Tameka "Tiny" Cottle

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American singer American songwriter R&B musician human reality television personality singer songwriter television personality

Tameka "Tiny" Cottle is an American singer-songwriter and television personality best known as a member of the R&B group Xscape and for her work in reality TV.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Tameka Tiny Cottle	5
Tameka "Tiny" Cottle canonical	4
Tameka "Tiny" Harris	4
Tameka Dianne Cottle	1
Tameka “Tiny” Cottle	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5045386 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Tameka "Tiny" Cottle
Context triple: [T.I., spouse, Tameka "Tiny" Cottle]

A. Tina Simpson
Tina Simpson is an American television personality and talent manager best known as the mother of singers Jessica and Ashlee Simpson.
B. Wanya Morris
Wanya Morris is an American R&B singer best known as a member of the vocal group Boyz II Men.
C. Tameka Foster
Tameka Foster is an American fashion stylist and television personality best known for her high-profile marriage to R&B singer Usher.
D. Shante Broadus
Shante Broadus is an American entrepreneur and talent manager best known as the longtime wife and business partner of rapper Snoop Dogg.
E. Mechelle Vinson
Mechelle Vinson is the woman whose sexual harassment lawsuit led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Meritor Savings Bank v. Vinson, which established that a hostile work environment can violate Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Tameka "Tiny" Cottle
Target entity description: Tameka "Tiny" Cottle is an American singer-songwriter and television personality best known as a member of the R&B group Xscape and for her work in reality TV.

A. Tina Simpson
Tina Simpson is an American television personality and talent manager best known as the mother of singers Jessica and Ashlee Simpson.
B. Wanya Morris
Wanya Morris is an American R&B singer best known as a member of the vocal group Boyz II Men.
C. Tameka Foster
Tameka Foster is an American fashion stylist and television personality best known for her high-profile marriage to R&B singer Usher.
D. Shante Broadus
Shante Broadus is an American entrepreneur and talent manager best known as the longtime wife and business partner of rapper Snoop Dogg.
E. Mechelle Vinson
Mechelle Vinson is the woman whose sexual harassment lawsuit led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Meritor Savings Bank v. Vinson, which established that a hostile work environment can violate Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (41)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American singer ⓘ American songwriter ⓘ R&B musician ⓘ human ⓘ reality television personality ⓘ singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ television personality ⓘ
activeIn	1990s R&B music era ⓘ 2000s reality television ⓘ 2010s reality television ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Tameka Harris ⓘ linked to: Tameka Foster Tiny ⓘ
basedIn	Atlanta, Georgia, United States ⓘ linked to: Atlanta
birthName	Tameka Dianne Cottle ⓘ linked to: Tameka "Tiny" Cottle
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
fieldOfWork	music industry ⓘ reality television ⓘ
genre	R&B ⓘ hip hop soul ⓘ soul ⓘ
givenName	Tameka ⓘ linked to: Tameka Foster
hasGenre	contemporary R&B ⓘ
hasOccupation	reality TV star ⓘ
hasPartnership	musical collaboration with Xscape members ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
medium	recorded music ⓘ television ⓘ
memberOf	Xscape ⓘ
nickname	Tiny ⓘ
notableRole	member of Xscape ⓘ
notableWork	appearances on various VH1 reality shows ⓘ membership in R&B group Xscape ⓘ reality television series "T.I. & Tiny: The Family Hustle" ⓘ linked to: T.I. & Tiny: The Family Hustle
occupation	record producer ⓘ singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ television personality ⓘ
partOf	American contemporary R&B scene ⓘ
residence	Atlanta, Georgia, United States ⓘ linked to: Atlanta
spouse	T.I. ⓘ

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Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

T.I. → spouse → Tameka "Tiny" Cottle ⓘ

subject linked to: Tip "T.I." Harris

Xscape → memberOf → Tameka Tiny Cottle ⓘ