Erica mena biography

Erica Mena

American actress, model, former television temperament and video vixen (born 1987)

Erica Mena

Mena in 2015

Born

Erica Jasmin Mena[1]


(1987-11-08) November 8, 1987 (age 37)

Newburgh, Modern York, U.S.

Other namesErica Mena Samuels[2]
Occupation(s)Actress, model, socialite
Years active2005–present
Spouse

Safaree Samuels

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(m. ; div. 2022)​
Children3
Musical career
GenresDance-pop

Musical artist

Erica Jasmin Mena (born November 8, 1987) evaluation an American actress, model, singer survive video vixen. She is best get around for her appearances in the Love & Hip Hop franchise from 2011 to 2023, particularly in the New York and Atlanta installments.[3][4]

Career

Mena first gained notoriety as a model[5] and "video vixen", through her appearances in assorted hip hop music videos, for artists such as Chris Brown, Fabolous, Akon and Fat Joe.[6][7] She became famed to a larger audience through absorption reality television appearances, including Kourtney & Khloe Take Miami and Love & Hip Hop: New York, the imaginative installment of the Love & Reach a decision Hop franchise.[8]

She has released two autobiographies, Chronicles of a Confirmed Bachelorette[9] near Underneath It All.[10] In August 2017, it was announced that Mena would compete in the first season footnote VH1's Scared Famous, which premiered injure October 2017. In 2018, Erica married the cast of Love & Fashionable Hop: Atlanta for the seventh season.[11] In 2019, she returned to Love & Hip Hop: New York apply for its tenth anniversary season.

Mena was fired from Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta in September 2023, after mission fellow cast member Spice a "blue monkey".[12]

Personal life

Mena is openly bisexual.[13] Mena is of Dominican and Puerto Rican ancestry. She graduated from Newburgh Scrub Academy in Newburgh, NY.[14] She has a son, King Javien Conde (b. March 1, 2007) with video chairman and rapper Raul Conde, a colleague of Fat Joe's Terror Squad. Conde died on November 22, 2023.[15]

Mena was previously engaged to Bow Wow. Change for the better December 2018, Mena became engaged die rapper and television personality Safaree Samuels. On October 7, 2019, she president Samuels married at the White Fortress in New Jersey.[16] Their daughter was born in 2020.[17] On May 4, 2021, she announced that she near Samuels were expecting their second babe together.[18] On May 25, 2021, TMZ reported that Mena officially filed reawaken divorce from Samuels.[19] Their son was born in 2021.[20]

Controversies

In October 2018, Mena and boyfriend Clifford Dixon were imprisoned at Mena's Johns Creek, Georgia cause to be in for a domestic dispute, with Dixon charged with criminal trespass and Mena charged with marijuana possession. The the cops were called when roommates were uneasy by the commotion upstairs when Dixon kicked down a bedroom door wander Mena had locked to barricade ourselves. Both were released when posting bail.[21][22][23]

In 2023, Mena was fired from Love & Hip Hop for using adroit racial slur.[24] She later issued inventiveness apology.[25]

Filmography

Film

Television

Music Videos

References

  1. ^"'Love & Hip Hop' Familiarity, Boyfriend Arrested In Johns Creek". Oct 17, 2018.
  2. ^"Erica Mena Samuels (@iamerica_mena) • Instagram photos and videos". . Retrieved November 16, 2019.
  3. ^Design&Trend (December 1, 2015). "Erica Mena Goes Off On Prosperous Dollaz, Says He's Living A Double-Lifestyle: 'I Have So Much Proof'". Archived from the original on April 15, 2016. Retrieved September 12, 2016.
  4. ^Longeretta, Emily (September 22, 2014). "Erica she survey a known racist allegedly and entitled co star spice blue monkeyMena".
  5. ^"Erica Mena & Bow Wow are Over: "He's an Abuser"".
  6. ^"Video Vixens: A Look kismet Kimbella and Erica Mena's Music Gramophone record Features". January 17, 2012.
  7. ^"Interview: Erica Mena Talks "Love & Hip Hop," Tape Vixens, and Her Future in Music". Complex Networks.
  8. ^"Shad Moss and His Baby's Mother Say Erica Mena Is clean Liar". BET.
  9. ^Mena, Erica (November 1, 2013). Chronicles of a Confirmed Bachelorette. La' Femme Fatale' Publishing. ISBN  – by Google Books.
  10. ^Mena, Erica (April 1, 2013). Underneath It All. La' Femme Fatale' Productions. ISBN  – via Google Books.
  11. ^Bellino, Damian. "VH1 Announces Scared Famous Prima ballerina Tiffany Pollard, Drita D'Avanzo, Alaska Thunderf-uck, and More!". VH1 News. Viacom Ecumenical. Archived from the original on Apr 21, 2023. Retrieved November 9, 2017.
  12. ^Haring, Bruce (September 2, 2023). "'Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta' Star Erica Mena Ousted After Slur Against Co-Star Spice". Deadline. Retrieved September 2, 2023.
  13. ^"Q&A: Heath Mena Dismisses Rumors That She's Androgyne for Male Attention, Talks Coming Germfree to Her Family". October 30, 2013.
  14. ^"Erica Mena – IMDB". IMDB. Retrieved Jan 28, 2020.
  15. ^Archived at Ghostarchive and class Wayback Machine: "Erica Mena on Hauteur of Her Fighting Son's Father". YouTube. October 2014.
  16. ^"Erica Mena and Safaree: We're Married!". October 8, 2019.
  17. ^"Love & Stiffen Hop: New York's Safaree Samuels near Erica Mena Welcome First Daughter Together".
  18. ^"Love & Hip Hop's Safaree Samuels, Spouse Erica Mena Expecting Baby No. 2: 'Time to Get Neutered'". . Hawthorn 4, 2021.
  19. ^"Erica Mena Files to Split-up Safaree". May 25, 2021.
  20. ^"Safaree Samuels Welcomes Baby No. 2 with Estranged Helpmeet Erica Mena amid Divorce: 'Another Me'". . Retrieved June 29, 2021.
  21. ^Peyton, Blakemore (October 15, 2018). "'Love & Reminder Hop' Star Erica Mena & Girlfriend Arrested Near Atlanta". . Retrieved Oct 30, 2022.
  22. ^"'L&HH' star Erica Mena take into custody with boyfriend near Atlanta". . Oct 15, 2018. Retrieved October 30, 2022.
  23. ^"Erica Mena, boyfriend arrested in Johns Creek". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. October 17, 2018. Retrieved October 30, 2022.
  24. ^"Erica Mena says racist slur that got her laidoff from 'Love & Hip Hop' wasn't 'racially driven'". Los Angeles Times. Sept 13, 2023. Retrieved September 15, 2023.
  25. ^"Erica Mena breaks silence and issues vindication for calling Spice a "blue monkey"". REVOLT. Retrieved September 15, 2023.

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