Tiny Harris Wants T.I. to Stay Away from Essence Festival for Her Perfume Launch and Performance

Tiny Harris (Credit: @majorgirl Instagram)

Xscape singer Tiny Harris confirmed the release her new fragrance “Major Girl” with plans to complete a soft launch at the 2018 Essence Festival.

Harris posted a photo of a billboard featuring the fragrance on her Instagram page. The ad shows rapper T.I.’s wife in a low cut black dress and an image of the perfume bottle to her right. “Billboard up so you know it’s real N.O MajorGirl fragrance by Tiny soft launch at Essence fest. Booth 239 I’ll be there for Meet & Greet with all my ppl 4pm July 7 see you there!! #BigThings&MoreBigThangs #GodsGrace 🙏🏽👑🖤🗝♋.”

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Fans were eager to show the R&B singer some love.

“I’ve heard u smell amazing by fans lol @majorgirl I can’t wait to buy some!!!! 😘😘😘💕💕💕💕 @majorgirl”

“Yessss! Congratulations!”

“You better work @majorgirl you were bread to live your life out loud, you’re a star!”

“Congratulations. I’m addicted to perfume so gotta get me a bottle.❤”

As Tiny continues to live her best life, she’s still at odds with her husband, rapper T.I since a video emerged of the rapper inappropriately touching another woman believed to be “Greenleaf” actress Asia’h Epperson. According to Hollywood Life, Tiny asked her estranged husband to not attend her Essence Festival performance. Sources said, “Tiny’s worried about crying on stage during their performance at Essence Fest because last year when they performed. T.I. was there by her side. He even got on stage, and she serenaded them. It was their coming out party to show the world they were back together. They were in such a hopeful, happy place and it was the start of something new and beautiful. And now it’s all changed, and Tiny’s heart has been shattered again.”

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