Yandy Smith Net Worth
Yandy Smith is an American music producer and reality TV star. Her net worth is $12 million. She began her career as an Executive Assistant at Violator Management. She later gained national fame as one of the most popular cast members on the VH1 reality show “Love & Hip Hop.”
Early Life and Career
Yandy Smith was born in Harlem, New York on March 19, 1982. She graduated from Howard University in 2004.
She began her career as an Executive Assistant at Violator Management. She worked with artists like Missy Elliott, 50 Cent, and LL Cool J. In 2005, just a year after graduation, she met rapper Jim Jones on a private jet chartered by Russell Simmons. Yandy then left Violator Management to become Jim Jones’ full-time manager.
Personal Life of Yandy Smith
Yandy Smith has two kids with Mendeecees Harris. Their son, Omare, was born on July 16, 2012. Their daughter, Skylar, was born on January 26, 2015. Yandy and Mendeecees got married on May 25, 2015.
Yandy also took care of a girl named Infinity Gilyard. Later, she adopted Infinity and made her part of the family.
Mendeecees has two more kids with other women. He met his first baby mama, Samantha, when she was 19. They dated for three years and had a child. But they broke up because Mendeecees was not loyal to her.
Then he met another woman named Erika. She says they met in 2003, but Mendeecees says it was 2009. Things got messy because Erika had a baby with him while he was dating Yandy. She even worked as the nanny for his kids.
Yandy doesn’t get along with Samantha and Erika. They had big arguments about who should take care of Mendeecees’ older kids, Mendeecees Jr. and Aasim.
In January 2013, the police arrested Mendeecees. They said he did something very bad, but he said he didn’t do it. He was also in trouble for selling drugs. The police said he helped sell a lot of drugs between 2005 and 2012.
Yandy stood by Mendeecees and said he was innocent. She even spoke out against people who wrote bad things about him. In 2016, the court sent Mendeecees to prison for 8 to 10 years. He got out in January 2020.
On July 14, 2020, the police arrested Yandy because she was part of a protest. She was standing up for Breonna Taylor, a woman who was sadly killed by police when they went to the wrong house. The person they were looking for was already in jail, and Breonna didn’t do anything wrong. By the end of July 2020, the police who hurt her had not been punished.
In July 2020, Yandy wrote a sweet message for her son Omare’s 8th birthday. She said he was kind, funny, and very special. She told him how proud she was of him for being strong and loving.
Later that month, Yandy shared a video where she talked about having scary dreams. In one dream, she thought people were trying to break into her house to hurt her and her kids. But in the dream, they realized they had the wrong house. Yandy said she was feeling really worried and scared because of all the sad things happening in the world.
Professional Career: Love & Hip Hop
In 2006, VH1 talked to Jim Jones about making a reality show about his life. They made a short 11-minute video called Keeping Up with the Joneses. But VH1 didn’t think it was good enough to make it into a full show.
Yandy Smith had an idea. She talked to her mentor, Mona Scott-Young, who worked at Violator Management. Mona changed the idea and added Jim’s girlfriend, Chrissy, and her friends. This new idea became the show Love & Hip Hop. Yandy first showed up on the show in season one for a short, uncredited appearance when Jim proposed to Chrissy.
In season two, Yandy became part of the main cast of Love & Hip Hop: New York. Her story was about the problems she had while working as Jim Jones’ manager. Yandy and Jim had a big fight, and she also got into an argument with Chrissy at a nightclub in Miami. After that, Jim and Chrissy stopped being friends with Yandy.
Later, Yandy worked as a consultant at Warner Music Group, Atlantic Records, and Columbia Records. Then, she teamed up with Mona Scott-Young again, and they started a company called Monami Entertainment. Yandy works there as a talent agent. In 2008, Billboard named her one of the “Top 30 Executives Under 30.”
Yandy also helps run a lifestyle brand called Everything Girls Love. She is part-owner, the President, and the Brand Manager.
Yandy has been on other TV shows too. She appeared on Love & Hip Hop Atlanta: After Party Live! and the spin-off Remy & Papoose: Meet the Mackies.
