Xscape, often referred to mononymously as the word "Escape", was a female American R&B; quartet that had a string of hit songs during the 1990s. The original lineup of the group consisted of sisters LaTocha "Juicy" Scott and Tamika "Meatball" Scott, along with Kandi Burruss and Tameka "Tiny" Cottle, while Kiesha Miles was a replacement later.
LaTocha and Tamika Scott's father, Rev. Randolf Scott, were part of the 1970s R&B; group Scott Three duri...
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Xscape, often referred to mononymously as the word "Escape", was a female American R&B; quartet that had a string of hit songs during the 1990s. The original lineup of the group consisted of sisters LaTocha "Juicy" Scott and Tamika "Meatball" Scott, along with Kandi Burruss and Tameka "Tiny" Cottle, while Kiesha Miles was a replacement later.
LaTocha and Tamika Scott's father, Rev. Randolf Scott, were part of the 1970s R&B; group Scott Three during the early '70s. The sisters sang at church throughout their childhoods while being trained by their father at an early age and attempted talent shows around the area. In the early '90s, they met the other two members, Burruss and Cottle, in College Park, Georgia at Tri-City High School, a suburb of Atlanta in church. Cottle's father, Charles Pope and her uncle, Joseph Pope (1933-1996), formed the R&B; group, The Tams.
The quartet was discovered by Jermaine Dupri while singing at an annual Martin Luther King Jr. festival in Atlanta. Dupri...
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