Kandi Burruss Talks Xscape Beef & Says NeNe Leakes Likes to Play Victim

By: Amanda Anderson-Niles

Real Housewives of Atlanta star Kandi Burruss’ claim to fame was her time in R&B girl group Xscape. However, the relationships between the members of the group went sour eventually, and the group decided to go its separate ways despite the success they had in the music business. Kandi has moved on to bigger and better, so it’s no shocker that she wasn’t up for reuniting with the group for a performance at the recent So So Def Anniversary concert. Although rapper Bow Wow slammed Kandi for not coming through for Jermaine Dupri, Kandi says getting back together with the group was something she didn’t want to do because a former member attempted to smear her reputation out of jealousy of her new success without the group.

Many suspected the former member who was talking greasy about Kandi and claiming she slept her way to the top is LaTocha Scott, but Kandi admits in a recent interview with Sway in the Morning that it was actually Tamika Scott. After once again explaining why she didn’t do the concert, Kandi explains her beef with Tamika:

“Let me just say – because I shouldn’t have to bring up stuff…Our group broke up like 18 years ago, But what Im pissed off about happened more recent. In the past, Tocha and I used to bump heads, but she’s not really who I’m really bothered by. It was Tamika that really pissed me off. She said some things about me. Some of the things she put out there, were straight up lies that she made up. I was so pissed at her because me and her used to be really tight and I just felt like what just what she did-to try to make me look bad to people. Instead of just saying ‘Kandi doing well,’ you gon’ make it seem like I screwed my way to top. And then add more people to the list that never existed, on my list. I’m like ‘No chick, don’t do me like that.’ I never do her like that. You know what I mean?”

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Kandi’s press rounds continued as she dropped by The Breakfast Club this morning, and on the show, she talked about the “beef” she has with NeNe. Kandi claims she feels NeNe likes to play the victim a little too much and doesn’t understand why she can’t say something positive about her all of her successful business ventures when she’s applauded her acting success:

“To me I feel like she contradicts herself. Like she’s constantly dogging me out, saying negative things about me. But then when she does, she says ‘Well that’s just my opinion.’ But if I say anything to her or about her it, ‘Oh people are jealous of her.’ You know, act like a victim. You know I give you what you give me. Like if you give me that energy, that’s what you’re going to get.

“I’ve done a million things [business wise], she’s never once said ‘Congratulations.’ Or came in support of anything that I’ve done. Nothing. You know I hate when people say, ‘Oh you hating on her!’ How am I hating on her? I always say I love what she’s doing as far as taking her opportunity of being on TV and turning it into something greater.”

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