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Tameka "Tiny" Cottle-Harris (born Tameka Pope; July 14, 1975) is an American singer-songwriter from Jonesboro, Georgia. She is best known as a member of the multi-platinum R&B group Xscape and her marriage with rapper T.I.. She received a Grammy Award for her writing contributions on the TLC hit "No Scrubs". She acquired the nickname "Tiny" due to her small stature of 4'11". ==Early life and career== Cottle was born in College Park, Georgia, the daughter of Dianne Cottle and Charles Pope (1936–2013). Cottle's father and her uncle, Joseph Pope (1933–96), formed the R&B group The Tams. Cottle joined the R&B quartet Xscape in 1992 while attending Tri-Cities Performing Arts High School. Xscape was discovered by producer Jermaine Dupri while singing at a Martin Luther King, Jr. birthday celebration in Atlanta. Dupri immediately signed the group to his then new record label, So So Def Recordings. As a member of the group, Cottle has contributed to three of the band's 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 R&B Artist and Best R&B Album and the A-Town Music Award for Best Duo/Group. Cottle sang lead vocals on five of Xscape's hit singles: "Understanding", "Do You Want To?", "All I Need", "Love's a Funny Thing", 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 Xscape's third album, ''Traces of My Lipstick'', the band parted ways. In 2000, Cottle and fellow former Xscape group member Kandi Burruss were honored with a Grammy Award for Best R&B Song for penning TLC's hit single "No Scrubs". Cottle's other accomplishments include an American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers award in the R&B and Pop Music categories for "No Scrubs", as well as the ASCAP Rap Award for her work on the Sporty Thievz track "No Pigeons." Cottle has also worked with T.I., 8Ball & MJG, Lil' Kim and Bow Wow. After a five-year hiatus, Cottle 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 "What's Up" in 2005. Cottle is involved in a project with Kiesha Miles called the OMG Girlz. Cottle's daughter, Zonnique, is a part of the musical trio.〔(QT Possie: Official Website )〕 In June 2009, Cottle's reality series, ''Tiny and Toya'', made its debut on BET. She appeared in her husband's video for "Hello" along with their family and the OMG Girlz. On July 22, 2014, Tameka returned to the music industry under her new label (Pretty Hustle ), with her first solo single "What The Fuck You Gon Do?". Within a few hours of "WTFYGD" being released it reached the number 5 spot on the iTunes R&B/Soul charts, and less than 24 hours after release it became the number one song on the charts for the genre.〔http://www.bet.com/news/music/2014/07/23/tiny-sends-a-message-to-t-i-on-wtfygd.html〕〔http://freddyo.com/tinys-new-single-wtfygd-hits-number-1-rbsoul-for-itunes-in-less-than-24-hours/〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tameka Cottle」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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