Erica Mena

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Erica Mena
File:Erica Mena on Pure DOPE.jpg
Mena in 2015
Born Erica Jasmin Mena[1]
(1987-11-08) November 8, 1987 (age 36)
Newburgh, New York, U.S.
Other names Erica Mena Samuels[2]
Occupation Television personality, model, socialite
Years active 2005–present
Spouse(s) Safaree Samuels (m. 2019; div. 2022)
Children 3
Musical career
Genres Dance-pop
Associated acts Safaree Samuels

Erica Jasmin Mena (born November 8, 1987) is an American actress, model, television personality, and video vixen. She is best known 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 various hip hop music videos, for artists such as Chris Brown, Fabolous, Akon and Fat Joe.[6][7] She became known to a larger audience through her reality television appearances, including Kourtney & Khloe Take Miami and Love & Hip Hop: New York, the original installment of the Love & Hip Hop franchise.[8]

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

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

Personal life

Mena is openly bisexual.[13] Mena is of Puerto Rican and Dominican ancestry. She graduated from Newburgh Free Academy in Newburgh, NY.[14] She has a son, King Javien Conde (born March 1, 2007) with video director and rapper Raul Conde, a member of Fat Joe's Terror Squad.[15]

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

Legal issues

In October 2018, Mena and boyfriend Clifford Dixon were arrested at Mena's Johns Creek, Georgia residence for a domestic dispute, with Dixon charged with criminal trespass and Mena charged with marijuana possession. The police were called when roommates were disturbed by the commotion upstairs when Dixon kicked down a bedroom door that Mena had locked to barricade herself. Both were released when posting bail.[21][22][23]

Filmography

Television

Year Title Role Note
2009–2010 Kourtney & Khloe Take Miami Herself Dash Employee
2011–2015, 2019–2020 Love & Hip Hop: New York Supporting Cast (Season 2)
Main Cast (Seasons 3–5, 10)
2013 The Show with Vinny Guest
The Trisha Goddard Show
Black Ink Crew: New York
2014 106 & Park
CSI: Cyber Brody's Girl
2016–2017 Bad Girls Club Herself Reunion Co-Host
2017 Wild 'n Out Guest Star
Master of None Nikki Episode: "Thanksgiving"
Scared Famous Contestant
2018, 2020–2023 Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta Herself Main Cast (Season 7, 10-11)
Supporting Cast (Season 9)
2021 Love & Hip Hop: Secrets Unlocked
Sacrifice Bella
2022 The Stepmother Zoey Tubi streaming movie
2022 HUSH Gina ALLBLK streaming Series
2022 The Stepmother 2 Zoey Tubi streaming movie
2023 The Assistant Dr. Raven Fields Tubi streaming movie
2023 The Stepmother 3 Zoey Tubi streaming movie
2023 Picture Me Dead Kristen Tubi streaming movie

References

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