Tameka Cottle

Cottle in 2013, photo by kathclick/Bigstock.com

Birth Name: Tameka Dianne Cottle

Place of Birth: College Park, Georgia, U.S.

Date of Birth: July 14, 1975

Ethnicity:
*African-American (father)
*European (mother)

Tameka Cottle is an American singer and songwriter. She was a member of girl group Xscape, and received a Grammy Award for her writing contributions on the TLC hit “No Scrubs.” She is also known as Tameka “Tiny” Harris and Tameka Harris. She is 4′11″.

Tameka is the daughter of Diane Cottle and Charles Walter Pope. Her father co-founded Atlanta-based vocal group The Tams, along with his brother, Joe Pope. Tameka has a daughter with her former partner Zonnie “Zeboe” Pullins; and three children with her husband, rapper and actor T.I.

Tameka’s paternal grandfather was named Otis Pope.

Tameka’s paternal grandmother was named Rosa Bell Byrd.

Sources: Obituaries of Tameka’s father – http://www.legacy.com
https://www.findagrave.com

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20 Responses

  1. bzbunni says:

    Could be. Tommy Chong is Half Chinese, but looks Native-American….so who really knows. She is what she is

  2. krys says:

    Exactly, jesmarie. I’m a quarter Japanese and everyone thinks I’m Latina.

  3. moi says:

    yeah though she was half white as well

    • OMG says:

      OMMMMMMMMGGFGGGGG SHE IS NOT 1/2 ASIAN. OMGGGGG WHO WROTE THIS????? MY GOD HER MOTHER IS WHITE. SHE HAD A REALITY TV SHOW ON BET WITH HER MOTHER ON IT AND HER FATHER IN 1 EPISODE. HER PARENTS ARE MARRIED WTF? THIS IS HILARIOUS SHE IS SO NOT HALF ASIAN. HAHAHA

  4. jesmarie says:

    i’m a quarter asian, and only a few people have ever figured out i was mixed. i thought Tiny was latina

  5. total23 says:

    I Thought That She Was Half Black Half White….Wow!

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