It was a critical and commercial success, certified platinum within a year, and launched two top ten singles.Īfter their debut album's success, Xscape released their second studio album, Off the Hook, in 1995. Billboard 200 and number three on the Top R&B Albums chart. The album peaked at number seventeen the U.S. The group released their debut album, Hummin' Comin' at 'Cha, on October 12, 1993.
Xscape soon caught the attention of Jermaine Dupri, who later signed the group to his recording label So So Def Recordings. After the group's major debut performance at BET's Teen Summit in 1992, the girls were introduced to record executive Ian Burke, who later became the group's manager. Soon Tameka "Tiny" Cottle was asked to audition for the girls, and Xscape was officially formed. The three began singing together and recruited a fourth member, Tamera Coggins, though her time with the group was short-lived.
While attending Tri-Cities performing arts high school in East Point, Georgia, Scott's sister Tamika met Kandi Burruss. Prior to joining Xscape, LaTocha Scott had been performing with a group called Precise.
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She first appeared on the BET series Teen Summit at age 15. Burruss attended Tri-Cities High School in East Point, Georgia, graduating in 1994. She had an older brother, Patrick Riley (1968–1991), who died in a car crash. She also won the third season of the Fox competition series The Masked Singer, and placed fifth on the second season of Celebrity Big Brother on CBS.īurruss was born in East Point, Georgia, the daughter of the Reverend Titus Burruss Jr. īurruss had a recurring role as Roselyn Perry in the third season of the Showtime drama series The Chi. Burruss's sixth Bravo companion series appearance, and fifth series overall to focus on Burruss, is called Kandi & the Gang, which premiered on March 6, 2022. Burruss also appeared as a guest in Kim Zolciak-Biermann's wedding special Don't Be Tardy for the Wedding in 2012. Burruss has appeared in six Real Housewives spinoff and companion series as of 2022, beginning with 2012's The Kandi Factory, and continuing on with Kandi's Wedding (2014), Kandi's Ski Trip (2015), and Xscape: Still Kickin' It (2017), all of which were aired by Bravo. In 2000, she won a Grammy Award for Best R&B Song for her writing contributions on the TLC hit song " No Scrubs".īurruss has starred in the Bravo reality television series The Real Housewives of Atlanta since its second-season premiere on July 30, 2009. She first gained notice in 1992 as a member of the female vocal group Xscape. Kandi Lenice Burruss-Tucker (born May 17, 1976), known professionally by her mononym Kandi, is an American producer, television personality, singer and actress.