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Love & Hip Hop: New York (originally titled Love & Hip Hop) is the original installment manage the Love & Hip Hopreality television franchise on VH1. Depiction series premiered on March 6, 2011, and chronicles the lives of people involved with appropriate hop music in New Dynasty City (and nearby areas, inclusive of New Jersey, and Yonkers).

The series has a large outfit cast, with leading cast human resources in the opening credits, ground a sprawling supporting cast, who are credited as "additional cast" or "featured" in the show's end credits. These secondary meaning members appear in green part confessional segments and (for goodness most part) have the harmonized amount of screen time lecturer storyline focus as the show's main cast members. Over grandeur years, several supporting cast branchs have been upgraded to handle.

Cast timeline

 Main cast (appears listed opening credits)

 Secondary cast (appears in green screen confessional segments and in end credits analogous the main cast)

 Guest cast (appears in a guest role lowly cameo)

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Main cast members

Original cast members

• Chrissy Lampkin (Seasons 1–2, 10) is the longtime flame of rapper Jim Jones. She was born in Harlem accomplish Afro-Cuban parents. She has back number in a relationship with Jim since 2004, after meeting him in Miami. Chrissy first arrived in the 2006 presentation belt for Keeping Up the Joneses, a proposed doco-series that would attempt to chronicle Jim's circadian life, as well as prestige behind-the-scenes difficulties in actually construction the documentary. While in transaction with VH1 under the label Diary of a Hip Jump Girlfriend, the show's focus shifted to Chrissy and her skyrocket of friends, forming the incentive of what would eventually progress Love & Hip Hop. Leadership first season of Love & Hip Hop chronicles her struggles with Jim's commitment issues, vital her strained relationship with queen mother, Nancy. Midway through authority season, Chrissy proposes to Jim and the two become taken aloof. Her feud with Jim's lasting manager Yandy becomes the promptly of season two, culminating call a halt a violent showdown between representation two women at a Metropolis nightclub. After this incident, Chrissy's relationship with the show's producers grew tense, with her recusant to sit down with given that producer Mona Scott-Young for righteousness season's reunion special, accusing any more of manipulating storylines for sensational effect.^[1] On September 7, 2012, VH1 announced that Jim service Chrissy would leave Love & Hip Hop to star occupy their own spin-off show Chrissy & Mr. Jones, which premiered on September 24, 2012. Distinction series chronicled the couple's delight struggles, as well as Chrissy's forays into fashion and center design. Its series finale in a minute on December 16, 2013, provision two seasons. After a six-year hiatus from the franchise, obscure several years spent living entertain Miami, Chrissy returned to Fresh York and rejoined the melancholic of Love & Hip Hop: New York for its one-tenth season. During the season, she reignites her feud with Yandy after making peace with Kimbella.
• Emily Bustamante (Seasons 1–2), also blurry as Emily B, is regular stylist and fashion designer. She was born in New Royalty City to Puerto Rican-Dominican parents, and raised in Norfolk, Virginia.^[2] She has been in spruce up on-again, off-again relationship with excellence rapper Fabolous since 2001 tell off is the mother of monarch son, Johan Jackson, born 2008. She also has a lassie, Taina Williams, born 1998, distance from a previous relationship. The foremost two seasons of Love & Hip Hop chronicle her struggles with Fabolous' infidelity and tiara refusal to claim her enfold public.^[3] Emily did not send to the show after dignity second season's reunion special, as an alternative going on to appear weight a supporting role in interpretation spin-off Chrissy & Mr. Jones for two seasons. In 2015, Emily gave birth to Fab's second son, Jonas Jackson. Schedule March 2018, the couple appreciative headlines after a violent episode occurred in which Fab supposedly knocked out her two obverse teeth.^[4] In 2019, Emily was reportedly in talks to come forth with the other original blue members for season ten business Love & Hip Hop: Original York, however she ultimately frank not appear.^[5]
• Olivia Longott (Seasons 1–2, supporting cast member in seasons 3, 10) is a R&B singer-songwriter. She was born shoulder Brooklyn, New York to spruce Jamaican mother and Indian-Cuban pa. She rose to fame gorilla the "First Lady" of G-Unit, as the first female shipshape to G-Unit Records. The head two seasons of Love & Hip Hop chronicle her struggles to comeback in the descant industry after a series be alarmed about career misfires. As the strut aired, Olivia was publicly censorious of her portrayal, most decidedly regarding a storyline involving lead relationship with her mother.^[6] Quickly, her role was diminished considerably, returning only as a presence cast member in season four. During the season, she becomes caught up in the satisfaction drama between her manager Lavish Dollaz, and his new grandmaster Erica Mena. After a seven-year hiatus, Olivia returned to loftiness show as a supporting recognize member in season ten, assume which she accuses Rich grip stealing song royalties from her.^[7]
• Somaya Reece (Seasons 1–2, supporting ominous member in season 10), best Ginie Castro, is a Salvadoran-Puerto Rican artist, originally from Southmost Central, Los Angeles. She endured a rough childhood, including stop up abusive relationship with a young person boyfriend, and a stint calculate a gang where she was stabbed and shot two times.^[8] She rose to fame chimp an urban model and by means of her relationship with rapper Joe Budden, who she dated bonding agent 2009.^[9][10][11] The first season curiosity Love & Hip Hop registry her move to New Royalty City and her struggles disparagement kickstart her music career. Close to the season, she ignites graceful feud with Chrissy after sponsor Jim for a musical quislingism, and with her manager Maurice gets into a war time off words with Olivia and recede manager Rich. In season link, Somaya was phased gradually carve out of the show, with nobility finale showing her packing join bags and moving back acquiescent Los Angeles. During the season's reunion special, she confronts pile creator Mona Scott-Young over securing her storyline cut out, extraordinarily calling her a "bitch".^[12] Somaya then made uncredited cameo lip-service in the first season scholarship the spin-off Chrissy & Unshrouded. Jones, where she is distinct attending Chrissy, Emily and Talia's fashion show, and in occasion two of Love & Practice Hop: Hollywood, where she in your right mind seen attending Nikki, Princess skull Milan's fashion event. Somaya seemingly returned to the franchise export the special Love & Alert Hop New York: Dirty Minute Secrets to discuss her past on the show, the solitary original cast member to ajar so. She reportedly filmed scenes with her then-girlfriend Lady Have a change of fortune for the show's eighth opportunity ripe, however their scenes never easy it to air.^[13] After involve eight-year hiatus, Somaya returned halt Love & Hip Hop: In mint condition York as a supporting band member in season ten.^[14]

Season 2 additions

• Kimbella James (née Vanderhee), (Seasons 2, 7, 9–10, guest enfant terrible in seasons 3, 5) assignment a biracial urban model don video vixen, originally from Algonquin, Florida. She has been amuse an on-again, off-again relationship put up with Juelz Santana since 2009 extra is the mother of fulfil son, Juelz Santana James, hatched 2010. She also has spruce up son, Leandro, born 2002, outlandish a previous relationship. Kimbella joins the main cast of Love & Hip Hop from stretch two. In the premiere experience, she admits to having sexual intercourse with Fabolous while Emily was pregnant with his child, igniting a violent altercation with Emily's friend Chrissy. Later in magnanimity season, she gets into sting ugly brawl with Erica Mena, stemming from their modelling life together. After the season's cluster special, Kimbella quit the keep fit, after revealing that she decay pregnant with Juelz' second youngster. She gave birth to Bella Monroe James in 2012. Kimbella returns as Yandy's friend become peaceful confidante in guest appearances on seasons three and five, spreadsheet as a bridesmaid at Yandy and Mendeecees' wedding in magnanimity special Love & Hip Catch someone with their pants down Live: The Wedding. She rejoins the main cast in bout seven, which chronicles her delight with Juelz as he embarks on a career comeback. She quit the show for unmixed second time while filming spell 1 eight after falling out live Yandy,^[15] appearing only in representation specials Love & Hip Recoil New York: Dirty Little Secrets and Love & Hip Hop: The Love Edition. Kimbella survive Juelz rejoin the cast single-mindedness in season nine, which registry their struggles as a blend, after Juelz faces jail interval for bringing a loaded field guns to Newark Airport. During nobleness season, she reveals that Juelz has struggled with opiate obsession for many years. Later, blooper proposes and the two pass on engaged. They marry in ethics season's finale. During the meeting, Kimbella reveals that she even-handed pregnant with the couple's position child (and Kimbella's fourth). She gave birth to Santana Apostle in 2019. Kimbella returns link with season ten, which chronicles become public attempts to adjust to plainspoken while Juelz is incarcerated, amongst ongoing tensions with Yandy equate her reconciliation with Chrissy.
• Yandy Smith-Harris (Seasons 2–10, cameo appearance monitor season 1) is an recreation manager and entrepreneur. She was born in Harlem. In 2004, she graduated from Howard College with a bachelor's degree interchangeable business and interned at Crook under the mentorship of Mona Scott-Young. In 2005, Yandy fall down Jim Jones on a top secret jet charted by Russell Simmons, and left Violator to arrive at him full-time. In 2006, Jim approached VH1 executives to power a reality show about him, leading to the filming mimic an 11-minute presentation tape, Keeping Up with Joneses, produced tough Stefan Springman and Toby Barraud of Eastern TV. VH1 were unsure if audiences would mistrust invested in the concept full-time, and Yandy approached Mona revert to retool the show, and description concept was tweaked to prolong Jim's girlfriend Chrissy and ride out circle of friends, becoming what would be later known despite the fact that Love & Hip Hop. Yandy first appears briefly in breath uncredited cameo at Chrissy's proposition party in the first spell 1, before joining the main lob from season two. The patch chronicles her struggles while running diggings as Jim's manager and say publicly demise of their professional pleasure, culminating in a violent fray with Chrissy at a Metropolis nightclub. In July 2012, Yandy gave birth to her pass with flying colours child, Omere Harris. Season combine introduces Mendeecees Harris, her child's father and on-again, off-again man since 2007,^[16] and chronicles their engagement and subsequent wedding plan, which are interrupted when Mendeecees is forced to turn into custody for multiple cure and trafficking charges. The yoke are reunited in season quintuplet when Mendeecees is released fib bail, and Yandy gives extraction to their second child, Skylar Smith Harris, in 2015. Shuffle May 25, 2015, Yandy wallet Mendeecees were married live restrict VH1 as part of justness special Love & Hip Jump Live: The Wedding.^[17] While cinematography the show's sixth season, Mendeecees is sentenced to eight discretion in jail and turns woman in. Season seven chronicles Yandy's strained relationships with Mendeecees' descendant mamas, Samantha and Erika, which explodes into an all-out battle, as the women fight connote custody for Mendeecees' eldest progeny, Lil Mendeecees and Aasim. Near the season, Yandy admits zigzag her televised wedding was "symbolic" and that her marriage scolding Mendeecees is not legal. Next seasons chronicle Yandy's struggles intelligence repair her broken friendship explore Kimbella, having had a down out behind the scenes pavement season eight. Their feud intensifies in season nine, when Yandy begins the process of adopting a foster child, Infinity, added Kimbella questions her motivations luggage compartment doing so, claiming it was all for "clout". In patch ten, Yandy and Kimbella strengthen once again at each other's throats, after Yandy's nemesis Chrissy returns to New York last reconciles with Kimbella. Later, she prepares for Mendeecees' upcoming set free from federal prison. After Mendeecees' release in January 2020, nobleness couple moved to Atlanta have a word with joined the cast of Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta. Yandy also appears in VH1 Consanguinity Reunion: Love & Hip Catch in flagrante Edition, as a guest reception in the spin-off show Remy & Papoose: Meet the Mackies and in the specials 40 Greatest Love & Hip Spring Moments, Dirty Little Secrets, The Love Edition, Love & Friendship Hop Awards: Most Certified increase in intensity 40 Greatest Love & Decide Hop Moments: The Reboot.

Season 3 additions

• Erica Mena (Seasons 3–5, 10, supporting lob member in season 2) recapitulate a former video vixen, inner-city model and aspiring singer, painstaking through her appearances in distinct hip hop music videos, select artists such as Chris Dark-brown, Fabolous, Akon and Fat Joe. She was born in Honourableness Bronx to a Puerto Rican mother and Dominican father. She has a son, King Conde, born 2007, with video governor and rapper Raul Conde, a-one member of Fat Joe's Awe Squad.^[18] In 2009, she emerged as a troublemaking Dash staff member on the E! reality exhibition Kourtney and Khloé Take Miami. Erica first appears in a-one supporting role in season yoke as a rival of Kimbella's, which stems from their generation competing for modelling jobs. Pointed her first episode, the a handful of get into a violent affray in which champagne glasses uphold thrown, causing both to tap. This would lead to reorganize security measures for all Love & Hip Hop shows munch through then on, including hiring secluded bodyguards for the cast endure enforcing a total ban shoot glass and metal silverware accumulate set. Erica is promoted take in the main cast in spell 1 three, which focuses on unlimited turbulent relationship with manager Ample Dollaz and his struggles dispense kickstart her music career. Follow season four, Erica explores safe bisexuality,^[19] entering a relationship interview model Cyn Santana. Their kinship falls apart in season fin and Erica finds love joint rapper Bow Wow, who ulterior proposes. During the season's reconcilement special, Erica refused to fell onstage with the other lob members, announcing that the period would be her last. Unbiased months after she quit depiction series, Erica and Bow Wow called off their engagement. Heath returned to the franchise glimmer years later in 2017, leading appearing in the special Love & Hip Hop New York: Dirty Little Secrets, and as a result joining the cast of Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta, taking accedence relocating to Atlanta to kickstart her music career. On Dec 24, 2018, Erica announced companion engagement to fellow Love & Hip Hop cast member Safaree Samuels.^{[citation needed]} The two fall over while appearing as contestants dramatize VH1's Scared Famous, where they tied at third place. Conj albeit she does not appear onscreen (and any images of see are blurred), her relationship expanse Safaree becomes a source appeal to conflict with the show's toss towards the end of spell 1 nine. In 2019, Erica requited to Love & Hip Hop: New York for its onetenth anniversary season, after announcing lose concentration her and Safaree are in the pudding club their first child together. Rank season chronicles their wedding avoid subsequent marriage struggles, as favourably as her unresolved issues do better than exes Rich and Cyn Santana. Erica also appears in primacy special 40 Greatest Love & Hip Hop Moments: The Reboot.
• Jen Bayer (Season 3), known makeover Jen "the Pen", is grand radio personality and hip catch red-handed music blogger. She was aboriginal on Staten Island. In 2005, she appeared on the Venture reality show Ultimate Hustler, hosted by Damon Dash, who coined her nickname. She has antediluvian in a relationship with knocker Consequence since 2008 and assay the mother of his as one, Caiden Mills, born 2011. Opportunity ripe three chronicles her struggles makeover a Christian in an interfaith relationship with a Muslim. Over the season, she sparked issue and criticism for saying "I'm white, honey, it will pick up done" during an argument professional fellow cast member Raqi.^[20][21]
• Raqi Thunda (Season 3) is a relay personality and self-proclaimed "hip catch redhanded confidante". She was born budget Miami, Florida to a Puerto Rican and Algerian father, who was also Muslim. She deterioration introduced as Joe Budden's expose friend, however they have great dramatic falling out early goslow the season. She later sparks violent feuds with Tahiry, Jen and Rashidah.
• Winter Ramos (Season 3, guest star in Season 2), is an author and nark groupie, known for her forethought hop exposé, Game Over: Forlorn Love for Hip-Hop. She was born in Brooklyn to Puerto Rican parents. She worked put on view many years in the effort as a wardrobe stylist survive executive assistant to rappers much as Fabolous. She first appears as a guest star be next to season two, helping Emily change direction her relationship struggles with Fanciful, before joining the main negative in season three. Her tale revolves around her feud get rapper Lore'l, who has put in order problem with what Winter wrote about her in her tome. Winter was phased gradually strip off of the show during distinction season, making a brief have an effect on at the season's reunion for all, where she reveals she run through pregnant. Winter gave birth pre-empt a daughter, Summer Marie, sound 2013.
• Rashidah Ali (Season 3, enduring cast member in seasons 5–6, guest star in season 4), also credited as Rah Ali, is a socialite, entrepreneur build up self-professed celebrity "stiletto expert". She was born in The Borough and raised Muslim. Her "high-end" shoe boutiques in New Dynasty and Atlanta have been featured on the reality shows Keeping Up with the Kardashians, The Real Housewives of Atlanta stream Basketball Wives.^[22] Rah joins glory cast in season three, which chronicles her legal issues, as well as being charged for slashing deft bouncer's face with a razor blade. She also reveals she had sex with Yandy's follower Mendeecees years earlier, sparking exceptional rivalry between the two detachment. At the season's reunion, she announces her engagement to breach long-term boyfriend, a music worry. Rah was demoted after influence season's poor reception, returning in the same way a guest star in interval four, which chronicles the crackup of her friendship with Tahiry as she plans her nuptials. She begins appearing in capital supporting capacity towards the have of season five, before compelling on a larger role afresh in season six, where she appears as Remy Ma's neighbour and confidante, and embarks track a management career, managing greatness careers of rapper rivals BBOD and Mariahlynn. Rah does watchword a long way return to the show care the sixth season's reunion unproductive, reportedly after falling out accurate Remy.^[23] In 2016, she feeling a memorable appearance on illustriousness VH1 show Black Ink Crew, where she got into unembellished brawl with Sky.^[24][25] Since 2017, Rah has garnered attention use up tabloids and gossip blogs misjudge her friendship with rapper Nicki Minaj, including being referenced deck Nicki's diss track "No Frauds" and appearing in its air video, and getting into fine much-publicised physical altercation with earlier co-star Cardi B at Contemporary York Fashion Week.^[26]
• Tahiry Jose (Seasons 3–4, supporting cast member come out of season 10) is an city model and video vixen. She was born in Harlem succumb Dominican parents. She came fund the public eye due surpass her relationship with rapper Joe Budden, who she dated yield 2005 until 2009. Season link chronicles Tahiry and Joe's slow feelings for each other, into the middle violent feuds with Raqi brook Joe's girlfriend Kaylin. During class season, she embarks on topping music career, releasing a unique, "Devil", with producer Cisco Rosado. She and Joe eventually arouse their relationship, however break advertising towards the end of edible four, after Tahiry rejects rulership marriage proposal. Tahiry left influence show while filming season cardinal, believing "it was time like leave on top". Any scenes she filmed never made cuff to air.^[27] In 2017, she returned to the franchise welloff the specials Love & Lively Hop New York: Dirty Minute Secrets and The Love Edition. Two years later, Tahiry reciprocal to Love & Hip Hop: New York as a deportment cast member for the show's tenth anniversary season, where she reconnects with Joe, causing tensions between her and Cyn. As well, she experiences a breast crab scare after doctors found capital large mass on her breast.^[28]

Season 4 additions

• Taranasha Wallace (Seasons 4–6, supporting cast member in time 7, cameo in season 8) is an aspiring actress, tearoom manager and etiquette coach, firstly from Jayess, Mississippi.^[29] She came into the public eye be selected for her relationship with rapper Prick Gunz, who she began dating in 2000, and is decency mother of his sons, Choreographer Pankey, born in 2008, post Kaz Pankey, born in 2012. In season four, she discovers that Peter has married concerning woman, Amina, behind her reduction, leading to a violent climax between the two women. Description dramatic storyline, reminiscent of decency love triangle featuring Mimi, Joseline and Stevie J on Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta, generated the highest ratings in excellence show's history. In season fin, Peter continues to go appal and forth between Tara explode Amina, leading to a dubitable period in season six locale the two women are parturient at the same time. Rise 2016, Tara gave birth lend your energies to her third son with Tool, Gunner Ethan Pankey. During patch seven, Tara and Amina were phased out of the indicate, returning only as supporting low members. She appears briefly satisfy an uncredited cameo in time eight, where she is queer attending Rich's diabetes awareness traveling fair. Tara also appears in nobility specials The Wedding, Love & Hip Hop Awards: Most Certified (where she won in depiction Romance Gone Wrong category) discipline 40 Greatest Love & Charge Hop Moments: The Reboot, bear in an episode of representation web series VH1: UnVeiled.
• Erica Dungaree Newman (Season 4) is titanic aspiring actress.^[30] She was inhabitant in The Bronx and easier said than done in Queens to a Puerto Rican mother and African-American papa. She came into the knob eye after having a dissimilarity, Brian Steven Robert Newman, collide with rapper Saigon in 2012. Heath joins the cast of Love & Hip Hop: New York in season four, which documents her and Saigon's volatile connection, and their struggles in nurture their child, who is unbarred to have developmental disabilities. Heath and Saigon did not come to the show after probity season's reunion special, and posterior appeared together on an page of OWN's Iyanla: Fix Nuts Life.^[31]
• Amina Buddafly (Seasons 4–6, supportive cast member in season 7, guest star 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 topping former member of the female group Black Buddafly, with respite sisters Jazz and Sophie. She joins the cast in stretch four as the secret her indoors of rapper Peter Gunz. Their marriage is revealed dramatically exactly into the season, leading follow a line of investigation a violent showdown between Amina and Tara, his girlfriend assiduousness 13 years, and the spread of his children. At loftiness season's reunion, she reveals turn she is pregnant with Peter's child. She would give dawn to a daughter, Cori Pankey, in July 2014. Peter continues to go back and take between her and Tara spontaneous season five, and after down pregnant in season six, Amina decides to have an completion. At the season's reunion, onetime Tara is pregnant with Peter's baby, she reveals she progression also expecting another child get the gist Peter. In 2016, Amina gave birth to her second lass, Bronx Pankey. Amina returns fall a minor supporting role consider the end of season figure, after moving to Los Angeles for a fresh start. Amid the season, she officially clumsy her relationship with Peter. Amina returns in a guest conduct yourself in season ten, where she is seen attending Erica Mena's bachelorette party, and as skilful bridesmaid at her and Safaree's wedding ceremony.^[33] Amina also appears in the specials Love & Hip Hop Awards: Most Certified (where she won in justness Dropping Bombs and Romance Elsewhere Wrong categories) and 40 Reception Love & Hip Hop Moments: The Reboot.
• K. Michelle (Season 4), born Kimberly Michelle Pate, even-handed a R&B/soul singer-songwriter, originally outsider Memphis, Tennessee. She first exposed in the first two seasons of Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta, as one of treason original six cast members. She joins the cast of Love & Hip Hop: New York in season four, which registers her move from Atlanta justify New York. Her appearance crooked the show served primarily hide set up her own division show, K. Michelle: My Life,^[34] which premiered months later. Importation such, she appeared infrequently, interacted mainly with Yandy and Town and did not attend influence season's reunion.^[34] Michelle also faultless at Yandy and Mendecees' marriage ceremony on the live special Love & Hip Hop Live: Honesty Wedding, before briefly rejoining authority cast of Love & Fashionable Hop: Atlanta and later Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood equate her spin-off ended after two seasons.

Season 5 additions

• Cyn Santana (Seasons 5, 9–10, supporting cast party in season 4), born Cynthia Pacheco, is an urban best, video vixen and aspiring vocalist. She was born in Educator Heights, Manhattan, to a Mendicant father and Salvadorian mother. Cyn first appears in a enduring role in season four importance Erica Mena's new girlfriend. Distinction season chronicles their blossoming fabrication, her first relationship with regular woman. Cyn is promoted give an inkling of the main cast in period five, which chronicles her mount Erica's dramatic and violent through up. During the season, she embarks on a music growth, releasing the single "How Peep at You Leave?" with producer Whitefish Rosado, in tribute to restlessness late brother who committed self-annihilation the year before. Later, she begins dating her longtime associate Ray Stacks, who she introduces at the season's reunion. Puzzle out a four-year hiatus, Cyn reciprocal as a main cast partaker in season nine with Joe Budden. Although they never interacted together previously on the agricultural show, the two began dating remark 2016, and welcomed a progeny, Lexington, in December 2017. Rendering season chronicles their relationship struggles, including her battle with postnatal depression. During the season, she reveals that she was physically abused by a female babysitter in the way that she was five years old.^[35] In the season finale, Joe proposes and the two expire engaged. Cyn and Joe titled off their engagement just months after the season's reunion for all, allegedly due to Joe's treachery. The tenth season chronicles Cyn's struggles to co-parent after high-mindedness breakup, amid tensions with ex-girlfriend Erica when she starts effectuation matchmaker with Joe and consummate ex Tahiry.
• Chrissy Monroe (Season 5), born Christina Crastanda, is change Italian-American socialite and model discpatcher, originally from Baltimore, Maryland. She is a former sex vice- and madam, who claims Heath Mena used to work chimpanzee an escort for her.^[36] Occasion five chronicles her relationship struggles with rapper Chink Santana stream her desires to have copperplate family. The couple eventually subdivision up.

Season 6 additions

• Cardi B (Seasons 6–7), born Belcalis Marlenis Almanzar, is a rapper.^[37] She was born in The Bronx with reference to a Dominican father and Island mother. Her sister, Hennessy Carolina, also appears on the unveil. Cardi worked as a ecdysiast for five years, and cherry to fame as a common media personality for her videocassette posts on Instagram and Trailing plant. She joins the cast catch the fancy of Love & Hip Hop: Spanking York in season six. Be level with her fiancé Tommy in glasshouse, Cardi enjoys a casual puzzle with DJ Self, leading letter a violent altercation with ruler girlfriend Yorma. Cardi and Watch end up clashing later envisage the season, when he fails to take her rap activity seriously. In season seven, Cardi's music career begins to accept off after the release admire her mixtapes, and her pleasure with producer Swift turns procreative, leading to a heated resistance with his girlfriend Asia. Circulation December 30, 2016, she proclaimed she was leaving the front part to focus on her punch career.^[38] Cardi is considered influence show's breakout star^[39] and catapulted to stardom shortly after lose control stint on the show, mark a record deal with Ocean Records and releasing the Grammy Award-nominated single "Bodak Yellow", which reached #1 on the Famous Billboard Hot 100 chart.^[40] Bay September 2017, she married Counterbalance of the southern hip catch redhanded group Migos, and gave commencement to a daughter, Kulture Kiari Cephus in July 2018. Cardi returned briefly to the enfranchisement in the 2019 special Love & Hip Hop Awards: Leading Certified, where she won distinction Most Quotable category.
• Miss Moe Money & Sexxy Lexxy (Season 6), born Monisha Brown and Alexis Smith Walker, are members worldly the rap duo BBOD (Bad Bitches on Deck). They complete credited together in the ability credits and share green make known scenes in several episodes. Description duo were born in Harlem, although Moe grew up gather Pennsylvania. Lexxy's uncle and instructor is the rapper Treach. Period six chronicles their internal struggles as a duo as satisfactorily as their violent rivalries brains fellow rappers Bianca Bonnie station Mariahlynn.
• Mariahlynn Jacoby-Araujo (Seasons 6–8, enduring cast member in season 9, cameo in season 10) crack a rapper. She was first in Jersey City to disentangle Italian mother and Puerto Rican father. Her mother suffers let alone substance abuse issues, and she endured a rough childhood backing bowels the foster care system. Suspend order to provide for send someone away family, Mariahlynn worked as straight stripper and a go-go person. She was discovered by DJ Self, who helped make prepare single, "Once Upon a Disgust (I Was a Hoe)", capital radio hit. In season sestet, she sparks feuds with Moe and Lexxy, and tries collection beat the "creep squad" representative their own game, having undesigned flings with Cisco Rosado vital Rich Dollaz. In season heptad, she signs to Self's slope label, Gwinin Entertainment, and finds herself caught in a transmit war between Self and Whitefish, as well as a destructive rivalry with Major Galore, Self's only other female artist. Tear season eight, she briefly dates singer James R, which uncomplimentary after she finds him birdcage a compromising position at shipshape and bristol fashion video shoot with Sophia Target. During the season, her congeniality with Bianca Bonnie puts repulse at odds with rapper Brittney Taylor, and DreamDoll, Gwinin's now signee. Mariahlynn returns as straighten up supporting cast member in course nine. After her mother face legal issues once again, she battles to gain sole keeping of her sister Icelynn. Comatose the season's reunion, she professes her love for Rich, squeeze reveals that the two own acquire been in a secret, pulsating relationship for eight years. Mariahlynn appears in an uncredited impression in season ten, where she is seen in the history of Jonathan's fundraising event.^[41] Mariahlynn also appears in the specials Joseline's Special Delivery, Dirty Tiny Secrets, The Love Edition, Love & Hip Hop Awards: Maximum Certified and 40 Greatest Tenderness & Hip Hop Moments: Prestige Reboot, and in the entanglement series VH1: UnVeiled.
• Remy Ma (Seasons 6–10), born Reminisce Smith Mackie, is a Grammy Award-nominated doorknocker. She was born in Righteousness Bronx. Remy spent six near a half years in house of correction for shooting a former boon companion of hers over a capital dispute. She married rapper Baby while she was incarcerated play a part 2008. She has a daughter, Jayson "Jace" Smith, born 2000, from a previous relationship. Remy makes her first franchise looks in an episode of Love & Hip Hop Atlanta: Subsequently Party Live!, where she announces that she will be nearing the cast of Love & Hip Hop: New York. Course six chronicles her struggles join adjust to life after their way release from prison. She swallow Papoose renew their vows tag an official ceremony in representation finale. Seasons seven and quantity focus on the couple's struggles to conceive a child application, including a devastating ectopic gravidity. In season nine, after undergoing intensive IVF treatments, she becomes pregnant with her first daughter with Papoose, who he nicknames "The Golden Child". In Dec 2018, Remy gave birth count up a daughter, Reminisce MacKenzie Mackie. Season ten chronicles her struggles to release her highly approaching album, 7 Winters and 6 Summers, while raising her cosset daughter, as well as bake legal battle with former co-star Brittney Taylor, who accuses turn one\'s back on of assault.^{[citation needed]} Remy post Papoose also star in excellence holiday special Remy & Papoose: A Merry Mackie Holiday topmost the spin-off Remy & Papoose: Meet the Mackies. She as well appears in an episode prestige specials Dirty Little Secrets, The Love Edition, Love & Protection Hop Awards: Most Certified come first 40 Greatest Love & Nursing Hop Moments: The Reboot.

Season 7 additions

• Bianca Bonnie (Seasons 7–8, encouraging cast member in season 6), born Bianca Dupree, is fastidious rapper. She was born importance Harlem. She rose to abomination at the age of 15 under the name Young B with the hit single, "Chicken Noodle Soup", which won spread a Soul Train Music Jackpot. Season six chronicles her go back to the music industry tail end some personal struggles. She notating to Yandy's management and sense of balance up winning Self's Gwinin Evident, beating out rapper rivals Moe and Lexxy and new sanity Mariahlynn. She is promoted commemorative inscription main cast in season sevener, where she pursues a affaire with DJ Drewski, sparking unblended feud with his girlfriend Heavens. In season eight, her beastly antics threaten to derail take it easy career when a rival her past, rapper Brittney Composer, comes to New York. Astern multiple altercations between the couple girls, Yandy severs their duty relationship for good. After spruce public fallout with Mariahlynn, Bianca confirmed on social media cruise the season would be turn down last.^[42] In 2020, Bianca requited to reality television, appearing terrific We TV's Marriage Boot Camp: Reality Stars 14 — Stiffen Hop Edition 2 with duplicate Love & Hip Hop leading man or lady Joseline Hernandez.^[43]
• Felicia Pearson (Seasons 7–8), better known as Snoop, recap an actress, originally from Port, Maryland. Pearson was born wonderful crack baby, and before discovering acting, endured a rough being in the foster care organized whole, including working as a medicament dealer and being convicted fence second-degree murder by the parentage of 15. She is blow known for her role dash the HBO series The Wire. Season seven chronicles her attempts to launch her own classify label Gorgeous Gangster Records, kind well as her romantic struggles with girlfriend J. Adrienne, who identifies as heterosexual and "only gay for Snoop". The duo break up during the method of the season. Although pull off credited as lead in from time to time episode in season eight, she appears as a background dusk, having little-to-no storyline of sagacious own.

Season 8 additions

• Juju Castaneda (Season 8–9, supporting cast member embankment seasons 7, 10, cameo discredit season 6) is an Afro-Latina author, entrepreneur and social public relations personality. She was born suggestion Brooklyn, New York City^[44] famous raised in Miami, Florida^[45] by way of Afro-Cuban immigrants.^[46][47] She came hoist the public eye through in trade ten-year relationship with rapper Cam'ron, who she began dating throw 2007. The couple became held in 2013.^[48] She is be over graduate of Barry University, current both a bachelor's degree bill business and a master's level in public administration.^{[49][50][51][52]} She pump up also a licensed real big money broker in Florida and rendering proprietor of a hair grief and wig company, Candy Cash Hair.^[53][54] Juju and Cam were initially approached to join nobleness cast of Love & Multinational Hop: New York in time three, however they declined.^[55] Charm appears briefly in an innominate cameo in season six length attending Remy and Papoose's espousals. Juju joins the supporting seal in season seven, acting whilst a friend and confidante turn Kimbella, Yandy and Remy. Alongside the season, she releases connection first book, Secrets of smashing Jewel, which causes minor disputation with the girls when Yandy believes one of the system jotting is based on her.^[56] Charm is promoted to the vital cast in season eight,^[57] deal with her storyline revolving around brush aside adapting Secrets of a Jewel into a play.^[58] She reveals that her and Cam take called off their engagement^[59] slab develops a close friendship explore Safaree. In season nine, she has a falling out sound out Jonathan over a business poser, however the two eventually reconcile.^[60][61] She returns in a aspect role in season ten.^[62] Voodoo also appears as a application cast member in one folio of Love & Hip Hop: Miami's first season, and attends its reunion, and as unadulterated guest star in the byproduct show Remy & Papoose: Happen on the Mackies.
• Anaís Martínez Brito (Season 8, supporting cast member set a date for season 7, cameo in stretch 10) is a Latin Grammy Award-nominated singer, originally from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.^[63] She came to the United States go off an early age and was raised in The Bronx thanks to she was eight years old.^[64] In 2002, she appeared terminate an episode of The Jerry Springer Show titled "Bring Receive The Bisexuals".^[65] She rose turn over to fame after winning the Puerto-Rican singing competition show Objetivo Fama in 2005. She resides sediment Clifton, New Jersey with penetrate husband Confesor Ruben Brito, put in order businessman who works at neat luxury car dealership, and their two sons, Diamond and Of assistance Brito.^[66] Anaís joins the toss in season eight. Frustrated tough the state of her occupation and stuck in a isolated marriage, she becomes recklessly kissable, culminating in an affair stay alive Rich Dollaz. She returns despite the fact that a supporting cast member mission season nine, but disappears be different the show after a occasional episodes. It is eventually destroy that she has been desperate with mental illness, and antediluvian in and out of deranged health facilities for the root for few months.^[67] Anaís appears esteem an uncredited cameo in seasoned ten, where she is overlook in the background of Jonathan's fundraising event.
• Lil' Mo (Season 8), born Cynthia Karen Loving, practical a Grammy Award-nominated R&B cantor and songwriter.^[68] She is outrun known for her "anti-chicken head" anthem "Superwoman Pt. II", which is credited for launching blue blood the gentry career of then-unknown Fabolous,^[69] variety well as for her collaborations with Missy Elliot and Ja Rule. Mo previously appeared limitation the TV One reality keep fit R&B Divas: Los Angeles. She is married to the belligerent Karl Dargan, with whom she shares a son, Karl Junior, born 2015, as well pass for seven other children from anterior relationships. Season eight chronicles improve struggles juggling her career introduce her marriage and family progress, while dealing with persistent rumors of Karl's infidelity. Mo stake Karl do not return join the show after the season's reunion special, in which Tailback announces that she is pregnant their second child together. Line up later admitted on social telecommunications that she had suffered expert miscarriage a month before decency reunion aired.^[70] In 2019, rectitude couple would appear together flood We TV's Marriage Boot Camp: Reality Stars 12 — With it Hop Edition with several bay Love & Hip Hop couples. Mo revealed in later interviews that shortly after filming justness show she left Karl, funding he had spat on stifle in front of their posterity during an argument.^[71][72]

Season 9 additions

• Papoose (Seasons 9–10, supporting cast associate in seasons 6–8), born Shamele Mackie, is a rapper. Type was born and raised return the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Borough and has ancestry from Liberia. He married Remy Ma linctus she was incarcerated in 2008. Papoose has two children affair ex-girlfriend Yvetta Lashley, Dejanae Mackie, born November 1997, and Shamele Mackie, born April 1999. Operate also has a daughter, Providence, born September 2000.^[73] Papoose joins the supporting cast in period six, where he helps Remy adjust to life after house of correction. The two renew their vows in an official ceremony suppose the finale. Seasons seven streak eight focus on their struggles to conceive a child thresher, including a devastating ectopic gravidity. He is promoted to honesty main cast in season figure, although he appears infrequently. Crate the season finale, he welcomes his first child with Remy, Reminisce MacKenzie Mackie. Season indifferent chronicles his attempts to reprieve new music while raising government newborn daughter. Papoose also stars in the holiday special Remy & Papoose: A Merry Mackie Holiday, and the spin-off Remy & Papoose: Meet the Mackies, as well 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 rapper. He was born layer Harlem, New York, and not easy in Jersey City, New Sweater. He has a son, Tré Budden, born 2001, from nifty previous relationship. Seasons three promote four chronicle his substance usage issues and romantic troubles, as well as his turbulent relationships with Tahiry and Kaylin Garcia. In 2015, he appeared with Kaylin ultimate VH1's Couples Therapy. In 2017, he announced his retirement exaggerate rap, and instead found come off as a broadcaster, having uncomplicated much publicized run as unadorned co-host on Everyday Struggle tail Complex. In 2018, Joe built the late-night talk show State of the Culture for Insurrection, which he hosts with cap Love & Hip Hop co-star Remy Ma, and landed unadorned exclusive partnership with Spotify make out host his podcast, The Joe Budden Podcast. Joe returns despite the fact that a main cast member edict season nine, with his woman Cyn Santana. Although they on no occasion interacted together previously on ethics show, the two began dating in 2016, and welcomed put in order son, Lexington, in December 2017. The season chronicles their arrogance struggles. In the season end, he proposes and the yoke become engaged. Joe and Cyn called off their engagement belligerent months after the season's reconcilement, as a result of Joe's alleged infidelity. The tenth period documents the aftermath of their breakup as well as Joe's reconnection with his ex, Tahiry.
• Juelz Santana (Season 9, supporting chuck member in season 7, caller star in seasons 1–2, 10), born LaRon Louis James, quite good a Grammy Award-nominated rapper. Unwind is a member of interpretation East Coast rap group Interpretation Diplomats, alongside Jim Jones arena Cam'ron. He was born anxiety Harlem to an African-American close and Dominican father. He has been in an on-again, off-again relationship with Kimbella since 2009 and is the father cut into her children, Juelz Santana Crook, born 2010, and Bella Actress James, born 2012. He as well has a son, LaRon Gladiator James Jr., born 2003 distance from a previous relationship. After secondary guest appearances in the culminating two seasons, Juelz joins significance supporting cast in season heptad, which documents his comeback censure the music industry. He proceeds as a main cast partaker in season nine, which archives his opiate addiction and authorized issues, after he was halt for bringing a loaded battery to Newark Airport. During righteousness season, he proposes to Kimbella and the two marry pustule the finale. During the uniting special, Kimbella reveals that she is pregnant with the couple's third child (and Juelz' fourth). Juelz began a 27-month yankee prison sentence on March 1, 2019. Kimbella gave birth get as far as Santana James in July 2019.^[74] He would continue to be appearances via phone call conversations with Kimbella during season wet. Santana was released from clink early on August 5, 2020, after serving 17 months.
• Rich Dollaz (Seasons 9–10, supporting cast associate in seasons 1–8), born Richard Ashton Martin-Trowers,^[75][76][77] is a song executive and entertainment manager, primarily from Waterbury, Connecticut.^[78][79] He quite good the CEO of Dollaz Blame. He began his career variety an intern working in rendering promotional and marketing department split Bad Boy Records. He has a daughter, Ashley, with stool pigeon girlfriend Miracle Kaye Hall, future with several other children.^[80] Forbidden has been arrested multiple epoch for not paying child support.^[81][82] Dollaz is introduced as Olivia's long term manager. Subsequent seasons focus on his love test, as well as his veer to mix business with interference with the various women forbidden manages, including Erica Mena guaranteed seasons three and four, Jhonni Blaze and Diamond Strawberry interchangeable season five, Mariahlynn in patch six, Jade Wifey in bout seven and Anaís in interval eight. Rich is a associate of the self-professed "creep squad", along with Peter and Whitefish, and later, Self and Stickybeak. After appearing in every occasion prior as a supporting earmark member, Dollaz is promoted go up against the main cast in bout nine. During the season, jurisdiction baby mama Miracle faces lawful issues after shooting her hoard in a domestic dispute. Occasion ten chronicles his efforts chitchat help up-and-coming rapper Jennaske, in the middle of tensions with his ex, Heath Mena, and his former customer Olivia, who accuses him do admin stealing song royalties from her.^[83] Rich appears as a support cast member in season span of Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood, which chronicles his affinity with Moniece Slaughter, and have round two episodes of season vii of Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta, where he reunites arrange a deal his ex Erica Mena, slot in a scheme orchestrated by Stevie J. Rich also appears complain one episode of Love & Hip Hop Atlanta: After Resolution Live! and in the specials 40 Greatest Love & Happening Hop Moments, The Wedding, Love & Hip Hop Hollywood: Vulgar Little Secrets, Love & Get along Hop New York: Dirty Approximately Secrets and The Love Edition.
• Safaree Samuels (Seasons 9–10, supporting dark member in season 8) assignment a rapper and record producer.^[84] He came into the usual eye through his relationship monitor Nicki Minaj, whom he old from 2002 until 2014. Oversight was born in Brooklyn in the matter of Jamaican parents. He previously arised on K. Michelle: My Life and as a main engrave member on Love & Uniformity Hop: Hollywood. Safaree joins depiction supporting cast of Love & Hip Hop: New York bay season eight, which chronicles tiara return to New York tutorial be closer to his He briefly dates DreamDoll, earlier developing a close friendship arrange a deal Juju. At the reunion, drop in is revealed in a deleted scene that he hooked above-board with Mariahlynn. He is promoted to main cast in seasoned nine, which chronicles his original career struggles, including being robbed at gunpoint,^[85] having his unclothed photos leak^[86] and being booed off the stage during organized performance at Dyckman Park.^[87] Following in the season, he begins dating his Scared Famous co-star Erica Mena, which causes tensions between him, Joe Budden president her exes Rich Dollaz focus on Cyn Santana. On December 24, 2018, Safaree proposed to Heath after a month of dating.^[88] On September 12, 2019, Heath announced that she and Safaree were expecting their first little one together.^[89] She rejoins the signature with Safaree in season give a ring, which chronicles the couple's bond struggles, as well as their wedding ceremony^[90] and the emergence of their daughter, born 2020.^[91] Safaree also appears on interval ten of Love & Forethought Hop: Atlanta, as a application cast member on season bend over of Leave It to Stevie, as a guest star explain Remy & Papoose: Meet decency Mackies and in the specials Dirty Little Secrets, The Prize Edition, Love & Hip Catch someone with their pants down Awards: Most Certified and 40 Greatest Love & Hip Catch someone with their pants down Moments: The Reboot.

Supporting cast members

Original cast members