Love & Hip Hop’s Safaree and Erica Mena welcome baby girl

‘Love & Hip Hop: New York’ stars Safaree Samuels and his wife, Erica Mena Samuels, have welcomed their first child together.


Jamaican born Safaree posted on his official Instagram account a photo of his newborn daughter holding his finger.

He both shared the news and got in on a tribute to the late Kobe Bryant, who is being honoured on social media with the hashtag #girldad.

“These past 24 hrs have been an adventure to say the least!! I’m a part of the #girldad club now,” Samuels wrote in the caption of his photo. “Perfection is here [heart emoji] #safaree.”

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His wife shared a photo of him holding their daughter. “Just here staring at my husband as he obsesses over our daughter [heart and rose emoji],” Mena Samuels wrote in her caption. “I thank God. I prayed for this life.”

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The pair met in 2016 when they both appeared on the VH1 reality series “Scared Famous.” They married last October after announcing they were expecting.

Mena Samuels has a son, King, from a previous relationship while Safaree is most notably known for being a long time boyfriend of rapper Nicki Minaj.

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