Acting
Jul 13, 1975
College Park, Georgia, USA
Tiny Harris
Acting
Biography
Tameka Dianne Harris (née Cottle, born July 14, 1975), known professionally by her nickname Tiny, is an American singer-songwriter. She rose to fame in the 1990s as a member of the multi-platinum R&B 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 T.I. She acquired the nickname 'Tiny' due to her small stature of 4'11". She 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 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 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 six of Xscape's hit singles: "Understanding", "Do You Want To?", "All I Need", "Love's 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 Xscape's 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 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". She has also worked with T.I., 8Ball & MJG, Lil' Kim and Bow Wow. After a five-year 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 "What's Up" in 2005. She is involved in a project with Kiesha Miles called the OMG Girlz. Cottle's daughter, Zonnique, is a part of the musical trio.[3] She appeared in her husband's 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 F*ck 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. 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 one-year-old daughter Heiress. In December 2011, T.I. & Tiny: The Family Hustle premiered on VH1. The series chronicles the lives of her and T.I. plus their family. Tiny and Shekinah's 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.
Feature Films (1)
Movie star Vincent Chase, together with his boys, Eric, Turtle and Johnny, are back…and back in business with super agent-turned-studio head Ari Gold. Some of their ambitions have changed, but the bond between them remains strong as they navigate the capricious and often cutthroat world of Hollywood.
Entourage
Television & Series (10)
In the multi-billion dollar world of plastic surgery, beauty is in the eye of the beholder... or is it? For some patients, their quest for ultimate perfection ends in disastrous results. World renowned doctors Paul Nassif and Terry Dubrow — the best of the best and leaders in their field — will be tasked with some of the most difficult operations of their careers when they try to reverse the effects of horrendous plastic surgeries.
Botched
Talented entertainer and newly-minted EGOT Jennifer Hudson takes on the daytime talk show landscape.
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Set in Atlanta, this reality docudrama stars Tameka "Tiny" Cottle and Antonia "Toya" Carter, best friends whose lives have become intertwined by their connections within the hip-hop industry. Tameka is a former member of the group Xscape and her fiance is hip-hop star T.I., while Antonia is the ex-wife of rapper Lil' Wayne, with whom she had a daughter, Reginae, when she was 15. Cameras follow the pair as they seek new business ventures together, lean on each other for advice and comfort, and ultimately try to carve out their own niche away from the crazy world they've grown up in.
Tiny & Toya
T.I., the Grammy Award-winning artist, is reunited with his wife, Tameka (a.k.a) Tiny, and his children following a 12 month prison sentence that was completed several months ago.
T.I. & Tiny: The Family Hustle
VERZUZ was introduced during the COVID-19 pandemic as a virtual DJ battle, with Timbaland and Swizz Beatz facing off in its first iteration through an Instagram Live broadcast in March 2020. VERZUZ was created by Grammy Award-winning record producers and entrepreneurs Timbaland and Swizz Beatz, that airs on Verzuz TV. It started as an American webcast series and the show was bought by Triller Network, and has became more than just hip-hop and R&B battles.
