Editing Gerald Levert (section)

==Personal life==
Levert dated singer Miki Howard from 1985 to 1989.{{citation needed|date=September 2022}} In 2003, Levert had a relationship with singer [[Kandi Burruss]].<ref name="Atlanta">{{cite news|last1=Willis|first1=Kiersten|title=What?! Kandi Burruss Dated Gerald Levert Back In The Day and Fans Are Freaking Out|url=https://atlantablackstar.com/2018/12/10/what-kandi-burruss-dated-gerald-levert-back-in-the-day-and-fans-are-freaking-out/|access-date=8 June 2022|work=[[Atlanta Black Star]]|date=December 10, 2018}}</ref> Levert had three children: LeMicah, Camryn, and Carlysia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cleveland.com/metro/2007/08/legal_tugofwar_erupts_over_lev.html|title=Legal tug-of-war erupts over Gerald Levert's will|date=August 1, 2007|website=Cleveland.com|access-date=2019-12-13}}</ref>
Carlysia, an aspiring singer, appeared on the [[MTV]] series ''[[My Super Sweet 16]]'', with her father in 2005. His father is the third cousin of [[Cleveland Cavaliers]] basketball player [[Caris LeVert]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.foxsports.com/college-basketball/story/college-basketball-road-trip-michigan-the-most-interesting-team-in-the-world-030414|title=College Basketball Road Trip: Michigan — The most interesting team in the world|author=Franklin, Drew|date=2014-03-05|work=[[FOX Sports]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151128081743/http://www.foxsports.com/college-basketball/story/college-basketball-road-trip-michigan-the-most-interesting-team-in-the-world-030414|archive-date=2015-11-28|url-status=dead|access-date=2015-11-26}}</ref>

Shortly before his death, Levert completed work on what would be his final album, ''[[In My Songs]]''. The album was released on February 13, 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tripsavvy.com/cleveland-4139317|title=Cleveland|website=TripSavvy.com|access-date=2019-12-13}}</ref> In June 2007, a book Gerald was working to complete entitled, ''I Got Your Back: A Father and Son Keep it Real About Love, Fatherhood, Family, and Friendship'', was released. The book was initially planned as a tie-in for a Levert album of the same name. ''I Got Your Back'' explores Gerald and Eddie's father/son relationship, the necessity of male bonding, and the importance of repairing fractured families.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vibe.com/news/news_headlines/2006/11/remembering_gerald_levert/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071027042922/http://www.vibe.com/news/news_headlines/2006/11/remembering_gerald_levert/|url-status=dead|title=Remembering Gerald Levert : VIBE.com<!-- Bot generated title -->|archive-date=October 27, 2007}}</ref> Levert was also working on a [[Reality television|reality show]] in which he was losing weight along with 12 of his female fans, who were training with him at his palatial home.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/10/AR2006111001802.html|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|first=Matt|last=Schudel|title=Sultry-Voiced R& B Balladeer, Songwriter Gerald Levert, 40|date=November 11, 2006}}</ref>