#Love and hip hop professional#
The first seasons focus on the personal and professional struggles of six women, two of which are known as girlfriends of famous R&B artists and rappers, and the other four are aspiring recording artists. Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta is a " docu- soap" that revolves around the everyday lives of women and men in hip hop's " dirty south". See also: List of Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta cast members
#Love and hip hop series#
On May 15, 2012, VH1 announced Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta would make its series premiere on June 18, 2012. A few weeks into filming, Diamond broke her contract and officially quit the show, telling producers that she had "spoken to God" and he told her "it was the best thing to do". By March, the cast was finalised and filming began. Rici backed out of the show days before filming, after discovering producers had planned to air a storyline involving her, Yung Joc and his wife. 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. 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.
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