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December 28, 2015- R&B songstress Demetria McKinney releases her new single and video featuring singer/songwriter Kandi. The song titled "Unnecessary Trouble" premiered last night on Season 8 of Bravo TV's Real Housewives of Atlanta where McKinney made a guest appearance. The video was directed by famed photographer Derek Blanks and features RHOA alumni Claudia Jordan. Regarding the inspiration of the song and video, Demetria had this to say, "Unnecessary Trouble" came from the drama of season 7 of RHOA regarding not only my relationship with my boyfriend, but also the murmurs about Kandi and Todd's relationship.The song is an anthem made to remind people that relationships have to be figured out between the people in the relationship. McKinney is widely known for her role as “Janine Payne” on the hit TBS sitcom “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne,” which has taped over 254 episodes and received five NAACP Image Awards for Best Sitcom. After her stint with season 7 Real Housewives of Atlanta the eOne Music recording artist has been keeping busy touring with the Pepsi Funkfest and opening for R. Kelly on his Black Panties tour. Demetria's gut wrenching ballad “Trade It All” is currently on the Urban AC charts and her club and radio hit single titled “100.” skyrocketed to #4 and is currently on the iTunes R & B charts. "100” is a hip hop infused women’s anthem featuring one of the rap genre’s first ladies - Da Brat. Kandi Burruss is a singer-songwriter, television personality,occasional actress, record producer and a former member of the group Xscape.. Kandi will also serve as executive producer on Demetria McKinney's upcoming LP "Officially Yours".
On Tuesday, we welcomed actress, singer, and reality TV star Demetria McKinney to "The Ice Cream Convos Morning Show" and we had a blast!Demetria gave us the scoop on her forthcoming EP, Officially Yours, slated to drop this spring. We got the scoop on her relationship with Roger Bobb and how she dealt with being a newbie and the unwarranted shade from Phaedra Parks on "The Real Housewives of Atlanta."Demetria brought her hot new singles, "100" featuring Da Brat, and "Trade It All" for our listening pleasure. We asked Demetria McKinney to set the record straight regarding the various reports that her hit single, "100," was a rip off of Uncle Reece's gospel recording, "I Can't Help Myself."Listen to our fantastic interview with Demetria McKinney to find out what else she had to say.