Background
Burruss was born in College Park, Georgia, the daughter of the Reverend Titus Burruss Junior. and Joyce Jones.
Actor composer rapper singer-songwriter
Burruss was born in College Park, Georgia, the daughter of the Reverend Titus Burruss Junior. and Joyce Jones.
Burruss attended Tri-Cities High School in East Point, Georgia, graduating in 1994.
She currently stars in the Bravo reality television series The Real Housewives of Atlanta since its second season premiere on July 30, 2009. Burruss married Todd Tucker in April 2014. She had an older brother, Patrick Riley, who died in 1991 in a car crash at age 22.
She first appeared on the Black Entertainment Television series, Teen Summit, at age 15.
Songwriting
After the disbanding of Xscape, Burruss focused on production and songwriting. In 1999, Burruss teamed with groupmate Tameka "Tiny" Cottle to score the international number one hit "Number Scrubs" for TLC. That same year, Burruss wrote another song, "Bills, Bills, Bills for Destiny"s Child." Burruss would go on to work with Pink by co-writing her debut single "There You Go."
This award, in the Rhythm & Soul category, was given for her songwriting credits such as Destiny"s Child"s "Bills, Bills, Bills" and TLC"s "Number Scrubs."
Burruss rewrote and executive produced the song "Tardy for the Party" for her Real Housewives of Atlanta co-star Kim Zolciak.
Kandi Koated and reality television
Burruss teamed with Atlanta female rapper Rasheeda to form the duo Peach Candy. In March 2009, Entertainment Weekly reported that Burruss would replace DeShawn Snow in the second season of The Real Housewives of Atlanta.
She also announced her second album, originally titled "B.L.O.G.".
Her debut European Parliament, the Fly Above European Parliament, was released on October 29, 2009. By December 2009, Burruss announced she had signed a deal with Asylum Records after her deal with Capitol Records fell through. Her second album, Kandi Koated, was released in December 2010.
Burruss has made cameo appearances on series such as Single Ladies, Thicker Than Water: The Tankards, Chef Roblé & Company, and Let"s Stay Together.
She has received several of her own spin-off series, including The Kandi Factory, Kandi"s Wedding and Kandi"s Ski Trip. Burruss also owns a sex toy company called Bedroom Kandi.
She is a former member of the group Xscape.