Bio of Kandi Burruss who is better known by her stage names Kandi or Kandi Girl

Overview

Birth name:   
Kandi Burruss

Also known as:
Kandi, Kandi Girl

Born:
May 17, 1976 (age 37) Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.

Origin:
East Point, Georgia, U.S.

Genres:
R&B, dance, soul

Occupations:
Singer-songwriter, actress, record producer, television personality

Years active:
1992–present

Labels:
Sony, UpFront/BME, Kandi Koated Entertainment, Asylum Records

Bio

Kandi is best known as one of the cause vocalists in the greatly effective 90's R&B oral team, Xscape. Burrus performed cause on strikes such as "My Little Secret", "Just Kickin' It" and "Who Can I Run To", as well as wrote their beginning strikes, such as "Feel So Good" and "Can't Hang". Kandi is also known as the song-writing professional behind the large 1999 No. 1 hit, "No Scrubs", by TLC, which won the 2000 Grammy Prize for Best R&B Songs, a song-writing award. She was also identified as the ASCAP Beat & Spirit Songs Prize for Songwriter of the Season, other strikes composed by Kandi involved "Bills, Expenses, Bills" byDestiny's Kid and "There You Go" by Light red, to name just a few, in all she is published many more music for performers such as, Mariah Carey, Whitney Austin, *NSYNC,Monica Arnold, Alicia Important factors, Guys II Men, Trust Evans, Blu Cantrell and many, many more. During the delayed 90's, when she appeared as a skilled singer/song-writer, along with song-writing associates Kevin 'She'k spere' Briggs (also said husband) and Tameka 'Tiny' Cottle (member of Xscape and co-writer of "No Scrubs"), she was expected as a innovator of a new type of skilled behind-the-scenes women performers and obtained excellent ovation for her abilities, the press had nothing bad to pass on. Burruss tried to wow the experts once more by launching her very own long awaited first appearance individual set, with a cause individual, "Don't Think I'm Not", which had reasonable achievements. The record, eligible "Hey Kandi", marketed reasonably well during its first few several weeks. Despite moderate achievements, she was decreased from "Columbia" as a documenting specialist, though she is constantly on the create music for other performers through the organization. Burruss came back to her documenting profession with her second record, "I Need", launched through separate brand, "Upfront Records".

Trivia

Kandi's performing variety is very flexible, she is able to perform in a very low contralto and is also being able to achieve excellent pitch, she is even able of the whistle sign-up (the very excellent, ear-piercing observe Mariah Carey is well-known to use regularly), significant music in which Kandi features this size consist of strikes " My Little Secret" and "Understanding".

She was also identified as the ASCAP Beat & Spirit Songs Prize for Songwriter of the Season 2000

Her fiancé, Ashley Jewell, passed away from an damage continual during a fight in the vehicle automobile parking space of an The atlanta area remove team on Oct 3, 2009.

Kandi profits to documenting with her second record "I Need", launched through separate brand Advance Information.