Entertainment Weekly: Exclusive: Kandi Burruss joins 'The Real Housewives of Atlanta'
Mar 6, 2009, 03:44 PM | by Tanner Stransky
NeNe, Kim, Sheree, and Lisa, make room for one more! EW has learned exclusively that DeShawn Snow's replacement on Bravo's The Real Housewives of Atlanta is Kandi Burruss, a singer-songwriter from the platinum-selling '90s R&B girl group Xscape (which also included sisters LaTocha and Tamika Scott, as well as Burruss' best friend Tameka "Tiny" Cottle).
Burruss is undeniably the most notable member from Xscape. Since the group parted ways in the late '90s, she had a somewhat successful solo singing career (her biggest hit: "Don't Think I'm Not") but has seen ever greater successes with songwriting. Along with Cottle (who's married to rap superstar T.I.), she wrote TLC's 1999 smash hit "No Scrubs." Burruss has also penned jams for Mariah Carey, Destiny's Child, Boyz II Men, Alicia Keys, and Faith Evans. The singer-songwriter has a daughter, 6-year-old Riley, from a previous relationship, and a boyfriend.
Burruss fills the spot vacated by DeShawn Snow, who is the wife of Cleveland Cavaliers NBA player and NBA TV announcer Eric Snow. She was known on the show for her ridiculously large house and extensive staff, as well as a rather poorly received fundraiser she threw for the DeShawn Snow Foundation, which helps teenage girls with self-esteem issues. When the news came out that Snow would not be joining Housewives for season 2, she was quoted on Essence.com as saying a producer called her "and said that I was 'too human for a circus show' and that because the show did so well, they are about to pump up the drama and they didn't think that I would fit in." Snow is now pursuing a degree in divinity.
The Real Housewives of Atlanta was Bravo's highest rated freshman series since Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, back in 2003. The series' first season was also the second highest rated Real Housewives season ever, behind only season 3 of The Real Housewives of Orange County. It averaged 1.3 million viewers per episode and scored the highest rated Real Housewives franchise telecast ever, with 2.2 million viewers.
http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2009/03/real-housewives.html
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I remember them.
You're My Little Secret
1Here's another one that made the R&B circuit: Just Kickin' It: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qU7Q3QobFf4
2It's fun to watch old music videos sometimes
3this should be interesting!
4I liked them.I think she will make a nice addition!
5So i guess Usher's wife won't be on there.
6I guess they passed on her or she passed on them. i did hear usher's wife has some complications with plastic surgery, so maybe it had something to do with that.
7I heard she almost died or something
At least she's OK now.
8wow, i did not hear that. That's sad.
9yea h this might be interesting, I watch the show sometimes whenever I can. I like Kandi think she has had a great career as a songwriter but she has a beautiful voice as well and I have Xscape's songs in my ipod because they were an awesome group.
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