with WNBA star Te'a Cooper ended in 2021, per Rolling Out. Luciani famously dated her Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta costar Mazi while on the show.

So, who is Dwight Howard's fiancée? Here's everything to know about Amy Luciani and her relationship with the former NBA player.  

They got engaged in December 2024

On Dec. 20, 2024, Luciani shared a clip of Howard smiling at a diamond engagement ring on her left hand. The post also included several other photos and videos of the couple dancing with friends and celebrating what appeared to be Howard's birthday. 

"I was enjoying you so much out of the public eye but here we are," she wrote in the caption. "Thank you for bringing me back to the word. Anything I say or fuss about, first thing you say is 'Did you pray about it?' Then I realized I hadn't being praying much lately at all."

She continued, "I'm just thankful, happy and ready for everything that's coming our way. I prayed reallllll deep on a Thursday not knowing 2 days later God would send me a Bible totin, tattood giant with the same heart as me. Thank you." 

The same day, Howard also shared two photos with Luciani that he captioned, "Happy 😅♾️❤️ #blacklove #prayedforthis." 

They've kept their relationship private

Howard and Luciani's engagement announcement also marked the first time they went public with their relationship. However, the former basketball player and reality star were spotted at events together in the months prior.

Luciani even teased the future proposal in October 2024. The rapper posted a series of images from a photo shoot on Instagram with the caption, "I'm somewhere between ready to be a faithful wife or the single wild friend for the rest of my days 🙃." 

She's from Detroit 

Luciani was born and raised in Detroit. Though she goes by Amy professionally, her real name is Amber Rose. She told All Hip Hop in May 2023 that she changed it when model Amber Rose became a household name and their identical monikers started causing confusion. 

"The fake name I give to guys in the clubs has always been Amy," she said. "My sisters know. If I say Amy, they know this is not a guy I'm interested in ... [and] Luciani just sounded gangsta. I just put the two together, Amy Luciani." 

She's a rapper

Luciani told All Hip Hop that she had been creating music since she was a kid and started her career in an all-girl singing group called Entrance with her three sisters.

"We used to tour, we used to open up for Bow Wow, B2K," Luciani said. "We were on TV shows. We all sung and rap so at one point, we were the little girls in Detroit rapping." 

She later moved to Atlanta to pursue a solo career and released her first EP, Amy's World, in 2023.

She was on Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta

Luciani starred in seasons 11 and 12 of Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta, an MTV reality series that documents the personal lives of local artists. She told Hot New Hip Hop in August 2023 that she went on the show to promote her music and other business ventures that her Instagram followers don't typically see. 

"[On] the internet, we can't show so much of our day-to-day," Luciani said. "People don't know, I just came home from work ... I've been at my office for four hours ... I am not just a girl on the internet posting pretty pictures ... People don't really see the work that I've done." 

In addition to her reality TV stint and rap career, Luciani told All Hip Hop that she also started a charity to aid people without housing in Atlanta and wrote a children's book called Good Touch, Bad Touch to equip kids and their parents to talk about and prevent molestation.

They're both big animal lovers

In her 2023 intro video for Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta, Luciani said she owned a goat called Goatavius, a horse named Hershey, dogs and several sugar gliders. In an October 2024 Instagram post, though, the rapper shared that she no longer had most of her animals, including Goatavius, and that her dog was stolen from her front yard. 

"Damn who would've thought my life's plan would've changed so quick and I'd be living back in the city with only 1 dog," Luciani captioned the collection of photos and videos of her pets. "I miss my sugar gliders Munchy & Crunchy too and I can't forget my horse Hershey. Can't forget my turtle Cash. I swear in the next year I'm buying another mansion and filling it up with animals. I hope to find a dinosaur." 

Howard also shares a love of animals. In a 2015 interview with Bleacher Report, the basketball legend revealed that he owned 20 snakes and like Luciani, Howard also once had a sugar glider. He also bought a 700-acre Georgia farm in 2017 that housed cows, hogs, turkeys and deer, per Sports Illustrated.