Reality Resurrections
Music stars who've made a comeback via TV.
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Peter Gunz - Best know for the 1996 hip hop classic "Deja Vu (Uptown Baby)" (when he was one half of Lord Tariq and Peter Gunz), Pete got a taste of Haterade when he landed on this season of Love & Hip Hop. But this is the age of the cross-platform rapper who can build (or rebuild) his/her celebrity even via reality TV. Here's a look at former music stars who re-established their fame via reality TV. (Photo: VH1)
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Stevie J - At the height of Stevie J's former celebrity, he was hip hop's star producer, crafting most of Notorious B.I.G.'s biggest-selling LP, Life After Death LP. He'd been out of the spotlight until 2012, when he joined the reality TV show Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta. After scrapping with rapper Scrappy, flashing his pouting pimp smile, and smacking his artist Joseline, Stevie J became a reality TV star. (Photo: Bennett Raglin/BET/Getty Images for BET)
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Flavor Flav - During hip hop music's golden age in the late '80s/early '90s, Flavor Flav was a member of the politically-charged hip hop supergroup Public Enemy. Then, following a public battle with drugs and a slew of arrests, the jester of PE found his return ticket to stardom via an appearance on the reality TV hit Surreal Life. He was such a personality, he wound up with his own hit reality TV show, Flavor of Love. (Photo: Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
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Toni and Tamar Braxton - Toni Braxton was once R&B's reigning pop princess, belting '90s cuts like "Love Shoulda Brought You Home," "Another Sad Love Song" and "Breathe Again." Sister Tamar was struggling to catch up as a celebrity. The debut of the celebrity reality show Braxton Family Values gave Toni a boost and launched Tamar into a pop culture favorite. (Photo: Tiffany Rose/WireImage)
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Kandi Burruss - Before joining the runaway reality TV hit Real Housewives of Atlanta in 2008, Kandi, a former member of the female singing group Xscape, was also a star songwriter/producer who crafted pop smashes like TLC's "No Scrubs" and Destiny Child's "Bills, Bills, Bills."(Photo: Craig Barritt/Getty Images)
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