When Kandi Burruss announced, in a very awkward Xscape interview, that she was not down to record new music with her Xscape sistas, many fans were surprised by her revelation. Why? Because prior to that, everything seemed all good between Kandi, La Tocha Scott, “Tiny” Harris and Tamika Scott…at least based on their recent reunion in 2017. Then it was later revealed that they were still having some friction, due to long standing betrayal and hurt among the group.

Well, now Kandi is revealing that her refusal to not join her Xscape group members for the recording of their new album, has nothing to do with tension and everything to do with ‘legacy.’ In a recent interview with Madamenoire, Kandi claims her reason for turning the ladies down was because she does not wanna destroy Xscape’s musical legacy:

Via MN: “As soon as the girls and I started talking initially I had told them I didn’t really want to do new music and the main reason is because I feel like I don’t want to mess with our legacy,” Kandi told us. “When we were a group we had three platinum albums, all of our albums were hits, we never had a flop album and things are not how they used to be back then.”

I understand Kandi’s point of not wanting to jack up Xscape’s legacy with a possibly new mediocre album that ends up flopping. However, I couldn’t help but wonder if there’s something Kandi isn’t telling us…

But Is This The Real Reason?

Although Kandi’s ‘don’t wanna destroy the group’s legacy’ is a valid one, could her decision also have a lil’ something to do with money? It’s not a secret that if it were not for the careers of Kandi and Tiny over the past few years, the fan excitement of Xscape’s reunion would’ve probably been lackluster. Don’t get me wrong, Xscape’s fans would have still appreciated the nostalgia of it all. However, Xscape packing arenas in today’s times (like they’re doing now), probably would NOT have happened without Kandi and Tiny turning their individual brands into household names, through Real Housewives of Atlanta and T.I. and Tiny: The Family Hustle. Tiny’s and Kandi’s reality TV fame has helped their old fans reconnect with them and also allowed them to gain millions more fans who probably had no clue who Xscape was.

As a result of that reality TV fanfare and also Kandi’s and Tiny’s songwriting credits (among other projects), Kandi is said to be worth the most out of the group, with a net worth of approximately $35 million. Tiny’s reported net worth is said to be about $5 million (her husband T.I. is reportedly worthed $50M). Not sure of Tamika and La Tocha Scott’s net worth, but it’s said to fall way beneath Kandi’s and Tiny’s.

So it’s possible that Kandi’s refusal to do new music with Xscape may (or may not) be attributed to her wanting to avoid friction with the ladies, by demanding she get paid a much larger cut of the album’s earnings. Although, that is typically how that type of situation would go. Why? Because she and Tiny now bring far more to the table than Tamika and La Tocha- their even playing field became unbalanced many years ago. Therefore any new Xscape album sales, digital downloads, etc. would have a lot to do with Tiny’s and Kandi’s popularity and it subsequently would be well within their rights to ask for larger pieces of the pie, just saying. It’s not personal, it’s just business. But of course, this is just a hypothetical theory, for now, we’ll just roll with the ‘legacy’ excuse Kandi gave.