Safaree Samuels

About

Safaree Lloyd Samuels (born July 4, 1981) is an American hype man and reality television actor. In the early 2000s, he was a hype man for the New York hip hop group Hoodstars, which included rapper Nicki Minaj. He later gained public attention for dating and being a hype man for Minaj until 2014. In 2016, he joined the cast of the VH1 reality show Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood, and then Love & Hip Hop: New York in 2017. He also joined Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta and Love & Hip Hop: Miami, making him the only Love & Hip Hop cast member to have appeared in all four shows. As a solo artist, he has released one studio album and five mixtapes.

Safaree Lloyd Samuels was born in Brooklyn on July 4, 1981, to immigrant Jamaican parents. He was raised in Canarsie, Brooklyn.

Samuels was as a hype man for the New York hip hop group Hoodstars, formed in the early 2000s by rapper Loustar, who recruited rappers Seven Up and Nicki Minaj. Samuels was a friend of Loustar from high school. All group members did not want Samuels in the group, but Loustar’s father, Bowlegged Lou from Full Force, recommended that they use a hype man, so Loustar decided to keep Samuels. He stated that…