The casting of Rici, who was planned to be the " Yandy" of the group, was controversial as she had a long criminal history having been arrested for theft, assault and resisting arrest, amongst other things. Rici, known as Yung Joc's assistant and former mistress, and Waka Flocka Flame's mom and manager Deb Antney reportedly joining the cast.
GROWING UP HIP HOP ATLANTA SEASON 4 EPISODE 5 SERIES
On February 6, 2012, during the finale of Love & Hip Hop 's second season, series creator Mona Scott-Young officially announced that the show, then titled Love & Hip Hop: Hotlanta, was in production. 2 Chainz was also approached but turned it down. Shawty Lo and his wife Ecreia Perez were cast but dropped from the show, with Shawty later admitting in interviews that VH1 had a problem with the couple's extensive criminal record. They interviewed with producers, but backed out after feeling they didn't fit in with the other cast members.
Nivea eventually turned the show down, and producers approached Nas's daughter Destiny Jones and her mother Carmen Bryan.
Diamond was planned to be the lead of the show, with a source saying "Diamond would definitely be the Chrissy (Lampkin) of the group". During the casting process, several names were reported as part of the original cast, including Diamond, Rasheeda, Nivea and CeeLo Green's ex-wife Christina Johnson. Stefan Springman revealed in the behind-the-scenes special Love & Hip Hop Atlanta: Dirty Little Secrets that producers first considered Love & Hip Hop spin-off set in Miami before settling on Atlanta instead, saying that "we found great characters (in Miami) but it just didn't feel right". Rumors of an Atlanta-based spin-off of Love & Hip Hop began circulating in December 2011. In April 2023, it was announced that the series would move to MTV for its eleventh season on June 13, 2023.
On July 11, 2022, VH1 announced that additional episodes of season ten would air from August 8, 2022. The show features appearances from notable figures associated with Southern hip hop. It premiered June 18, 2012, on VH1, and chronicles the lives of several people in Atlanta involved with hip hop music. Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta is the second installment of the Love & Hip Hop reality television franchise.
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