Xscape

Xscape, (pronounced Escape) was a female American R&B group that originally started out as a quintet and then became a quartet. The group had a string of hit songs during the 1990s. The original lineup of the group consisted of sisters LaTocha Scott and Tamika Scott, Kandi Burruss, Tameka Tiny Cottle, and Tamera Coggins, though Coggins departed the group before their debut album was released. LaTocha and Tamika Scott's father, Rev. Randolf Scott, was part of the 1971 R&B group Scott Three during the early '70s. The sisters were trained to sing by their father at an early age. They sang in church and competed in talent shows around the area while growing up. In the early '90s, they met Xscape's other three members, Kandi Burruss, Tameka Tiny Cottle-Harris , at the magnet performing arts high school, Tri-Cities, in East Point, Georgia, a city outside of Atlanta. Cottle's father, Charles Pope and her uncle, Joseph Pope (1933–1996), were members of the R&B group, The Tams. Solo Careers: Tamika Scott Scott released the single Day & Night in Japan. She also appeared in the 2004 Tyler Perry play, Meet the Browns originating the role of Millet Jenay Baptiste-Brown. She has written, produced, and arranged four songs for and is featured as a solo artist on the movie soundtrack of Tyler Perry's Daddy's Little Girls, which was released January 16, 2007 on Atlantic Records. In 2010, she made a female version of Say Ahh with the female rappers Trina, Rasheeda, and Gloss Da Boss. On December 18, 2010 She did a play called Christmas In The Hood. LaTocha Scott Scott, Recorded a solo album, titled Solo Flight, and made appearances on Jermaine Dupri's song All That's Got to Go and J-Shin's One Night Stand, which was Scott's first solo R&B single. She also appears on Liar, Liar from the soundtrack of The Best Man, Cha Cha's Dear Diary, and Trick Daddy's single Thug Holiday. Kandi Burruss Burruss has co-written songs for artists such as Mariah Carey, Pink, Whitney Houston and Alicia Keys. She has also written songs for artist like TLC, Destiny's Child, 'N Sync, Boyz II Men, and Faith Evans. In 1999, she appeared on Solé's debut album and was also in a video for the single, titled 4, 5, 6. In 2000, Columbia Records released her solo debut, Hey Kandi, which featured the hit song Don't Think I'm Not. On December 14, 2010, Buress released the album 1Kandi Koated featuring tracks Fly Above and Leave U. She is also responsible for discovering male R&B quartet Jagged Edge....