Reality TV is the place to be. Photos: Instagram
The Love & Hip Hop brand has been expanding rapidly since 2011, making stars out of the unknowns (like the Puerto Rican Princess), and helping the moderately and well known (i.e., Soulja Boy) back into public relevancy.
Reality TV can be a crap shoot, since there’s no way to determine who will be able to use the attention as platform for their “artistry,” and more and more recording artists are trying to make it work. Check out what the LHH artists have been up to since joining (and leaving) the franchise.
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Joe Budden Joe Budden dropped No Love Lost during his first season on LHHNY. The album pushed 30,000 copies in the first week. Joey hasn’t confirmed if he’s coming back to the show but he been doing voice over work.
Scrappy Between rehab and love trapezoids, Scrap hasn’t done too much musically, since he joined Love & Hip Hop Atlanta. He did drop a mixtape last year though, it’s called
Grustling 101.
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Rasheeda Rasheeda has been on Love & Hip Hop ATL since the beginning. Her last album, Boss Chick Music, came out in 2012, and the lead single peaked at No. 68 on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop charts.
Olivia Liv is another vet to the Love & Hip Hop game. The show chronicled her struggles to get a record deal, and get along with people beginning in 2011. She hasn’t released an album yet and isn’t on the show.
K. Michelle K. Michelle is the Love & Hip Hop artist who has been most musically successful since the show. Rebellious Soul debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard album charts, Michelle headlined her first tour, and turned the album into a VH1 musical.
Saigon LHH kind didn’t show Saigon in the best light. All the yelling and screaming with his baby’s mother, landed him with Iyanla Vanzant trying o fix their lives, and maybe it worked. Saigon’s new album, The Greatest Story Never Told Chapter 3, will be out this year.
Jim Jones Back before he got his spinoff show, Jim Jones was a
Love & Hip Hop NYC alum. He’s still
making music of course, and subscribing to that Vampire Life.
Somaya Reese Somaya “Boss” Reese has been keeping her body on point since her Love & Hop Hop days. She has a new single and out and a fitness book on the way.
Teairra Mari Music didn’t come out of Teairra Mari’s first lap ’round the Love & Hip Hop track. She’s back for Love & Hip Hop Hollywood, and maybe new music will follow. Her first and last album dropped in 2005.
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Consequence After that fight with Joe Budden at the reunion, Love & Hip Hop became a bad fit for The Cons. He’s off the show now, and has a new single out called, “You Should Bounce.”
