“I just want to share the joy that I feel.”
-Kandi
Kandi Burruss has been nominated for the 2027 Songwriters Hall of Fame, and the Grammy-winning songwriter is celebrating with the fans who have followed her since her Xscape days. The Hall of Fame will announce its Class of 2027 next year.
In an emotional Instagram video, Burruss thanked supporters who have followed her career from Xscape to television and beyond.
“This was just confirmation for me that it doesn’t matter what somebody says. It doesn’t matter what anybody does. It doesn’t matter what’s going on. What God has for you is still going to happen.”
For many music fans, the nomination comes as no surprise.
Before becoming one of music’s most respected songwriters, Burruss first rose to fame as a member of the iconic R&B group Xscape. She built her career in the early 1990s and went on to help write some of R&B and Pop’s most memorable hits.
If there’s one thing Burruss has never struggled to do, it’s make a hit.
Through chart-topping anthems like TLC’s “No Scrubs” and Destiny’s Child’s “Bills, Bills, Bills” and “Bug a Boo,” Burruss may have ruffled a few feathers along the way. But the bigger message was always about reminding women that their voices mattered and that respect should never be up for negotiation.
Pulling from her own relationship experiences, a young Kandi had a lot to say and often let her pen bleed onto the page through honest lyrics that connected with women around the world.
TLC’s “No Scrubs” was co-written with fellow Xscape member Tameka “Tiny” Cottle-Harris and earned Burruss her first Grammy Award (Best Rhythm & Blues Song) in 2000. In that same year she won the ASCAP Songwriter of the Year award in the Rhythm & Soul category, making her the first African-American woman to win the award.
Today, the Atlanta native’s catalog spans genres and generations, etching her place among the industry’s most influential hitmakers.
Voting remains open through Dec. 14. Congratulations to Burruss on her nomination.
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