Frontin’ Housewives of Atlanta: -1, +1

“The Real Housewives of Atlanta” have a new castoff castmate added singer/songwriter Kandi Burruss (former member of Xscape and hit songwriter) to the cast to replace DeShawn Snooze Snow, who will not be on the new season.

Now that I think about it…some of them are not even married and/or housewives! A hot mess! “Ain’t no future in yo frontin’” — MC Breed

LOL @ DeShawn pursuing a degree in divinity. Is she getting it from Pastor Eddie Long, who she showed us how much her tithes check was to his church on camera? I can’t.

NeNe, Kim, Sheree, and Lisa, make room for one more! EW has learned exclusively that DeShawn Snow’s replacement on Bravo’s The Real Housewives of Atlanta is Kandi Burruss, a singer-songwriter from the platinum-selling ’90s R&B girl group Xscape (which also included sisters LaTocha and Tamika Scott, as well as Burruss’ best friend Tameka “Tiny” Cottle).

Burruss is undeniably the most notable member from Xscape. Since the group parted ways in the late ’90s, she had a somewhat successful solo singing career (her biggest hit: “Don’t Think I’m Not”) but has seen ever greater successes with songwriting. Along with Cottle (who’s married to rap superstar T.I.), she wrote TLC’s 1999 smash hit “No Scrubs.” Burruss has also penned jams for Mariah Carey, Destiny’s Child, Boyz II Men, Alicia Keys, and Faith Evans. The singer-songwriter has a daughter, 6-year-old Riley, from a previous relationship, and a boyfriend.

Burruss fills the spot vacated by DeShawn Snow, who is the wife of Cleveland Cavaliers NBA player and NBA TV announcer Eric Snow. She was known on the show for her ridiculously large house and extensive staff, as well as a rather poorly received fundraiser she threw for the DeShawn Snow Foundation, which helps teenage girls with self-esteem issues. When the news came out that Snow would not be joining Housewives for season 2, she was quoted on Essence.com as saying a producer called her “and said that I was ‘too human for a circus show’ and that because the show did so well, they are about to pump up the drama and they didn’t think that I would fit in.” Snow is now pursuing a degree in divinity. (Source)

If you don’t know who Kandi is, check out her old song “Don’t Think I’m Not”.

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