Isis Rae Boykin is the daughter of the late MTV personality Christopher “Big Black” Boykin, best known for starring alongside Rob Dyrdek on Rob & Big, and Shannon Turley. Born in 2008, she is 18 as of September 26, 2026.
Most of the reliable public information about Isis comes from her childhood and her father’s television career. She appeared on Rob & Big as a baby, and contemporary reports identified her as 9 years old when Christopher Boykin died in May 2017. There is far less dependable information about her adult life, including her education, career and current social-media presence.
Early Life and Family
Christopher Boykin was already expecting his daughter while Rob & Big was still on television. In October 2007, Reality TV World reported, citing an interview Boykin had given to PEOPLE, that he was expecting a daughter and planned to name her Isis.
The same report quoted Boykin discussing how he expected to approach becoming a father, saying he would learn “on the fly.”
PEOPLE formally announced Isis Rae Boykin’s arrival on April 16, 2008. That report is important because it clears up a detail that has often been repeated incorrectly online: February 15 was identified as her due date, not explicitly as her date of birth.
There is also a later first-person clue about her birthday. A February 23, 2014 post published by the X account @BigBlack wished “Isis Rae Boykin” a happy sixth birthday. That post points to February 23, 2008 as her birthday, although the safest established fact remains that she was born in 2008.
Her mother, Shannon Turley, was identified by ABC News in 2017 as Christopher Boykin’s former wife and the mother of their then-9-year-old daughter Isis.
Her Appearance on Rob & Big
Isis entered the public record at the very end of Rob & Big.
Apple TV lists the Season 3 finale, “Baby,” as having been released on April 15, 2008. Its official episode description centres on Big Black telling Rob Dyrdek about the baby and preparing for fatherhood.
PEOPLE reported the following day that Isis had made her television debut on the latest episode. Us Weekly later recalled that Dyrdek met Boykin’s daughter during the third and final season of the series.
That appearance is best understood as part of her father’s reality-TV story rather than the beginning of an entertainment career for Isis herself. There is no established record of subsequent acting roles, television work or another professional entertainment career.
Christopher “Big Black” Boykin as a Father
Fatherhood became part of Boykin’s public life during the final period of Rob & Big. His comments before Isis was born were unusually direct for the otherwise thin public record about her childhood.
After Boykin’s death, Shannon Turley also spoke publicly about his role as a parent. ABC News, relaying her interview with Entertainment Tonight, reported that Turley described being a good father as one of the most important parts of who Boykin was.
Christopher Boykin died on May 9, 2017, at the age of 45. CBS, ABC News, PEOPLE and other contemporary outlets identified Isis as his 9-year-old daughter at the time.
Those reports provide one of the strongest chronological checks on her age: a child who was 9 in May 2017 and had been born by April 2008 is 18 in 2026.
What Does Isis Rae Boykin Do Now?
There is no well-established public account of Isis Rae Boykin’s current occupation, college, business interests or professional work as of September 2026.
That gap matters because a number of recent biography-style pages describe her as an artist, discuss supposed creative interests, assign personality traits or make claims about her education. Those details have not been established by strong first-party reporting or authoritative public records.
The same caution applies to claims that Isis deliberately rejected fame or consciously chose a private life. What can be said is simpler: reliable present-day information about her is limited.
There is also no authenticated current Instagram, TikTok or X account that can safely be presented as her official personal profile based on the available public record. Search results for her name can also pull in unrelated people, so social profiles and photographs should not be assumed to belong to her without clear provenance.
Is February 15 Isis Rae Boykin’s Birthday?
The frequently repeated February 15 date appears to come from a misunderstanding of the 2008 PEOPLE report.
PEOPLE said Isis had been due to arrive February 15. It did not identify February 15 as her birth date.
A more specific clue comes from a post published by @BigBlack on February 23, 2014, which wished Isis a happy sixth birthday. Taken at face value, that would point to February 23, 2008. Because the contemporaneous PEOPLE birth announcement did not provide an exact birth date, the most conservative biographical wording is that Isis was born in 2008.
Either way, her age is clear: she is 18 as of September 26, 2026.
Does Isis Rae Boykin Have a Known Net Worth?
There is no dependable public figure for Isis Rae Boykin’s personal net worth.
A May 2017 TMZ report, based on unnamed sources close to Christopher Boykin, claimed that he had established a fund intended to cover his daughter’s education and had prioritised saving money for her future. International Business Times later repeated that claim while explicitly attributing it to TMZ.
No public trust document, probate filing, account balance or other financial record accompanying those reports established how much money was involved or what Isis later received. For that reason, claims assigning her a specific inheritance or present-day net worth should not be treated as established fact.
Her Place in the Rob & Big Story
Isis Rae Boykin is publicly known primarily through her connection to Christopher “Big Black” Boykin and the closing chapter of Rob & Big. Her father discussed expecting her while the series was still running, the final episode focused on his move toward fatherhood, and contemporary coverage reported her appearance on the show shortly after her birth.
Beyond that childhood connection, the public record becomes much thinner. There is no established adult entertainment career, major public project or documented professional profile attached to her name as of September 2026.
That makes the clearest biography a relatively simple one: Isis Rae Boykin was born in 2008 to Christopher Boykin and Shannon Turley, appeared briefly in the Rob & Big story as a baby, lost her father at age 9, and is now 18. More detailed claims about her present education, career, relationships, artistic work or finances remain publicly unconfirmed.
