The sixth season of VH1's "Love and Hip Hop New York" will mark the reality TV debut of Remy Ma, the female rapper formerly of the Bronx-based hip hop group Terror Squad. In a new extended clip featuring the first seven minutes of tonight's season premiere, Remy Ma returns to the stage after serving six years in prison, and original cast members Yandy Smith-Harris and her husband Mendeecees Harris also make their return.
Remy Ma takes the stage at the music venue Stage 48 in the Manhattan neighborhood of Hell's Kitchen in the dramatic opening scene of the season premiere. Remy Ma performs her 2006 hit song "Whuteva," and an enthusiastic crowd sings the lyrics to the chorus back to her in a warm welcome.
"Life doesn't always give you second chances," Remy Ma says in her on-camera interview. "But this right here, this is mine."
She explains that she was locked away after getting into a physical altercation with someone who she thought was a friend and she served six years, four months and five days on "intentional assault" charges.
"But now I'm free," Remy Ma says. "Free to take back my life, my career, free to take back my spot on top where Remy Ma belongs."
Remy Ma's friend Rah Ali hopes to party and celebrate with her pal after her performance, but Remy Ma's husband and rapper Papoose whisks her away so that she doesn't violate her parole, which includes a strict curfew.
"My whole world fell apart when Remy went away, now I'm beyond blessed to have my wife back in my life," Papoose says in his on-camera interview. "The last thing I want is for Remy to be at the wrong place at the wrong time. One false move could land her back in prison and I can't afford to lose her again."
Meanwhile, Smith-Harris and Harris are going through legal issues of their own. Harris pleaded guilty to drug trafficking charges in April. He has since been sentenced to eight years in prison, as previously reported by HNGN.
While he's awaiting sentencing, Smith-Harris wants to move forward with their lives and upgrade to her dream home to accommodate their growing family. But Harris doesn't want to make any big moves just yet.
"I can't live like that, picturing me leaving you with a whole bunch of responsibilities and just have you be a single woman struggling or trying to figure things out by yourself," Harris tells his wife.
Watch the first seven minutes below and be sure to catch the full season premiere of "Love and Hip Hop: New York," airing Monday Dec. 14 at 8 p.m. on VH1.
