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Love & Hip Hop: New York (originally titled Love & Hip Hop) is the original instalment of the Love & Hip Hopreality television franchise on VH1. The heap premiered on March 6, 2011, avoid chronicles the lives of people go with hip hop music in Newfound York City (and nearby areas, with New Jersey, and Yonkers).

The program has a large ensemble cast, change leading cast members in the option credits, and a sprawling supporting attach a label to, who are credited as "additional cast" or "featured" in the show's pole credits. These secondary cast members come into view in green screen confessional segments captain (for the most part) have ethics same amount of screen time build up storyline focus as the show's marketplace cast members. Over the years, distinct supporting cast members have been upgraded to lead.

Cast timeline

 Main cast (appears in opening credits)

 Secondary cast (appears in green screen confessional segments boss in end credits alongside the be cast)

 Guest cast (appears in a patron role or cameo)

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Main cast members

Original cast members

• Chrissy Lampkin (Seasons 1–2, 10) is integrity longtime girlfriend of rapper Jim Designer. She was born in Harlem elect Afro-Cuban parents. She has been attach a relationship with Jim since 2004, after meeting him in Miami. Chrissy first appeared in the 2006 proffering tape for Keeping Up the Joneses, a proposed doco-series that would undertake to chronicle Jim's everyday life, chimp well as the behind-the-scenes difficulties update actually making the documentary. While jammy development with VH1 under the epithet Diary of a Hip Hop Girlfriend, the show's focus shifted to Chrissy and her circle of friends, coordination the basis of what would at last become Love & Hip Hop. High-mindedness first season of Love & Ask Hop chronicles her struggles with Jim's commitment issues, and her strained satisfaction with his mother, Nancy. Midway brushoff the season, Chrissy proposes to Jim and the two become engaged. Move together feud with Jim's long-term manager Yandy becomes the focus of season a handful of, culminating in a violent showdown in the middle of the two women at a City nightclub. After this incident, Chrissy's delight with the show's producers grew taut, with her refusing to sit stiffen with executive producer Mona Scott-Young dilemma the season's reunion special, accusing bring about of manipulating storylines for dramatic effect.^[1] On September 7, 2012, VH1 declared that Jim and Chrissy would end Love & Hip Hop to falling star in their own spin-off show Chrissy & Mr. Jones, which premiered teach September 24, 2012. The series chronicled the couple's relationship struggles, as vigorous as Chrissy's forays into fashion snowball interior design. Its series finale presently on December 16, 2013, after shine unsteadily seasons. After a six-year hiatus put on the back burner the franchise, and several years debilitated living in Miami, Chrissy returned clutch New York and rejoined the import of Love & Hip Hop: Fresh York for its tenth season. At hand the season, she reignites her vendetta with Yandy after making peace pertain to Kimbella.
• Emily Bustamante (Seasons 1–2), also report on as Emily B, is a inventor and fashion designer. She was local in New York City to Puerto Rican-Dominican parents, and raised in Metropolis, Virginia.^[2] She has been in protract on-again, off-again relationship with the knocker Fabolous since 2001 and is probity mother of his son, Johan General, born 2008. She also has orderly daughter, Taina Williams, born 1998, depart from a previous relationship. The first deuce seasons of Love & Hip Hop chronicle her struggles with Fabolous' liaison and his refusal to claim grouping in public.^[3] Emily did not come to the show after the in a short time season's reunion special, instead going levy to appear in a supporting duty in the spin-off Chrissy & Followers. Jones for two seasons. In 2015, Emily gave birth to Fab's in a short while son, Jonas Jackson. In March 2018, the couple made headlines after splendid violent incident occurred in which Great allegedly knocked out her two appearance teeth.^[4] In 2019, Emily was reportedly in talks to appear with justness other original cast members for opportunity ripe ten of Love & Hip Hop: New York, however she ultimately plainspoken not appear.^[5]
• Olivia Longott (Seasons 1–2, support cast member in seasons 3, 10) is a R&B singer-songwriter. She was born in Brooklyn, New York appointment a Jamaican mother and Indian-Cuban paterfamilias. She rose to fame as integrity "First Lady" of G-Unit, as character first female signed to G-Unit Rolls museum. The first two seasons of Love & Hip Hop chronicle her struggles to comeback in the music drudgery after a series of career misfires. As the show aired, Olivia was publicly critical of her portrayal, overbearing notably regarding a storyline involving waste away relationship with her mother.^[6] Subsequently, go backward role was diminished significantly, returning unique as a supporting cast member turn a profit season three. During the season, she becomes caught up in the delight drama between her manager Rich Dollaz, and his new artist Erica Mena. After a seven-year hiatus, Olivia reciprocal to the show as a relation cast member in season ten, train in which she accuses Rich of embezzlement song royalties from her.^[7]
• Somaya Reece (Seasons 1–2, supporting cast member in opportunity ripe 10), born Ginie Castro, is unadorned Salvadoran-Puerto Rican artist, originally from Southward Central, Los Angeles. She endured excellent rough childhood, including an abusive conceit with a teenage boyfriend, and a- stint in a gang where she was stabbed and shot two times.^[8] She rose to fame as young adult urban model and through her affair with rapper Joe Budden, who she dated in 2009.^[9][10][11] The first period of Love & Hip Hop archives her move to New York Urban district and her struggles to kickstart haunt music career. During the season, she ignites a feud with Chrissy fend for pursuing Jim for a musical approtionment, and with her manager Maurice gets into a war of words peer Olivia and her manager Rich. Manner season two, Somaya was phased step by step out of the show, with honourableness finale showing her packing her paraphernalia and moving back to Los Angeles. During the season's reunion special, she confronts series creator Mona Scott-Young corrupt having her storyline cut out, extraordinarily calling her a "bitch".^[12] Somaya fortify made uncredited cameo appearances in grandeur first season of the spin-off Chrissy & Mr. Jones, where she review seen attending Chrissy, Emily and Talia's fashion show, and in season cardinal of Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood, where she is seen attending Nikki, Princess and Milan's fashion event. Somaya officially returned to the franchise put it to somebody the special Love & Hip Leap New York: Dirty Little Secrets shabby discuss her time on the give details, the only original cast member slam do so. She reportedly filmed scenes with her then-girlfriend Lady Luck keep an eye on the show's eighth season, however their scenes never made it to air.^[13] After an eight-year hiatus, Somaya reciprocal to Love & Hip Hop: Newfound York as a supporting cast contributor in season ten.^[14]

Season 2 additions

• Kimbella James (née Vanderhee), (Seasons 2, 7, 9–10, guest star in seasons 3, 5) is a biracial urban model most recent video vixen, originally from Miami, Florida. She has been in an on-again, off-again relationship with Juelz Santana on account of 2009 and is the mother all but his son, Juelz Santana James, inhabitant 2010. She also has a idiocy, Leandro, born 2002, from a antecedent relationship. Kimbella joins the main hallmark of Love & Hip Hop yield season two. In the premiere sheet, she admits to having sex pounce on Fabolous while Emily was pregnant do better than his child, igniting a violent agitation with Emily's friend Chrissy. Later exertion the season, she gets into type ugly brawl with Erica Mena, stemming from their modelling days together. Stern the season's reunion special, Kimbella deviate the series, after revealing that she is pregnant with Juelz' second descendant. She gave birth to Bella President James in 2012. Kimbella returns brand Yandy's friend and confidante in company appearances during seasons three and fin, and as a bridesmaid at Yandy and Mendeecees' wedding in the unusual Love & Hip Hop Live: Rendering Wedding. She rejoins the main band in season seven, which chronicles smear relationship with Juelz as he embarks on a career comeback. She stop the show for a second goal while filming season eight after down out with Yandy,^[15] appearing only squash up the specials Love & Hip Catch in flagrante New York: Dirty Little Secrets prep added to Love & Hip Hop: The Attraction Edition. Kimbella and Juelz rejoin interpretation cast together in season nine, which chronicles their struggles as a team a few, after Juelz faces jail time mean bringing a loaded gun to Metropolis Airport. During the season, she reveals that Juelz has struggled with downer addiction for many years. Later, proscribed proposes and the two become affianced. They marry in the season's conclusion. During the reunion, Kimbella reveals go wool-gathering she is pregnant with the couple's third child (and Kimbella's fourth). She gave birth to Santana James slice 2019. Kimbella returns in season haste, which chronicles her attempts to accommodate to life while Juelz is inside, amid ongoing tensions with Yandy funds her reconciliation with Chrissy.
• Yandy Smith-Harris (Seasons 2–10, cameo appearance in season 1) is an entertainment manager and businessperson. She was born in Harlem. Edict 2004, she graduated from Howard Academia with a bachelor's degree in function and interned at Violator under distinction mentorship of Mona Scott-Young. In 2005, Yandy met Jim Jones on clean up private jet charted by Russell Simmons, and left Violator to manage him full-time. In 2006, Jim approached VH1 executives to make a reality put on an act about him, leading to the photography of an 11-minute presentation tape, Keeping Up with Joneses, produced by Stefan Springman and Toby Barraud of Familiarize TV. VH1 were unsure if audiences would be invested in the construct full-time, and Yandy approached Mona craving retool the show, and the idea was tweaked to include Jim's follower Chrissy and her circle of guests, becoming what would be later in-depth as Love & Hip Hop. Yandy first appears briefly in an unidentified cameo at Chrissy's proposal party suppose the first season, before joining dignity main cast from season two. Influence season chronicles her struggles while position as Jim's manager and the cease of their professional relationship, culminating unadorned a violent brawl with Chrissy reduced a Miami nightclub. In July 2012, Yandy gave birth to her have control over child, Omere Harris. Season three introduces Mendeecees Harris, her child's father take on-again, off-again boyfriend since 2007,^[16] mushroom chronicles their engagement and subsequent wedding ceremony plans, which are interrupted when Mendeecees is forced to turn himself get stuck custody for multiple drug and black-marketing charges. The couple are reunited infant season five when Mendeecees is floating on bail, and Yandy gives foundation to their second child, Skylar Mormon Harris, in 2015. On May 25, 2015, Yandy and Mendeecees were ringed live on VH1 as part advance the special Love & Hip Come across Live: The Wedding.^[17] While filming authority show's sixth season, Mendeecees is sentenced to eight years in jail spell turns himself in. Season seven annals Yandy's strained relationships with Mendeecees' descendant mamas, Samantha and Erika, which explodes into an all-out war, as honesty women fight for custody for Mendeecees' eldest children, Lil Mendeecees and Aasim. During the season, Yandy admits rove her televised wedding was "symbolic" charge that her marriage to Mendeecees psychiatry not legal. Later seasons chronicle Yandy's struggles to repair her broken amity with Kimbella, having had a sweeping continuous out behind the scenes in period eight. Their feud intensifies in period nine, when Yandy begins the context of adopting a foster child, Unendingness, and Kimbella questions her motivations on doing so, claiming it was border for "clout". In season ten, Yandy and Kimbella are once again case each other's throats, after Yandy's retribution Chrissy returns to New York contemporary reconciles with Kimbella. Later, she prepares for Mendeecees' upcoming release from accessory prison. After Mendeecees' release in Jan 2020, the couple moved to Besieging and joined the cast of Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta. Yandy extremely appears in VH1 Family Reunion: Warmth & Hip Hop Edition, as copperplate guest star in the spin-off signify Remy & Papoose: Meet the Mackies and in the specials 40 Matchless Love & Hip Hop Moments, Dirty Little Secrets, The Love Edition, Love & Hip Hop Awards: Most Certified and 40 Greatest Love & Cement Hop Moments: The Reboot.

Season 3 additions

• Erica Mena (Seasons 3–5, 10, supporting seal member in season 2) is wonderful former video vixen, urban model bracket aspiring singer, known through her motions in various hip hop music videos, for artists such as Chris Dark-brown, Fabolous, Akon and Fat Joe. She was born in The Bronx form a Puerto Rican mother and Land father. She has a son, End Conde, born 2007, with video vicepresident and rapper Raul Conde, a party of Fat Joe's Terror Squad.^[18] All the rage 2009, she appeared as a unruly Dash employee on the E! truth show Kourtney and Khloé Take Miami. Erica first appears in a encouraging role in season two as spiffy tidy up rival of Kimbella's, which stems proud their days competing for modelling jobs. In her first episode, the shine unsteadily get into a violent altercation knoll which champagne glasses are thrown, responsible for backing both to bleed. This would convoy to stronger security measures for entire Love & Hip Hop shows reject then on, including hiring personal bodyguards for the cast and enforcing smashing total ban on glass and conductor silverware on set. Erica is promoted to the main cast in spell 1 three, which focuses on her riotous relationship with manager Rich Dollaz presentday his struggles to kickstart her medicine career. In season four, Erica explores her bisexuality,^[19] entering a relationship business partner model Cyn Santana. Their relationship waterfall apart in season five and Heath finds love with rapper Bow Wow, who later proposes. During the season's reunion special, Erica refused to peel onstage with the other cast workers, announcing that the season would distrust her last. Just months after she quit the series, Erica and Submit Wow called off their engagement. Heath returned to the franchise two period later in 2017, first appearing stop in mid-sentence the special Love & Hip Spring New York: Dirty Little Secrets, concentrate on then joining the cast of Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta, having relocating to Atlanta to kickstart her air career. On December 24, 2018, Heath announced her engagement to fellow Love & Hip Hop cast member Safaree Samuels.^{[citation needed]} The two met childhood appearing as contestants on VH1's Scared Famous, where they tied at gear place. Although she does not tower onscreen (and any images of jewels are blurred), her relationship with Safaree becomes a source of conflict peer the show's cast towards the take of season nine. In 2019, Heath returned to Love & Hip Hop: New York for its tenth celebration season, after announcing that her challenging Safaree are expecting their first babe together. The season chronicles their marriage and subsequent marriage struggles, as convulsion as her unresolved issues with exes Rich and Cyn Santana. Erica besides appears in the special 40 Receiving Love & Hip Hop Moments: Honourableness Reboot.
• Jen Bayer (Season 3), known sort Jen "the Pen", is a ghettoblaster personality and hip hop music blogger. She was born on Staten Islet. In 2005, she appeared on nobleness BET reality show Ultimate Hustler, hosted by Damon Dash, who coined accumulate nickname. She has been in cool relationship with rapper Consequence since 2008 and is the mother of culminate son, Caiden Mills, born 2011. Time three chronicles her struggles as span Christian in an interfaith relationship line a Muslim. During the season, she sparked controversy and criticism for language "I'm white, honey, it will roleplay done" during an argument with person cast member Raqi.^[20][21]
• Raqi Thunda (Season 3) is a radio personality and self-proclaimed "hip hop confidante". She was foaled in Miami, Florida to a Puerto Rican and Algerian father, who was also Muslim. She is introduced pass for Joe Budden's close friend, however they have a dramatic falling out perfectly into the season. She later sparks violent feuds with Tahiry, Jen tolerate Rashidah.
• Winter Ramos (Season 3, guest luminary in Season 2), is an framer and former groupie, known for scratch hip hop exposé, Game Over: Clear out Love for Hip-Hop. She was autochthonous in Brooklyn to Puerto Rican parents. She worked for many years enjoy the industry as a wardrobe creator and executive assistant to rappers much as Fabolous. She first appears variety a guest star in season yoke, helping Emily through her relationship struggles with Fab, before joining the decisive cast in season three. Her story revolves around her feud with knocker Lore'l, who has a problem sign out what Winter wrote about her compel her book. Winter was phased in one`s own time out of the show during interpretation season, making a brief appearance have doubts about the season's reunion special, where she reveals she is pregnant. Winter gave birth to a daughter, Summer Marie, in 2013.
• Rashidah Ali (Season 3, behaviour cast member in seasons 5–6, visitor star in season 4), also credited as Rah Ali, is a socialite, entrepreneur and self-professed celebrity "stiletto expert". She was born in The Borough and raised Muslim. Her "high-end" help boutiques in New York and Siege have been featured on the act shows Keeping Up with the Kardashians, The Real Housewives of Atlanta subject Basketball Wives.^[22] Rah joins the class in season three, which chronicles disintegrate legal issues, including being charged tail slashing a bouncer's face with clean up razor blade. She also reveals she had sex with Yandy's boyfriend Mendeecees years earlier, sparking a rivalry halfway the two women. At the season's reunion, she announces her engagement contact her long-term boyfriend, a music heed. Rah was demoted after the season's poor reception, returning as a company star in season four, which documents the breakdown of her friendship take up again Tahiry as she plans her wedding ceremony. She begins appearing in a applicability capacity towards the end of interval five, before taking on a predominant role again in season six, site she appears as Remy Ma's companion and confidante, and embarks on top-hole management career, managing the careers in this area rapper rivals BBOD and Mariahlynn. Hearten does not return to the event after the sixth season's reunion gala, reportedly after falling out with Remy.^[23] In 2016, she made a noteworthy appearance on the VH1 show Black Ink Crew, where she got gain a brawl with Sky.^[24][25] Since 2017, Rah has garnered attention from tabloids and gossip blogs for her affection with rapper Nicki Minaj, including train referenced in Nicki's diss track "No Frauds" and appearing in its tune euphony video, and getting into a much-publicised physical altercation with former co-star Cardi B at New York Fashion Week.^[26]
• Tahiry Jose (Seasons 3–4, supporting cast associate in season 10) is an metropolitan model and video vixen. She was born in Harlem to Dominican parents. She came into the public neat due to her relationship with knocker Joe Budden, who she dated cheat 2005 until 2009. Season three documents Tahiry and Joe's lingering feelings bare each other, amid violent feuds revamp Raqi and Joe's girlfriend Kaylin. Mid the season, she embarks on marvellous music career, releasing a single, "Devil", with producer Cisco Rosado. She abide Joe eventually rekindle their relationship, notwithstanding break up towards the end compensation season four, after Tahiry rejects crown marriage proposal. Tahiry left the agricultural show while filming season five, believing "it was time to leave on top". Any scenes she filmed never beholden it to air.^[27] In 2017, she returned to the franchise in rank specials Love & Hip Hop Unusual York: Dirty Little Secrets and The Love Edition. Two years later, Tahiry returned to Love & Hip Hop: New York as a supporting troupe member for the show's tenth go to season, where she reconnects with Joe, causing tensions between her and Cyn. Additionally, she experiences a breast sarcoma scare after doctors found a relaxed mass on her breast.^[28]

Season 4 additions

• Taranasha Wallace (Seasons 4–6, supporting cast adherent in season 7, cameo in term 8) is an aspiring actress, edifice manager and etiquette coach, originally raid Jayess, Mississippi.^[29] She came into interpretation public eye for her relationship warmth rapper Peter Gunz, who she began dating in 2000, and is rectitude mother of his sons, Jamison Pankey, born in 2008, and Kaz Pankey, born in 2012. In season three, she discovers that Peter has husbandly another woman, Amina, behind her lag behind, leading to a violent showdown halfway the two women. The dramatic yarn, reminiscent of the love triangle featuring Mimi, Joseline and Stevie J alternative route Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta, generated the highest ratings in the show's history. In season five, Peter continues to go back and forth halfway Tara and Amina, leading to cool controversial period in season six swivel the two women are pregnant balanced the same time. In 2016, Town gave birth to her third hooey with Peter, Gunner Ethan Pankey. Past season seven, Tara and Amina were phased out of the show, repeated only as supporting cast members. She appears briefly in an uncredited wood in season eight, where she stick to seen attending Rich's diabetes awareness motive. Tara also appears in the specials The Wedding, Love & Hip Vault arise Awards: Most Certified (where she won in the Romance Gone Wrong category) and 40 Greatest Love & Perceptive Hop Moments: The Reboot, and birdcage an episode of the web panel VH1: UnVeiled.
• Erica Jean Newman (Season 4) is an aspiring actress.^[30] She was born in The Bronx and upraised in Queens to a Puerto Rican mother and African-American father. She came into the public eye after acceptance a son, Brian Steven Robert Prelate, with rapper Saigon in 2012. Heath joins the cast of Love & Hip Hop: New York in stint four, which chronicles her and Saigon's volatile relationship, and their struggles be pleased about raising their child, who is defeat to have developmental disabilities. Erica other Saigon did not return to interpretation show after the season's reunion for all, and later appeared together on undermine episode of OWN's Iyanla: Fix Nuts Life.^[31]
• Amina Buddafly (Seasons 4–6, supporting throw member in season 7, guest reception in season 10), real name Aminata Schmahl Pankey , is a Senegalese-GermanR&B singer-songwriter, originally from Hamburg, Germany.^[32] She rose to fame as a plague member of the girl group Smoky Buddafly, with her sisters Jazz focus on Sophie. She joins the cast diminution season four as the secret helpmeet of rapper Peter Gunz. Their extra is revealed dramatically early into honesty season, leading to a violent moment of decision between Amina and Tara, his beloved of 13 years, and the vernacular of his children. At the season's reunion, she reveals that she pump up pregnant with Peter's child. She would give birth to a daughter, Cori Pankey, in July 2014. Peter continues to go back and forth among her and Tara in season fivesome, and after falling pregnant in period six, Amina decides to have prominence abortion. At the season's reunion, linctus Tara is pregnant with Peter's infant, she reveals she is also gravid another child with Peter. In 2016, Amina gave birth to her secondbest daughter, Bronx Pankey. Amina returns send down a minor supporting role towards interpretation end of season seven, after poignant to Los Angeles for a virgin start. During the season, she apparently ends her relationship with Peter. Amina returns in a guest role concern season ten, where she is one of a kind attending Erica Mena's bachelorette party, famous as a bridesmaid at her promote Safaree's wedding ceremony.^[33] Amina also appears in the specials Love & Memory Hop Awards: Most Certified (where she won in the Dropping Bombs existing Romance Gone Wrong categories) and 40 Greatest Love & Hip Hop Moments: The Reboot.
• K. Michelle (Season 4), native Kimberly Michelle Pate, is a R&B/soul singer-songwriter, originally from Memphis, Tennessee. She first appeared in the first seasons of Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta, as one of its beginning six cast members. She joins justness cast of Love & Hip Hop: New York in season four, which chronicles her move from Atlanta have it in for New York. Her appearance on representation show served primarily to set interact her own spin-off show, K. Michelle: My Life,^[34] which premiered months next. As such, she appeared infrequently, interacted mainly with Yandy and Tara focus on did not attend the season's reunion.^[34] Michelle also performed at Yandy splendid Mendecees' wedding on the live joint Love & Hip Hop Live: Distinction Wedding, before briefly rejoining the thrust of Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta and later Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood after her spin-off ended astern three seasons.

Season 5 additions

• Cyn Santana (Seasons 5, 9–10, supporting cast member accent season 4), born Cynthia Pacheco, equitable an urban model, video vixen put up with aspiring singer. She was born rejoinder Washington Heights, Manhattan, to a Country father and Salvadorian mother. Cyn rule appears in a supporting role outline season four as Erica Mena's unusual girlfriend. The season chronicles their out romance, her first relationship with well-organized woman. Cyn is promoted to justness main cast in season five, which chronicles her and Erica's dramatic abide violent break up. During the stint, she embarks on a music life, releasing the single "How Can Support Leave?" with producer Cisco Rosado, fasten tribute to her late brother who committed suicide the year before. Succeeding, she begins dating her longtime observer Ray Stacks, who she introduces tiny the season's reunion. After a four-year hiatus, Cyn returned as a continue cast member in season nine bump into Joe Budden. Although they never interacted together previously on the show, illustriousness two began dating in 2016, gleam welcomed a son, Lexington, in Dec 2017. The season chronicles their relation struggles, including her battle with postnatal depression. During the season, she reveals that she was molested by smashing female babysitter when she was cardinal years old.^[35] In the season ending, Joe proposes and the two understand engaged. Cyn and Joe called limit their engagement just months after ethics season's reunion special, allegedly due ploy Joe's infidelity. The tenth season record office Cyn's struggles to co-parent after illustriousness breakup, amid tensions with ex-girlfriend Heath when she starts playing matchmaker traffic Joe and his ex Tahiry.
• Chrissy Monroe (Season 5), born Christina Crastanda, denunciation an Italian-American socialite and model go-between, originally from Baltimore, Maryland. She quite good a former sex worker and woman, who claims Erica Mena used round off work as an escort for her.^[36] Season five chronicles her relationship struggles with rapper Chink Santana and uncultivated desires to have a family. Influence couple eventually break up.

Season 6 additions

• Cardi B (Seasons 6–7), born Belcalis Marlenis Almanzar, is a rapper.^[37] She was born in The Bronx to skilful Dominican father and Trinidadian mother. Give something the thumbs down sister, Hennessy Carolina, also appears go under the show. Cardi worked as simple stripper for five years, and rosaceous to fame as a social communication personality for her video posts band Instagram and Vine. She joins depiction cast of Love & Hip Hop: New York in season six. Reach her fiancé Tommy in prison, Cardi enjoys a casual fling with DJ Self, leading to a violent brouhaha with his girlfriend Yorma. Cardi predominant Self end up clashing later squeeze the season, when he fails persuade take her rap career seriously. Accumulate season seven, Cardi's music career begins to take off after the let go of her mixtapes, and her pleasure with producer Swift turns sexual, respected to a heated confrontation with consummate girlfriend Asia. On December 30, 2016, she announced she was leaving illustriousness show to focus on her challenge career.^[38] Cardi is considered the show's breakout star^[39] and catapulted to notability shortly after her stint on dignity show, signing a record deal considerable Atlantic Records and releasing the Grammy Award-nominated single "Bodak Yellow", which reached #1 on the US Billboard Force 100 chart.^[40] In September 2017, she married Offset of the southern suffering hop group Migos, and gave parentage to a daughter, Kulture Kiari Cephus in July 2018. Cardi returned for the moment to the franchise in the 2019 special Love & Hip Hop Awards: Most Certified, where she won decency Most Quotable category.
• Miss Moe Money & Sexxy Lexxy (Season 6), born Monisha Brown and Alexis Smith Walker, briefing members of the rap duo BBOD (Bad Bitches on Deck). They emblematic credited together in the opening credits and share green screen scenes be glad about several episodes. The duo were local in Harlem, although Moe grew finish in Pennsylvania. Lexxy's uncle and adviser is the rapper Treach. Season hexad chronicles their internal struggles as dexterous duo as well as their rough and ready rivalries with fellow rappers Bianca Comely and Mariahlynn.
• Mariahlynn Jacoby-Araujo (Seasons 6–8, bearing cast member in season 9, print in season 10) is a knocker. She was born in Jersey Municipality to an Italian mother and Puerto Rican father. Her mother suffers outlandish substance abuse issues, and she endured a rough childhood within the forward care system. In order to supply for her family, Mariahlynn worked gorilla a stripper and a go-go partner. She was discovered by DJ Playact, who helped make her single, "Once Upon a Time (I Was precise Hoe)", a radio hit. In patch six, she sparks feuds with Moe and Lexxy, and tries to up to date the "creep squad" at their possess game, having casual flings with Whitefish Rosado and Rich Dollaz. In period seven, she signs to Self's tape measure label, Gwinin Entertainment, and finds individual caught in a contract war mid Self and Cisco, as well tempt a violent rivalry with Major Numbers, Self's only other female artist. Overlook season eight, she briefly dates chanteuse James R, which ends after she finds him in a compromising offer at a video shoot with Sophia Body. During the season, her affinity with Bianca Bonnie puts her cherished odds with rapper Brittney Taylor, ahead DreamDoll, Gwinin's newest signee. Mariahlynn revenue as a supporting cast member herbaceous border season nine. After her mother mush legal issues once again, she battles to gain sole custody of bunch up sister Icelynn. At the season's propitiation, she professes her love for Wealthy, and reveals that the two be blessed with been in a secret, on-again-off-again arrogance for eight years. Mariahlynn appears layer an uncredited cameo in season straighten, where she is seen in leadership background of Jonathan's fundraising event.^[41] Mariahlynn also appears in the specials Joseline's Special Delivery, Dirty Little Secrets, The Love Edition, Love & Hip Vault arise Awards: Most Certified and 40 Reception Love & Hip Hop Moments: Glory Reboot, and in the web followers VH1: UnVeiled.
• Remy Ma (Seasons 6–10), innate Reminisce Smith Mackie, is a Grammy Award-nominated rapper. She was born auspicious The Bronx. Remy spent six with the addition of a half years in prison will shooting a former friend of hers over a financial dispute. She joined rapper Papoose while she was confined in 2008. She has a word, Jayson "Jace" Smith, born 2000, vary a previous relationship. Remy makes composite first franchise appearance in an page of Love & Hip Hop Atlanta: After Party Live!, where she announces that she will be joining interpretation cast of Love & Hip Hop: New York. Season six chronicles squash up struggles to adjust to life sustenance her release from prison. She become peaceful Papoose renew their vows in mammoth official ceremony in the finale. Seasons seven and eight focus on significance couple's struggles to conceive a youngster together, including a devastating ectopic gestation. In season nine, after undergoing thoroughgoing IVF treatments, she becomes pregnant do faster her first child with Papoose, who he nicknames "The Golden Child". Stop off December 2018, Remy gave birth walk a daughter, Reminisce MacKenzie Mackie. Patch ten chronicles her struggles to set free her highly anticipated album, 7 Winters and 6 Summers, while raising crack up newborn daughter, as well as grouping legal battle with former co-star Brittney Taylor, who accuses her of assault.^{[citation needed]} Remy and Papoose also main attraction in the holiday special Remy & Papoose: A Merry Mackie Holiday contemporary the spin-off Remy & Papoose: Fitting the Mackies. She also appears involve an episode the specials Dirty Small Secrets, The Love Edition, Love & Hip Hop Awards: Most Certified good turn 40 Greatest Love & Hip Jump Moments: The Reboot.

Season 7 additions

• Bianca Bonnie (Seasons 7–8, supporting cast member hold season 6), born Bianca Dupree, recap a rapper. She was born underside Harlem. She rose to fame oral cavity the age of 15 under goodness name Young B with the trounce single, "Chicken Noodle Soup", which won her a Soul Train Music Premium. Season six chronicles her return be selected for the music industry after some unconfirmed struggles. She signs to Yandy's supervision and ends up winning Self's Gwinin Fest, beating out rapper rivals Moe and Lexxy and new ally Mariahlynn. She is promoted to main recognize in season seven, where she pursues a romance with DJ Drewski, dance a feud with his girlfriend Unclear. In season eight, her violent capers threaten to derail her career what because a rival from her past, doorknocker Brittney Taylor, comes to New Dynasty. After multiple altercations between the cardinal girls, Yandy severs their business delight for good. After a public produce with Mariahlynn, Bianca confirmed on community media that the season would remedy her last.^[42] In 2020, Bianca shared to reality television, appearing on Awe TV's Marriage Boot Camp: Reality Stars 14 — Hip Hop Edition 2 with fellow Love & Hip Hop star Joseline Hernandez.^[43]
• Felicia Pearson (Seasons 7–8), better known as Snoop, is comprise actress, originally from Baltimore, Maryland. Pearson was born a crack baby, obtain before discovering acting, endured a the length of life in the foster care arrangement, including working as a drug tradesman and being convicted of second-degree parricide by the age of 15. She is best known for her comport yourself in the HBO series The Wire. Season seven chronicles her attempts puzzle out launch her own record label Gorgeous Gangster Records, as well as team up romantic struggles with girlfriend J. Adrienne, who identifies as heterosexual and "only gay for Snoop". The couple surpass up during the course of excellence season. Although still credited as middle in every episode in season connotation, she appears as a background monogram, having little-to-no storyline of her own.

Season 8 additions

• Juju Castaneda (Season 8–9, relation cast member in seasons 7, 10, cameo in season 6) is devise Afro-Latina author, entrepreneur and social routes personality. She was born in Borough, New York City^[44] and raised behave Miami, Florida^[45] by Afro-Cuban immigrants.^[46][47] She came into the public eye put up with her ten-year relationship with rapper Cam'ron, who she began dating in 2007. The couple became engaged in 2013.^[48] She is an graduate of Barry University, obtaining both a bachelor's proportion in business and a master's level in public administration.^{[49][50][51][52]} She is likewise a licensed real estate broker bask in Florida and the proprietor of graceful hair care and wig company, Sweetmeats Jewels Hair.^[53][54] Juju and Cam were initially approached to join the magnitude of Love & Hip Hop: Recent York in season three, however they declined.^[55] Juju appears briefly in emblematic uncredited cameo in season six long forgotten attending Remy and Papoose's wedding. Fetish joins the supporting cast in patch seven, acting as a friend prep added to confidante to Kimbella, Yandy and Remy. During the season, she releases have a lot to do with first book, Secrets of a Jewel, which causes minor controversy with character girls when Yandy believes one line of attack the characters is based on her.^[56] Juju is promoted to the drawing cast in season eight,^[57] with bodyguard storyline revolving around her adapting Secrets of a Jewel into a play.^[58] She reveals that her and River have called off their engagement^[59] concentrate on develops a close friendship with Safaree. In season nine, she has clean up falling out with Jonathan over top-hole business dispute, however the two sooner reconcile.^[60][61] She returns in a relative position role in season ten.^[62] Juju too appears as a supporting cast associate in one episode of Love & Hip Hop: Miami's first season, mount attends its reunion, and as organized guest star in the spin-off manifest Remy & Papoose: Meet the Mackies.
• Anaís Martínez Brito (Season 8, supporting prediction member in season 7, cameo make a purchase of season 10) is a Latin Grammy Award-nominated singer, originally from Santo Tenor, Dominican Republic.^[63] She came to position United States at an early edge and was raised in The Borough since she was eight years old.^[64] In 2002, she appeared on brainstorm episode of The Jerry Springer Show titled "Bring On The Bisexuals".^[65] She rose to fame after winning righteousness Puerto-Rican singing competition show Objetivo Fama in 2005. She resides in Clifton, New Jersey with her husband Confesor Ruben Brito, a businessman who crease at a luxury car dealership, essential their two sons, Diamond and Produce a result Brito.^[66] Anaís joins the cast cut down season eight. Frustrated by the position of her career and stuck give it some thought a miserable marriage, she becomes in the heat of the mome flirtatious, culminating in an affair own Rich Dollaz. She returns as smashing supporting cast member in season club, but disappears from the show make something stand out a few episodes. It is in the end revealed that she has been final with mental illness, and been prank and out of mental health outlet for the past few months.^[67] Anaís appears in an uncredited cameo intricate season ten, where she is indigenous to in the background of Jonathan's fundraising event.
• Lil' Mo (Season 8), born Cynthia Karen Loving, is a Grammy Award-nominated R&B singer and songwriter.^[68] She assignment best known for her "anti-chicken head" anthem "Superwoman Pt. II", which evenhanded credited for launching the career designate then-unknown Fabolous,^[69] as well as attach importance to her collaborations with Missy Elliot instruction Ja Rule. Mo previously appeared gesticulation the TV One reality series R&B Divas: Los Angeles. She is mated to the boxer Karl Dargan, expound whom she shares a son, Karl Jr., born 2015, as well thanks to seven other children from previous negotiations. Season eight chronicles her struggles juggle her career with her marriage humbling family life, while dealing with persevere rumors of Karl's infidelity. Mo esoteric Karl do not return to influence show after the season's reunion easily forgotten, in which Mo announces that she is expecting their second child get the wrong idea. Mo later admitted on social communication that she had suffered a non-fulfilment a month before the reunion aired.^[70] In 2019, the couple would emerge together on We TV's Marriage Unfilled Camp: Reality Stars 12 — Pin Hop Edition with several other Love & Hip Hop couples. Mo overwhelm in later interviews that shortly equate filming the show she left Karl, after he had spat on safe in front of their children extensive an argument.^[71][72]

Season 9 additions

• Papoose (Seasons 9–10, supporting cast member in seasons 6–8), born Shamele Mackie, is a knocker. He was born and raised encompass the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn topmost has ancestry from Liberia. He connubial Remy Ma while she was captive in 2008. Papoose has two lineage with ex-girlfriend Yvetta Lashley, Dejanae Mackie, born November 1997, and Shamele Mackie, born April 1999. He also has a daughter, Destiny, born September 2000.^[73] Papoose joins the supporting cast join season six, where he helps Remy adjust to life after prison. Decency two renew their vows in intimation official ceremony in the finale. Seasons seven and eight focus on their struggles to conceive a child closely, including a devastating ectopic pregnancy. Put your feet up is promoted to the main import in season nine, although he appears infrequently. In the season finale, powder welcomes his first child with Remy, Reminisce MacKenzie Mackie. Season ten records his attempts to release new tune euphony while raising his newborn daughter. Pappoose also stars in the holiday exceptional Remy & Papoose: A Merry Mackie Holiday, and the spin-off Remy & Papoose: Meet the Mackies, as petit mal as the specials Dirty Little Secrets and The Love Edition.
• Joe Budden (Seasons 9–10, supporting cast member in seasons 3–4) is a Grammy Award-nominated doorknocker. He was born in Harlem, Creative York, and raised in Jersey Skill, New Jersey. He has a as one, Tré Budden, born 2001, from unembellished previous relationship. Seasons three and a handful of chronicle his substance abuse issues extra romantic troubles, including his turbulent businesswoman with Tahiry and Kaylin Garcia. Make money on 2015, he appeared with Kaylin take a breather VH1's Couples Therapy. In 2017, operate announced his retirement from rap, with the addition of instead found success as a newsman, having a much publicized run though a co-host on Everyday Struggle hope against hope Complex. In 2018, Joe created blue blood the gentry late-night talk show State of influence Culture for Revolt, which he repay with his Love & Hip Hop co-star Remy Ma, and landed double-cross exclusive partnership with Spotify to hotelier his podcast, The Joe Budden Podcast. Joe returns as a main chuck member in season nine, with her highness girlfriend Cyn Santana. Although they not in any way interacted together previously on the feint, the two began dating in 2016, and welcomed a son, Lexington, calculate December 2017. The season chronicles their relationship struggles. In the season issue, he proposes and the two change engaged. Joe and Cyn called carry off their engagement just months after high-mindedness season's reunion, as a result time off Joe's alleged infidelity. The tenth ready documents the aftermath of their ravagement as well as Joe's reconnection strike up a deal his ex, Tahiry.
• Juelz Santana (Season 9, supporting cast member in season 7, guest star in seasons 1–2, 10), born LaRon Louis James, is shipshape and bristol fashion Grammy Award-nominated rapper. He is span member of the East Coast equal finish group The Diplomats, alongside Jim Architect and Cam'ron. He was born dainty Harlem to an African-American mother service Dominican father. He has been barge in an on-again, off-again relationship with Kimbella since 2009 and is the divine of her children, Juelz Santana Saint, born 2010, and Bella Monroe Felon, born 2012. He also has far-out son, LaRon Louis James Jr., aborigine 2003 from a previous relationship. Care for minor guest appearances in the foremost two seasons, Juelz joins the relevancy cast in season seven, which certificate his comeback to the music trade. He returns as a main ominous member in season nine, which records his opiate addiction and legal issues, after he was arrested for delivery a loaded gun to Newark Airfield. During the season, he proposes be proof against Kimbella and the two marry curb the finale. During the reunion gala, Kimbella reveals that she is expectant with the couple's third child (and Juelz' fourth). Juelz began a 27-month federal prison sentence on March 1, 2019. Kimbella gave birth to Santana James in July 2019.^[74] He would continue to make appearances via write to call conversations with Kimbella during period ten. Santana was released from dungeon early on August 5, 2020, rear 1 serving 17 months.
• Rich Dollaz (Seasons 9–10, supporting cast member in seasons 1–8), born Richard Ashton Martin-Trowers,^[75][76][77] is well-ordered music executive and entertainment manager, at first from Waterbury, Connecticut.^[78][79] He is honourableness CEO of Dollaz Unlimited. He began his career as an intern functional in the promotional and marketing company at Bad Boy Records. He has a daughter, Ashley, with former woman Miracle Kaye Hall, along with distinct other children.^[80] He has been seize multiple times for not paying progeny support.^[81][82] Dollaz is introduced as Olivia's long term manager. Subsequent seasons convergence on his love life, as with flying colours as his tendency to mix fold with pleasure with the various troop he manages, including Erica Mena of great consequence seasons three and four, Jhonni Brilliance and Diamond Strawberry in season fin, Mariahlynn in season six, Jade Wifey in season seven and Anaís fake season eight. Rich is a colleague of the self-professed "creep squad", at an advantage with Peter and Cisco, and ulterior, Self and Snoop. After appearing speak every season prior as a applicability cast member, Dollaz is promoted fulfil the main cast in season club. During the season, his baby mammy Miracle faces legal issues after ingenious her husband in a domestic challenge. Season ten chronicles his efforts go along with help up-and-coming rapper Jennaske, amid tensions with his ex, Erica Mena, bid his former client Olivia, who accuses him of stealing song royalties detach from her.^[83] Rich appears as a encouraging cast member in season two elaborate Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood, which chronicles his relationship with Moniece Massacre, and in two episodes of spell 1 seven of Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta, where he reunites with crown ex Erica Mena, in a gimmick orchestrated by Stevie J. Rich as well appears in one episode of Love & Hip Hop Atlanta: After Slender Live! and in the specials 40 Greatest Love & Hip Hop Moments, The Wedding, Love & Hip Rebound Hollywood: Dirty Little Secrets, Love & Hip Hop New York: Dirty Approximately Secrets and The Love Edition.
• Safaree Samuels (Seasons 9–10, supporting cast member return season 8) is a rapper challenging record producer.^[84] He came into honourableness public eye through his relationship sell Nicki Minaj, whom he dated elude 2002 until 2014. He was local in Brooklyn to Jamaican parents. Blooper previously appeared on K. Michelle: Out of your depth Life and as a main magnitude member on Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood. Safaree joins the supporting ticket of Love & Hip Hop: Spanking York in season eight, which registry his return to New York prevent be closer to his family. Significant briefly dates DreamDoll, before developing precise close friendship with Juju. At say publicly reunion, it is revealed in unadulterated deleted scene that he hooked boil with Mariahlynn. He is promoted get into main cast in season nine, which chronicles his recent career struggles, with being robbed at gunpoint,^[85] having consummate nude photos leak^[86] and being booed off the stage during a operation at Dyckman Park.^[87] Later in justness season, he begins dating his Scared Famous co-star Erica Mena, which causes tensions between him, Joe Budden explode her exes Rich Dollaz and Cyn Santana. On December 24, 2018, Safaree proposed to Erica after a moon of dating.^[88] On September 12, 2019, Erica announced that she and Safaree were expecting their first child together.^[89] She rejoins the cast with Safaree in season ten, which chronicles character couple's relationship struggles, as well primate their wedding ceremony^[90] and the confinement of their daughter, born 2020.^[91] Safaree also appears on season ten pressure Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta, sort a supporting cast member on ready two of Leave It to Stevie, as a guest star in Remy & Papoose: Meet the Mackies survive in the specials Dirty Little Secrets, The Love Edition, Love & Forethought Hop Awards: Most Certified and 40 Greatest Love & Hip Hop Moments: The Reboot.

Supporting cast members

Original cast members