Yandy Smith Net Worth

What is Yandy Smith's net worth?

Yandy Smith is an American music producer and reality television star who has a net worth of $4 million. Yandy Smith is a multifaceted entertainment manager, entrepreneur, and reality television personality. Yandy Smith began her career as an intern at Violator Management under Mona Scott-Young, working with artists like LL Cool J, 50 Cent, and Missy Elliott.

Smith gained national recognition through VH1's "Love & Hip Hop: New York," where she joined the main cast in its second season in 2011. Her personal and professional life, including her relationship with rapper Mendeecees Harris, became central to the show's narrative. Although the couple held a widely-viewed wedding ceremony in 2015, Smith later revealed the marriage was not legally binding at the time.

Outside of television, Smith is a successful entrepreneur. She co-founded Everything Girls Love, a lifestyle brand and magazine focused on empowering women, and in 2015, launched Yelle Skincare, an organic skincare line.

Early Life

Yandielle Unique Smith was born on March 19, 1982, in Harlem, New York. She graduated from Howard University in 2004.

Early Career

Yandy Smith began her professional career working in the entertainment industry as an Executive Assistant at Violator Management. Her clients included such high-profile musicians and entertainers as Missy Elliott, 50 Cent, and LL Cool J. In 2005, just a year after graduating from college, Yandy met rapper Jim Jones while on a private jet that Russell Simmons had chartered. She quit Violator Management to become Jones' full-time manager.

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Love & Hip Hop

In 2006, VH1 approached Jones about doing a reality show centered around him. An 11-minute trailer for the proposed show called "Keeping Up with the Joneses" was made, but VH1 was unconvinced. Yandy then approached Mona Scott-Young, her mentor from Violator Management, and Mona changed the concept to turn it into what became "Love & Hip Hop" by bringing in Jones' girlfriend Chrissy and her friends. Yandy first appeared on the reality show during the first season when Chrissy and Jim got engaged. It was an uncredited cameo.

Yandy Smith joined the main cast of "Love & Hip Hop: New York" in season two. Her main storyline involved the issues and problems she had while working as the manager of Jim Jones. During that season, her professional relationship with Jones implodes, and she gets into a fight with Chrissy at a nightclub in Miami. Jones and Chrissy ended their relationship with Yandy after that.

Yandy went on to work as a consultant at Warner Music Group, Atlantic Records, and Columbia. Then, she teamed up with her former Violator Management boss Mona Scott-Young to form Monami Entertainment. Yandy is a talent agent at the company. In 2008, Billboard named her one of the "Top 30 Executives Under 30."

Yandy is also involved with the lifestyle brand Everything Girls Love, where she is part-owner, President, and Brand Manager.

Yandy also appears in an episode of "Love & Hip Hop Atlanta: After Party Live!" as a guest star in the spin-off show "Remy & Papoose: Meet the Mackies" and in the specials "40 Greatest Love & Hip Hop Moments," "Dirty Little Secrets," "The Love Edition," "Love & Hip Hop Awards: Most Certified and 40 Greatest Love & Hip Hop Moments: The Reboot."

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Personal Life

Yandy Smith is married to real estate developer and music manager Mendeecees Harris. The couple shares two children: a son, Omare Harris (born July 16, 2012), and a daughter, Skylar Harris (born January 26, 2015). They were married on May 25, 2015, in a widely publicized ceremony that was later revealed to be symbolic and not legally binding at the time. In addition to her biological children, Yandy fostered a teenage girl named Infinity Gilyard, whom she later officially adopted.

Mendeecees Harris has two additional children from previous relationships. His relationships with the mothers of those children have been the subject of public attention, particularly due to custody disputes and conflicts that played out on reality television and social media. Yandy has spoken openly about the complexities of navigating a blended family and has had a publicly strained relationship with the other women involved.

In January 2013, Mendeecees was arrested and faced serious charges, including allegations of sexual misconduct and drug trafficking. He was later cleared of the misconduct allegations but was convicted on federal drug trafficking charges. In 2016, he was sentenced to eight to ten years in prison and was released in January 2020 after serving several years.

Yandy is also known for her activism. On July 14, 2020, she was arrested in Louisville, Kentucky, while protesting the death of Breonna Taylor outside the state attorney general's office. Taylor, an EMT, was killed during a botched police raid in March 2020. Yandy has remained vocal on issues of social justice and continues to use her platform to advocate for reform.

Real Estate

In June 2020, Yandy and Mendeecees paid $715,000 for a 7,000-square-foot home in Marietta, Georgia. Today this home is worth around $1 million.

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