Xscape, was a female American

United States

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 R&B

Contemporary R&B

Contemporary R&B is a music genre that combines elements of hip hop, soul, R&B and funk.Although the abbreviation “R&B” originates from traditional rhythm and blues music, today the term R&B is most often used to describe a style of African American music originating after the demise of disco in...

 group that originally started out as a quintet

Quintet

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 and then became a quartet

Quartet

In music, a quartet is a method of instrumentation , used to perform a musical composition, and consisting of four parts.-Western art music:...

. The group had a string of hit songs during the 1990s. The original lineup of the group consisted of sisters LaTocha Scott and Tamika Scott, Kandi Burruss

Kandi Burruss

Kandi Burruss , better known by her stage names Kandi or Kandi Girl, is an American R&B singer-songwriter and record producer. She is also a former member of the group Xscape from Atlanta.-Early life:...

, Tameka "Tiny" Cottle, and Tamera Coggins, though Coggins departed the group before their debut album was released.
LaTocha and Tamika Scott's father, Rev. Randolf Scott, was part of the 1971 R&B group Scott Three during the early '70s.