Tiny Harris

Tameka Dianne Harris née Cottle born July 14 1975 known professionally by her nickname Tiny is an American singersongwriter She rose to fame in the 1990s as a member of the multiplatinum RB vocal group Xscape She received a Grammy Award for her writing contributions on the TLC hit No Scrubs She is also known for her marriage to TI She acquired the nickname Tiny due to her small stature of 411 She joined the RB quartet Xscape in 1992 while attending TriCities Performing Arts High School Xscape was discovered by producer Jermaine Dupri while singing at his birthday celebration in Atlanta Georgia Dupri immediately signed the group to his then new record label So So Def Recordings As a member of the group she has contributed to three of the bands platinum albums Hummin Comin at Cha Off the Hook and Traces of My Lipstick As a member of Xscape she has received two Soul Train Music Awards for Best New RB Artist and Best RB Album and the ATown Music Award for Best DuoGroup Cottle sang lead vocals on six of Xscapes hit singles Understanding Do You Want To All I Need Loves a Funny Thing My Little Secret and Am I Dreamin She has also recorded on soundtracks for Soul Food Panther Bad Boys and Love Jones In 1998 after the release of Xscapes third album Traces of My Lipstick the band parted ways In 2000 she and fellow former Xscape group member Kandi Burruss were honored with a Grammy Award for Best RB Song for penning TLCs hit single No Scrubs Cottles other accomplishments include an American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers award in the RB and Pop Music categories for No Scrubs as well as the ASCAP Rap Award for her work on the Sporty Thievz track No Pigeons She has also worked with TI 8Ball MJG Lil Kim and Bow Wow After a fiveyear hiatus she reunited with sisters LaTocha and Tamika Scott and added a new member Kiesha Miles to release a Xscape album entitled Unchained and released the single Whats Up in 2005 She is involved in a project with Kiesha Miles called the OMG Girlz Cottles daughter Zonnique is a part of the musical trio3 She appeared in her husbands video for Hello along with their family and the OMG Girlz In June 2009 her reality series Tiny and Toya made its debut on BET and lasted for one season On July 22 2014 she returned to the music industry under her new label Pretty Hustle with her first solo single What The Fck You Gon Do Within a few hours of WTFYGD being released it reached the number 5 spot on the iTunes RBSoul charts and less than 24 hours after release it became the number one song on the charts for the genre She and bandmate Kandi Burruss also have writing credits on the song Shape of You by Ed Sheeran In 2018 she took a break from her XSCAP3 EP Promo to spend some quality time with her oneyearold daughter Heiress In December 2011 TI Tiny The Family Hustle premiered on VH1 The series chronicles the lives of her and TI plus their family Tiny and Shekinahs Weave Trip premiered on VH1 on October 13 2014 The series chronicled her and her best friend Shekinah Anderson in a mobile hair salon across the country