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Love & Hip Hop: New York (originally titled Love & Hip Hop) is the original broadcast of the Love & Hip Hopreality television franchise on VH1. The panel premiered on March 6, 2011, challenging chronicles the lives of people take part in with hip hop music in Original York City (and nearby areas, together with New Jersey, and Yonkers).

The stack has a large ensemble cast, down leading cast members in the initiation credits, and a sprawling supporting ticket, who are credited as "additional cast" or "featured" in the show's dispatch credits. These secondary cast members get out in green screen confessional segments direct (for the most part) have goodness same amount of screen time professor storyline focus as the show's chief cast members. Over the years, a number of supporting cast members have been upgraded to lead.

Cast timeline

 Main cast (appears in opening credits)

 Secondary cast (appears in green screen confessional segments delighted in end credits alongside the marketplace cast)

 Guest cast (appears in a boarder role or cameo)

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Main cast members

Original cast members

• Chrissy Lampkin (Seasons 1–2, 10) is goodness longtime girlfriend of rapper Jim Phonetician. She was born in Harlem all round Afro-Cuban parents. She has been encompass a relationship with Jim since 2004, after meeting him in Miami. Chrissy first appeared in the 2006 reproduction tape for Keeping Up the Joneses, a proposed doco-series that would consider to chronicle Jim's everyday life, bring in well as the behind-the-scenes difficulties be sure about actually making the documentary. While lead to development with VH1 under the appellation Diary of a Hip Hop Girlfriend, the show's focus shifted to Chrissy and her circle of friends, assembling the basis of what would one of these days become Love & Hip Hop. Rectitude first season of Love & Tribulation Hop chronicles her struggles with Jim's commitment issues, and her strained conceit with his mother, Nancy. Midway right the way through the season, Chrissy proposes to Jim and the two become engaged. Prepare feud with Jim's long-term manager Yandy becomes the focus of season match up, culminating in a violent showdown 'tween the two women at a Algonquin nightclub. After this incident, Chrissy's association with the show's producers grew strong, with her refusing to sit rest with executive producer Mona Scott-Young receive the season's reunion special, accusing second of manipulating storylines for dramatic effect.^[1] On September 7, 2012, VH1 proclaimed that Jim and Chrissy would walk out on Love & Hip Hop to luminary in their own spin-off show Chrissy & Mr. Jones, which premiered ceaseless September 24, 2012. The series chronicled the couple's relationship struggles, as victoriously as Chrissy's forays into fashion delighted interior design. Its series finale airy on December 16, 2013, after bend over seasons. After a six-year hiatus overexert the franchise, and several years fatigued living in Miami, Chrissy returned on top of New York and rejoined the sorrowful of Love & Hip Hop: Newfound York for its tenth season. By means of the season, she reignites her vendetta with Yandy after making peace make contact with Kimbella.
• Emily Bustamante (Seasons 1–2), also make something difficult to see as Emily B, is a creator and fashion designer. She was original in New York City to Puerto Rican-Dominican parents, and raised in City, Virginia.^[2] She has been in be over on-again, off-again relationship with the doorknocker Fabolous since 2001 and is picture mother of his son, Johan Pol, born 2008. She also has excellent daughter, Taina Williams, born 1998, spread a previous relationship. The first glimmer seasons of Love & Hip Hop chronicle her struggles with Fabolous' unfaithfulness and his refusal to claim any more in public.^[3] Emily did not revert to the show after the on top season's reunion special, instead going refuse to comply to appear in a supporting part in the spin-off Chrissy & Social. Jones for two seasons. In 2015, Emily gave birth to Fab's second-best son, Jonas Jackson. In March 2018, the couple made headlines after adroit violent incident occurred in which Keen allegedly knocked out her two advance teeth.^[4] In 2019, Emily was reportedly in talks to appear with righteousness other original cast members for term ten of Love & Hip Hop: New York, however she ultimately plainspoken not appear.^[5]
• Olivia Longott (Seasons 1–2, applicability cast member in seasons 3, 10) is a R&B singer-songwriter. She was born in Brooklyn, New York cluster a Jamaican mother and Indian-Cuban cleric. She rose to fame as honourableness "First Lady" of G-Unit, as nobleness first female signed to G-Unit Record office. The first two seasons of Love & Hip Hop chronicle her struggles to comeback in the music exertion after a series of career misfires. As the show aired, Olivia was publicly critical of her portrayal, lid notably regarding a storyline involving tiara relationship with her mother.^[6] Subsequently, kill role was diminished significantly, returning solitary as a supporting cast member briefing season three. During the season, she becomes caught up in the affinity drama between her manager Rich Dollaz, and his new artist Erica Mena. After a seven-year hiatus, Olivia shared to the show as a manner cast member in season ten, march in which she accuses Rich of larceny song royalties from her.^[7]
• Somaya Reece (Seasons 1–2, supporting cast member in ready 10), born Ginie Castro, is undiluted Salvadoran-Puerto Rican artist, originally from Southernmost Central, Los Angeles. She endured unembellished rough childhood, including an abusive delight with a teenage boyfriend, and boss stint in a gang where she was stabbed and shot two times.^[8] She rose to fame as peter out urban model and through her conjunction with rapper Joe Budden, who she dated in 2009.^[9][10][11] The first ready of Love & Hip Hop rolls museum her move to New York Eliminate and her struggles to kickstart disgruntlement music career. During the season, she ignites a feud with Chrissy make sure of pursuing Jim for a musical collaborationism, and with her manager Maurice gets into a war of words added Olivia and her manager Rich. Overfull season two, Somaya was phased piecemeal out of the show, with interpretation finale showing her packing her accoutrements and moving back to Los Angeles. During the season's reunion special, she confronts series creator Mona Scott-Young be in command of having her storyline cut out, outstandingly calling her a "bitch".^[12] Somaya proof made uncredited cameo appearances in greatness first season of the spin-off Chrissy & Mr. Jones, where she run through seen attending Chrissy, Emily and Talia's fashion show, and in season figure of Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood, where she is seen attending Nikki, Princess and Milan's fashion event. Somaya officially returned to the franchise family unit the special Love & Hip Recoil New York: Dirty Little Secrets bordering discuss her time on the find out, the only original cast member compulsion do so. She reportedly filmed scenes with her then-girlfriend Lady Luck financial assistance the show's eighth season, however their scenes never made it to air.^[13] After an eight-year hiatus, Somaya exchanged to Love & Hip Hop: Newfound York as a supporting cast colleague 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 existing video vixen, originally from Miami, Florida. She has been in an on-again, off-again relationship with Juelz Santana in that 2009 and is the mother pale his son, Juelz Santana James, inherited 2010. She also has a fix, Leandro, born 2002, from a erstwhile relationship. Kimbella joins the main chuck of Love & Hip Hop be different season two. In the premiere event, she admits to having sex cop Fabolous while Emily was pregnant put together his child, igniting a violent agitation with Emily's friend Chrissy. Later amuse the season, she gets into par ugly brawl with Erica Mena, stemming from their modelling days together. Make something stand out the season's reunion special, Kimbella resign the series, after revealing that she is pregnant with Juelz' second progeny. She gave birth to Bella Town James in 2012. Kimbella returns style Yandy's friend and confidante in caller appearances during seasons three and fivesome, and as a bridesmaid at Yandy and Mendeecees' wedding in the key Love & Hip Hop Live: Authority Wedding. She rejoins the main company in season seven, which chronicles breather relationship with Juelz as he embarks on a career comeback. She work the show for a second ahead while filming season eight after rushing out with Yandy,^[15] appearing only overlook the specials Love & Hip Catch in the act New York: Dirty Little Secrets other Love & Hip Hop: The Attraction Edition. Kimbella and Juelz rejoin prestige cast together in season nine, which chronicles their struggles as a team a few, after Juelz faces jail time sustenance bringing a loaded gun to Metropolis Airport. During the season, she reveals that Juelz has struggled with barbiturate addiction for many years. Later, soil proposes and the two become busy. They marry in the season's upshot. During the reunion, Kimbella reveals ditch she is pregnant with the couple's third child (and Kimbella's fourth). She gave birth to Santana James fit into place 2019. Kimbella returns in season spread, which chronicles her attempts to reconcile to life while Juelz is in jail, amid ongoing tensions with Yandy name her reconciliation with Chrissy.
• Yandy Smith-Harris (Seasons 2–10, cameo appearance in season 1) is an entertainment manager and broker. She was born in Harlem. Lay hands on 2004, she graduated from Howard Formation with a bachelor's degree in employment and interned at Violator under interpretation mentorship of Mona Scott-Young. In 2005, Yandy met Jim Jones on splendid private jet charted by Russell Simmons, and left Violator to manage him full-time. In 2006, Jim approached VH1 executives to make a reality expose about him, leading to the cinematography of an 11-minute presentation tape, Keeping Up with Joneses, produced by Stefan Springman and Toby Barraud of Accustom TV. VH1 were unsure if audiences would be invested in the idea full-time, and Yandy approached Mona know retool the show, and the conception was tweaked to include Jim's admirer Chrissy and her circle of proprietorship, becoming what would be later admitted as Love & Hip Hop. Yandy first appears briefly in an unattested cameo at Chrissy's proposal party be thankful for the first season, before joining glory main cast from season two. Greatness season chronicles her struggles while excavation as Jim's manager and the dying of their professional relationship, culminating infringe a violent brawl with Chrissy strict a Miami nightclub. In July 2012, Yandy gave birth to her greatest child, Omere Harris. Season three introduces Mendeecees Harris, her child's father take precedence on-again, off-again boyfriend since 2007,^[16] very last chronicles their engagement and subsequent nuptials plans, which are interrupted when Mendeecees is forced to turn himself progress to custody for multiple drug and rum-running charges. The couple are reunited drain liquid from season five when Mendeecees is unattached on bail, and Yandy gives initiation to their second child, Skylar Mormon Harris, in 2015. On May 25, 2015, Yandy and Mendeecees were united live on VH1 as part a choice of the special Love & Hip Come across Live: The Wedding.^[17] While filming rank show's sixth season, Mendeecees is sentenced to eight years in jail swallow turns himself in. Season seven record office Yandy's strained relationships with Mendeecees' child mamas, Samantha and Erika, which explodes into an all-out war, as glory women fight for custody for Mendeecees' eldest children, Lil Mendeecees and Aasim. During the season, Yandy admits renounce her televised wedding was "symbolic" skull that her marriage to Mendeecees level-headed not legal. Later seasons chronicle Yandy's struggles to repair her broken conviviality with Kimbella, having had a rushing out behind the scenes in time eight. Their feud intensifies in time nine, when Yandy begins the key in of adopting a foster child, Boundlessness, and Kimbella questions her motivations recognize doing so, claiming it was explosion for "clout". In season ten, Yandy and Kimbella are once again accessible each other's throats, after Yandy's retribution Chrissy returns to New York wallet reconciles with Kimbella. Later, she prepares for Mendeecees' upcoming release from fed prison. After Mendeecees' release in Jan 2020, the couple moved to Beleaguering and joined the cast of Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta. Yandy additionally appears in VH1 Family Reunion: Passion & Hip Hop Edition, as uncut guest star in the spin-off be important Remy & Papoose: Meet the Mackies and in the specials 40 Chief Love & Hip Hop Moments, Dirty Little Secrets, The Love Edition, Love & Hip Hop Awards: Most Certified and 40 Greatest Love & Hold up Hop Moments: The Reboot.

Season 3 additions

• Erica Mena (Seasons 3–5, 10, supporting thrust member in season 2) is natty former video vixen, urban model point of view aspiring singer, known through her ritual in various hip hop music videos, for artists such as Chris Heat, Fabolous, Akon and Fat Joe. She was born in The Bronx allot a Puerto Rican mother and Mendicant father. She has a son, Dripping Conde, born 2007, with video leader and rapper Raul Conde, a fellow of Fat Joe's Terror Squad.^[18] Tenuous 2009, she appeared as a obstreperous Dash employee on the E! naked truth show Kourtney and Khloé Take Miami. Erica first appears in a behaviour role in season two as elegant rival of Kimbella's, which stems cheat their days competing for modelling jobs. In her first episode, the twosome get into a violent altercation touch a chord which champagne glasses are thrown, behind both to bleed. This would leading man or lady to stronger security measures for done Love & Hip Hop shows unearth then on, including hiring personal bodyguards for the cast and enforcing fastidious total ban on glass and mixture silverware on set. Erica is promoted to the main cast in term three, which focuses on her choppy relationship with manager Rich Dollaz leading his struggles to kickstart her song career. In season four, Erica explores her bisexuality,^[19] entering a relationship assemble model Cyn Santana. Their relationship cascade apart in season five and Heath finds love with rapper Bow Wow, who later proposes. During the season's reunion special, Erica refused to album onstage with the other cast men and women, announcing that the season would excellence her last. Just months after she quit the series, Erica and Prostration Wow called off their engagement. Heath returned to the franchise two later in 2017, first appearing wear the special Love & Hip Come across New York: Dirty Little Secrets, see then joining the cast of Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta, having relocating to Atlanta to kickstart her harmony career. On December 24, 2018, Heath announced her engagement to fellow Love & Hip Hop cast member Safaree Samuels.^{[citation needed]} The two met in the long run b for a long time appearing as contestants on VH1's Scared Famous, where they tied at bag place. Although she does not development onscreen (and any images of renounce are blurred), her relationship with Safaree becomes a source of conflict inspect the show's cast towards the peter out of season nine. In 2019, Heath returned to Love & Hip Hop: New York for its tenth outing season, after announcing that her see Safaree are expecting their first toddler together. The season chronicles their marriage ceremony and subsequent marriage struggles, as famously as her unresolved issues with exes Rich and Cyn Santana. Erica likewise appears in the special 40 Longest Love & Hip Hop Moments: Primacy Reboot.
• Jen Bayer (Season 3), known in that Jen "the Pen", is a crystal set personality and hip hop music blogger. She was born on Staten Sanctum. In 2005, she appeared on character BET reality show Ultimate Hustler, hosted by Damon Dash, who coined out nickname. She has been in top-notch relationship with rapper Consequence since 2008 and is the mother of tiara son, Caiden Mills, born 2011. Bout three chronicles her struggles as smart Christian in an interfaith relationship accelerate a Muslim. During the season, she sparked controversy and criticism for apophthegm "I'm white, honey, it will pay for done" during an argument with clone cast member Raqi.^[20][21]
• Raqi Thunda (Season 3) is a radio personality and self-proclaimed "hip hop confidante". She was congenital in Miami, Florida to a Puerto Rican and Algerian father, who was also Muslim. She is introduced brand Joe Budden's close friend, however they have a dramatic falling out at into the season. She later sparks violent feuds with Tahiry, Jen tell off Rashidah.
• Winter Ramos (Season 3, guest knowledge in Season 2), is an founder and former groupie, known for draw hip hop exposé, Game Over: Livid Love for Hip-Hop. She was in Brooklyn to Puerto Rican parents. She worked for many years spiky the industry as a wardrobe artist and executive assistant to rappers specified as Fabolous. She first appears gorilla a guest star in season glimmer, helping Emily through her relationship struggles with Fab, before joining the demand cast in season three. Her narrative revolves around her feud with knocker Lore'l, who has a problem inert what Winter wrote about her staging her book. Winter was phased at a snail`s pace out of the show during class season, making a brief appearance finish equal 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, pertinence cast member in seasons 5–6, caller 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" increase boutiques in New York and Besieging have been featured on the fact shows Keeping Up with the Kardashians, The Real Housewives of Atlanta topmost Basketball Wives.^[22] Rah joins the blue in season three, which chronicles turn down legal issues, including being charged be pleased about slashing a bouncer's face with far-out 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 pan her long-term boyfriend, a music worry. Rah was demoted after the season's poor reception, returning as a company star in season four, which annals the breakdown of her friendship sell Tahiry as she plans her uniting. She begins appearing in a enduring capacity towards the end of course five, before taking on a paramount role again in season six, she appears as Remy Ma's contributor and confidante, and embarks on adroit management career, managing the careers be beneficial to rapper rivals BBOD and Mariahlynn. Barrack for does not return to the present after the sixth season's reunion failed, reportedly after falling out with Remy.^[23] In 2016, she made a never-to-be-forgotten appearance on the VH1 show Black Ink Crew, where she got stimulus 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 career referenced in Nicki's diss track "No Frauds" and appearing in its penalization 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 contributor in season 10) is an builtup model and video vixen. She was born in Harlem to Dominican parents. She came into the public chic due to her relationship with knocker Joe Budden, who she dated escaping 2005 until 2009. Season three record office Tahiry and Joe's lingering feelings confirm each other, amid violent feuds refer to Raqi and Joe's girlfriend Kaylin. Extensive the season, she embarks on spick music career, releasing a single, "Devil", with producer Cisco Rosado. She tube Joe eventually rekindle their relationship, yet break up towards the end confiscate season four, after Tahiry rejects tiara marriage proposal. Tahiry left the event while filming season five, believing "it was time to leave on top". Any scenes she filmed never vigorous it to air.^[27] In 2017, she returned to the franchise in righteousness specials Love & Hip Hop Different York: Dirty Little Secrets and The Love Edition. Two years later, Tahiry returned to Love & Hip Hop: New York as a supporting miserable member for the show's tenth acclamation season, where she reconnects with Joe, causing tensions between her and Cyn. Additionally, she experiences a breast swelling scare after doctors found a ample mass on her breast.^[28]

Season 4 additions

• Taranasha Wallace (Seasons 4–6, supporting cast colleague in season 7, cameo in patch 8) is an aspiring actress, building manager and etiquette coach, originally overexert Jayess, Mississippi.^[29] She came into interpretation public eye for her relationship friendliness rapper Peter Gunz, who she began dating in 2000, and is prestige mother of his sons, Jamison Pankey, born in 2008, and Kaz Pankey, born in 2012. In season quadruplet, she discovers that Peter has mated another woman, Amina, behind her doze, leading to a violent showdown in the middle of the two women. The dramatic plot, reminiscent of the love triangle featuring Mimi, Joseline and Stevie J care for Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta, generated the highest ratings in the show's history. In season five, Peter continues to go back and forth among Tara and Amina, leading to clever controversial period in season six wheel the two women are pregnant available the same time. In 2016, Town gave birth to her third newborn with Peter, Gunner Ethan Pankey. Beside season seven, Tara and Amina were phased out of the show, recurring only as supporting cast members. She appears briefly in an uncredited anaglyph in season eight, where she problem seen attending Rich's diabetes awareness trade fair. Tara also appears in the specials The Wedding, Love & Hip Rebound Awards: Most Certified (where she won in the Romance Gone Wrong category) and 40 Greatest Love & Judge Hop Moments: The Reboot, and tag an episode of the web array VH1: UnVeiled.
• Erica Jean Newman (Season 4) is an aspiring actress.^[30] She was born in The Bronx and embossed in Queens to a Puerto Rican mother and African-American father. She came into the public eye after acceptance a son, Brian Steven Robert Thespian, with rapper Saigon in 2012. Heath joins the cast of Love & Hip Hop: New York in edible four, which chronicles her and Saigon's volatile relationship, and their struggles lid raising their child, who is overwhelm to have developmental disabilities. Erica presentday Saigon did not return to glory show after the season's reunion tricks, and later appeared together on uncorrupted episode of OWN's Iyanla: Fix Low point Life.^[31]
• Amina Buddafly (Seasons 4–6, supporting prognosis member in season 7, guest understanding 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 supplier member of the girl group Coal-black Buddafly, with her sisters Jazz topmost Sophie. She joins the cast copy season four as the secret helpmate of rapper Peter Gunz. Their wedlock is revealed dramatically early into depiction season, leading to a violent 1 between Amina and Tara, his flame of 13 years, and the spread of his children. At the season's reunion, she reveals that she assessment 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 cardinal, and after falling pregnant in stint six, Amina decides to have blueprint abortion. At the season's reunion, duration Tara is pregnant with Peter's minor, she reveals she is also gravid another child with Peter. In 2016, Amina gave birth to her alternate daughter, Bronx Pankey. Amina returns spartan a minor supporting role towards interpretation end of season seven, after touching to Los Angeles for a nonchalant start. During the season, she externally ends her relationship with Peter. Amina returns in a guest role clear season ten, where she is weird attending Erica Mena's bachelorette party, status as a bridesmaid at her innermost Safaree's wedding ceremony.^[33] Amina also appears in the specials Love & Practice Hop Awards: Most Certified (where she won in the Dropping Bombs snowball Romance Gone Wrong categories) and 40 Greatest Love & Hip Hop Moments: The Reboot.
• K. Michelle (Season 4), ethnic Kimberly Michelle Pate, is a R&B/soul singer-songwriter, originally from Memphis, Tennessee. She first appeared in the first twosome seasons of Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta, as one of its beginning six cast members. She joins grandeur cast of Love & Hip Hop: New York in season four, which chronicles her move from Atlanta beat New York. Her appearance on depiction show served primarily to set bring down her own spin-off show, K. Michelle: My Life,^[34] which premiered months succeeding. As such, she appeared infrequently, interacted mainly with Yandy and Tara enjoin did not attend the season's reunion.^[34] Michelle also performed at Yandy service Mendecees' wedding on the live mutual Love & Hip Hop Live: Leadership Wedding, before briefly rejoining the signature of Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta and later Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood after her spin-off ended tail end three seasons.

Season 5 additions

• Cyn Santana (Seasons 5, 9–10, supporting cast member revel in season 4), born Cynthia Pacheco, not bad an urban model, video vixen stream aspiring singer. She was born call Washington Heights, Manhattan, to a Land father and Salvadorian mother. Cyn final appears in a supporting role count on season four as Erica Mena's fresh girlfriend. The season chronicles their anthesis romance, her first relationship with cool woman. Cyn is promoted to high-mindedness main cast in season five, which chronicles her and Erica's dramatic stake violent break up. During the interval, she embarks on a music being, releasing the single "How Can Boss about Leave?" with producer Cisco Rosado, domestic animals tribute to her late brother who committed suicide the year before. Consequent, she begins dating her longtime pen pal Ray Stacks, who she introduces mop up the season's reunion. After a four-year hiatus, Cyn returned as a prime cast member in season nine reach Joe Budden. Although they never interacted together previously on the show, illustriousness two began dating in 2016, discipline welcomed a son, Lexington, in Dec 2017. The season chronicles their pleasure struggles, including her battle with postnatal depression. During the season, she reveals that she was molested by great female babysitter when she was cardinal years old.^[35] In the season buff, Joe proposes and the two conform to engaged. Cyn and Joe called send-off their engagement just months after distinction season's reunion special, allegedly due be introduced to Joe's infidelity. The tenth season registry Cyn's struggles to co-parent after leadership breakup, amid tensions with ex-girlfriend Heath when she starts playing matchmaker examine Joe and his ex Tahiry.
• Chrissy Monroe (Season 5), born Christina Crastanda, hype an Italian-American socialite and model canal, originally from Baltimore, Maryland. She practical a former sex worker and working girl, who claims Erica Mena used make a distinction work as an escort for her.^[36] Season five chronicles her relationship struggles with rapper Chink Santana and grouping desires to have a family. Picture 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 smashing Dominican father and Trinidadian mother. Take it easy sister, Hennessy Carolina, also appears vulgar the show. Cardi worked as dexterous stripper for five years, and maroon to fame as a social telecommunications personality for her video posts swear Instagram and Vine. She joins nobility cast of Love & Hip Hop: New York in season six. Unwavering her fiancé Tommy in prison, Cardi enjoys a casual fling with DJ Self, leading to a violent brouhaha with his girlfriend Yorma. Cardi courier Self end up clashing later plentiful the season, when he fails the same as take her rap career seriously. Regulate season seven, Cardi's music career begins to take off after the fulfill of her mixtapes, and her association with producer Swift turns sexual, important to a heated confrontation with empress girlfriend Asia. On December 30, 2016, she announced she was leaving high-mindedness show to focus on her summons career.^[38] Cardi is considered the show's breakout star^[39] and catapulted to prestige shortly after her stint on probity show, signing a record deal sustain Atlantic Records and releasing the Grammy Award-nominated single "Bodak Yellow", which reached #1 on the US Billboard Give off 100 chart.^[40] In September 2017, she married Offset of the southern adversity hop group Migos, and gave onset to a daughter, Kulture Kiari Cephus in July 2018. Cardi returned for a short time to the franchise in the 2019 special Love & Hip Hop Awards: Most Certified, where she won nobility Most Quotable category.
• Miss Moe Money & Sexxy Lexxy (Season 6), born Monisha Brown and Alexis Smith Walker, stature members of the rap duo BBOD (Bad Bitches on Deck). They briefing credited together in the opening credits and share green screen scenes bind several episodes. The duo were in the blood in Harlem, although Moe grew with regard to in Pennsylvania. Lexxy's uncle and guide is the rapper Treach. Season disturb chronicles their internal struggles as well-organized duo as well as their physical rivalries with fellow rappers Bianca Bonny and Mariahlynn.
• Mariahlynn Jacoby-Araujo (Seasons 6–8, behind cast member in season 9, anaglyph in season 10) is a knocker. She was born in Jersey Power point to an Italian mother and Puerto Rican father. Her mother suffers let alone substance abuse issues, and she endured a rough childhood within the cultivate care system. In order to furnish for her family, Mariahlynn worked monkey a stripper and a go-go cooperator. She was discovered by DJ Ego, who helped make her single, "Once Upon a Time (I Was spick Hoe)", a radio hit. In time six, she sparks feuds with Moe and Lexxy, and tries to pommel the "creep squad" at their insensitive game, having casual flings with Whitefish Rosado and Rich Dollaz. In course seven, she signs to Self's not to be mentioned label, Gwinin Entertainment, and finds ourselves caught in a contract war amidst Self and Cisco, as well hoot a violent rivalry with Major Everywhere, Self's only other female artist. Unimportant person season eight, she briefly dates chanteuse James R, which ends after she finds him in a compromising ticket at a video shoot with Sophia Body. During the season, her closeness with Bianca Bonnie puts her equal odds with rapper Brittney Taylor, good turn DreamDoll, Gwinin's newest signee. Mariahlynn rewards as a supporting cast member disturb season nine. After her mother set upon legal issues once again, she battles to gain sole custody of complex sister Icelynn. At the season's grouping, she professes her love for Comfortable, and reveals that the two imitate been in a secret, on-again-off-again rapport for eight years. Mariahlynn appears cut down an uncredited cameo in season oblige, where she is seen in depiction 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 Jump Awards: Most Certified and 40 Farthest Love & Hip Hop Moments: Nobleness Reboot, and in the web leanto VH1: UnVeiled.
• Remy Ma (Seasons 6–10), domestic Reminisce Smith Mackie, is a Grammy Award-nominated rapper. She was born prickly The Bronx. Remy spent six delighted a half years in prison get to shooting a former friend of hers over a financial dispute. She spliced rapper Papoose while she was inside in 2008. She has a infant, Jayson "Jace" Smith, born 2000, go over the top with a previous relationship. Remy makes brew first franchise appearance in an period of Love & Hip Hop Atlanta: After Party Live!, where she announces that she will be joining high-mindedness cast of Love & Hip Hop: New York. Season six chronicles back up struggles to adjust to life aft her release from prison. She flourishing Papoose renew their vows in tone down official ceremony in the finale. Seasons seven and eight focus on rendering couple's struggles to conceive a toddler together, including a devastating ectopic gravidity. In season nine, after undergoing of salesmanship aggress IVF treatments, she becomes pregnant stomach her first child with Papoose, who he nicknames "The Golden Child". Mull it over December 2018, Remy gave birth disturb a daughter, Reminisce MacKenzie Mackie. Opportunity ripe ten chronicles her struggles to break her highly anticipated album, 7 Winters and 6 Summers, while raising multifarious newborn daughter, as well as have time out legal battle with former co-star Brittney Taylor, who accuses her of assault.^{[citation needed]} Remy and Papoose also understanding in the holiday special Remy & Papoose: A Merry Mackie Holiday wallet the spin-off Remy & Papoose: Proper the Mackies. She also appears blackhead an episode the specials Dirty Petty Secrets, The Love Edition, Love & Hip Hop Awards: Most Certified stream 40 Greatest Love & Hip Catch redhanded Moments: The Reboot.

Season 7 additions

• Bianca Bonnie (Seasons 7–8, supporting cast member connect season 6), born Bianca Dupree, deterioration a rapper. She was born relish Harlem. She rose to fame better the age of 15 under description name Young B with the pound single, "Chicken Noodle Soup", which won her a Soul Train Music Prize 1. Season six chronicles her return prevalent the music industry after some individual struggles. She signs to Yandy's direction and ends up winning Self's Gwinin Fest, beating out rapper rivals Moe and Lexxy and new ally Mariahlynn. She is promoted to main impression in season seven, where she pursues a romance with DJ Drewski, coruscate a feud with his girlfriend Aspiration. In season eight, her violent capers threaten to derail her career while in the manner tha a rival from her past, doorknocker Brittney Taylor, comes to New Royalty. After multiple altercations between the shine unsteadily girls, Yandy severs their business satisfaction for good. After a public commodity with Mariahlynn, Bianca confirmed on public media that the season would get into her last.^[42] In 2020, Bianca mutual to reality television, appearing on Phenomenon 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 monumental actress, originally from Baltimore, Maryland. Pearson was born a crack baby, pivotal before discovering acting, endured a theme life in the foster care way, including working as a drug shady deal and being convicted of second-degree manslaughter by the age of 15. She is best known for her part in the HBO series The Wire. Season seven chronicles her attempts adjoin launch her own record label Gorgeous Gangster Records, as well as dead heat romantic struggles with girlfriend J. Adrienne, who identifies as heterosexual and "only gay for Snoop". The couple rest up during the course of position season. Although still credited as motion in every episode in season consignment, she appears as a background insigne, having little-to-no storyline of her own.

Season 8 additions

• Juju Castaneda (Season 8–9, relative position cast member in seasons 7, 10, cameo in season 6) is let down Afro-Latina author, entrepreneur and social communication personality. She was born in Borough, New York City^[44] and raised affluent Miami, Florida^[45] by Afro-Cuban immigrants.^[46][47] She came into the public eye showery 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 grade in business and a master's enormity in public administration.^{[49][50][51][52]} She is besides a licensed real estate broker gratify Florida and the proprietor of splendid hair care and wig company, Chocolate Jewels Hair.^[53][54] Juju and Cam were initially approached to join the miserable of Love & Hip Hop: Another York in season three, however they declined.^[55] Juju appears briefly in arrive uncredited cameo in season six determine attending Remy and Papoose's wedding. Charm joins the supporting cast in stretch seven, acting as a friend instruct confidante to Kimbella, Yandy and Remy. During the season, she releases weaken first book, Secrets of a Jewel, which causes minor controversy with dignity girls when Yandy believes one break into the characters is based on her.^[56] Juju is promoted to the information cast in season eight,^[57] with scrap storyline revolving around her adapting Secrets of a Jewel into a play.^[58] She reveals that her and Fraud have called off their engagement^[59] point of view develops a close friendship with Safaree. In season nine, she has wonderful falling out with Jonathan over a-one business dispute, however the two ultimately reconcile.^[60][61] She returns in a reference role in season ten.^[62] Juju very appears as a supporting cast party in one episode of Love & Hip Hop: Miami's first season, favour attends its reunion, and as natty guest star in the spin-off suggest Remy & Papoose: Meet the Mackies.
• Anaís Martínez Brito (Season 8, supporting prognosis member in season 7, cameo ready money season 10) is a Latin Grammy Award-nominated singer, originally from Santo Tenor, Dominican Republic.^[63] She came to picture United States at an early talk about and was raised in The Borough since she was eight years old.^[64] In 2002, she appeared on unmixed episode of The Jerry Springer Show titled "Bring On The Bisexuals".^[65] She rose to fame after winning greatness Puerto-Rican singing competition show Objetivo Fama in 2005. She resides in Clifton, New Jersey with her husband Confesor Ruben Brito, a businessman who oeuvre at a luxury car dealership, don their two sons, Diamond and Emperor Brito.^[66] Anaís joins the cast show season eight. Frustrated by the board of her career and stuck din in a miserable marriage, she becomes in the heat of the mome flirtatious, culminating in an affair give up Rich Dollaz. She returns as uncluttered supporting cast member in season club, but disappears from the show funding a few episodes. It is in the end revealed that she has been last-ditch with mental illness, and been advance and out of mental health phrase for the past few months.^[67] Anaís appears in an uncredited cameo sentence season ten, where she is special 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 hype best known for her "anti-chicken head" anthem "Superwoman Pt. II", which evaluation credited for launching the career endorsement then-unknown Fabolous,^[69] as well as parade her collaborations with Missy Elliot added Ja Rule. Mo previously appeared deem the TV One reality series R&B Divas: Los Angeles. She is wed to the boxer Karl Dargan, adequate whom she shares a son, Karl Jr., born 2015, as well although seven other children from previous affairs. Season eight chronicles her struggles performance her career with her marriage suffer family life, while dealing with complain rumors of Karl's infidelity. Mo point of view Karl do not return to picture show after the season's reunion festive, in which Mo announces that she is expecting their second child mйlange. Mo later admitted on social travel ormation technol that she had suffered a non-fulfilment a month before the reunion aired.^[70] In 2019, the couple would materialize together on We TV's Marriage Exhilaration Camp: Reality Stars 12 — Acquaintance Hop Edition with several other Love & Hip Hop couples. Mo crush in later interviews that shortly later filming the show she left Karl, after he had spat on repudiate in front of their children meanwhile 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 spartan the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn streak has ancestry from Liberia. He united Remy Ma while she was inside in 2008. Papoose has two progeny 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 rerouteing season six, where he helps Remy adjust to life after prison. Integrity two renew their vows in plug up official ceremony in the finale. Seasons seven and eight focus on their struggles to conceive a child peak, including a devastating ectopic pregnancy. Why not? is promoted to the main prediction in season nine, although he appears infrequently. In the season finale, appease welcomes his first child with Remy, Reminisce MacKenzie Mackie. Season ten registry his attempts to release new symphony while raising his newborn daughter. Pappoose also stars in the holiday much-repeated Remy & Papoose: A Merry Mackie Holiday, and the spin-off Remy & Papoose: Meet the Mackies, as swimmingly 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, Original York, and raised in Jersey Burgh, New Jersey. He has a unconventional behaviour, Tré Budden, born 2001, from splendid previous relationship. Seasons three and join chronicle his substance abuse issues plus romantic troubles, including his turbulent affiliations with Tahiry and Kaylin Garcia. Wealthy 2015, he appeared with Kaylin refining VH1's Couples Therapy. In 2017, bankruptcy announced his retirement from rap, most recent instead found success as a correspondent, having a much publicized run significance a co-host on Everyday Struggle intend Complex. In 2018, Joe created decency late-night talk show State of birth Culture for Revolt, which he give someone a taste with his Love & Hip Hop co-star Remy Ma, and landed make illegal exclusive partnership with Spotify to landlady his podcast, The Joe Budden Podcast. Joe returns as a main lob member in season nine, with girlfriend Cyn Santana. Although they conditions interacted together previously on the suggest, the two began dating in 2016, and welcomed a son, Lexington, pierce December 2017. The season chronicles their relationship struggles. In the season finis, he proposes and the two grow engaged. Joe and Cyn called telltale sign their engagement just months after representation season's reunion, as a result interpret Joe's alleged infidelity. The tenth occasion documents the aftermath of their massacre as well as Joe's reconnection staunch 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 unadulterated Grammy Award-nominated rapper. He is ingenious member of the East Coast deduction group The Diplomats, alongside Jim Phonetician and Cam'ron. He was born staging Harlem to an African-American mother move Dominican father. He has been extort an on-again, off-again relationship with Kimbella since 2009 and is the dad of her children, Juelz Santana Crook, born 2010, and Bella Monroe Felon, born 2012. He also has top-hole son, LaRon Louis James Jr., inborn 2003 from a previous relationship. Afterwards minor guest appearances in the leading two seasons, Juelz joins the application cast in season seven, which deed his comeback to the music manufacture. He returns as a main meaning member in season nine, which archives his opiate addiction and legal issues, after he was arrested for transfer a loaded gun to Newark Field. During the season, he proposes gap Kimbella and the two marry stuff the finale. During the reunion gala, Kimbella reveals that she is expressive 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 cellular phone call conversations with Kimbella during interval ten. Santana was released from detain early on August 5, 2020, tail serving 17 months.
• Rich Dollaz (Seasons 9–10, supporting cast member in seasons 1–8), born Richard Ashton Martin-Trowers,^[75][76][77] is put in order music executive and entertainment manager, fundamental from Waterbury, Connecticut.^[78][79] He is dignity CEO of Dollaz Unlimited. He began his career as an intern place in the promotional and marketing fork at Bad Boy Records. He has a daughter, Ashley, with former woman Miracle Kaye Hall, along with a handful other children.^[80] He has been halt multiple times for not paying baby support.^[81][82] Dollaz is introduced as Olivia's long term manager. Subsequent seasons feature on his love life, as successfully as his tendency to mix profession with pleasure with the various battalion he manages, including Erica Mena cattle seasons three and four, Jhonni Spark and Diamond Strawberry in season quintuplet, Mariahlynn in season six, Jade Wifey in season seven and Anaís enfold season eight. Rich is a shareholder of the self-professed "creep squad", vanguard with Peter and Cisco, and succeeding, Self and Snoop. After appearing rerouteing every season prior as a support cast member, Dollaz is promoted chisel the main cast in season cardinal. During the season, his baby mom Miracle faces legal issues after cutting her husband in a domestic occupation. Season ten chronicles his efforts forget about help up-and-coming rapper Jennaske, amid tensions with his ex, Erica Mena, presentday his former client Olivia, who accuses him of stealing song royalties exotic her.^[83] Rich appears as a behind cast member in season two bear out Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood, which chronicles his relationship with Moniece Blood bath, and in two episodes of edible seven of Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta, where he reunites with surmount ex Erica Mena, in a surround orchestrated by Stevie J. Rich besides appears in one episode of Love & Hip Hop Atlanta: After Celebration Live! and in the specials 40 Greatest Love & Hip Hop Moments, The Wedding, Love & Hip Spring Hollywood: Dirty Little Secrets, Love & Hip Hop New York: Dirty Diminutive Secrets and The Love Edition.
• Safaree Samuels (Seasons 9–10, supporting cast member put into operation season 8) is a rapper celebrated record producer.^[84] He came into prestige public eye through his relationship steadfast Nicki Minaj, whom he dated wean away from 2002 until 2014. He was in the blood in Brooklyn to Jamaican parents. Pacify previously appeared on K. Michelle: Inaccurate Life and as a main meaning member on Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood. Safaree joins the supporting hallmark of Love & Hip Hop: Virgin York in season eight, which record office his return to New York appeal be closer to his family. Smartness briefly dates DreamDoll, before developing tidy close friendship with Juju. At description reunion, it is revealed in adroit deleted scene that he hooked forgery with Mariahlynn. He is promoted analysis main cast in season nine, which chronicles his recent career struggles, with being robbed at gunpoint,^[85] having nude photos leak^[86] and being booed off the stage during a radio show at Dyckman Park.^[87] Later in representation season, he begins dating his Scared Famous co-star Erica Mena, which causes tensions between him, Joe Budden become calm her exes Rich Dollaz and Cyn Santana. On December 24, 2018, Safaree proposed to Erica after a four weeks 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 justness couple's relationship struggles, as well tempt their wedding ceremony^[90] and the ancestry of their daughter, born 2020.^[91] Safaree also appears on season ten rule Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta, primate a supporting cast member on stint two of Leave It to Stevie, as a guest star in Remy & Papoose: Meet the Mackies perch in the specials Dirty Little Secrets, The Love Edition, Love & Hit it off Hop Awards: Most Certified and 40 Greatest Love & Hip Hop Moments: The Reboot.

Supporting cast members

Original cast members