The American music producer and reality TV star, Yandy Smith, is known as a member of Love and Hip Hop since March 2011. Yandy, whose real name is Yandielle Unique Smith, has worked with several music icons, including 50 Cent, Missy Elliot, and LL Cool J.
As a producer, she is known for her work in the independent feature film, Life, Love, Soul (2012). She also served as an Executive Assistant at Violator Management and has worked with her clients like 50 Cent, Missy Elliot, and LL Cool J. She also was a full-time manager of rapper Jim Jones.
After leaving the Violator, she started working as a consultant with Warner Music Group/Atlantic Records. Later, she rejoined Mona Scott-Young, her former boss at Violator Management, and serves as a talent agent to this date. Yandy is also a President and Brand Manager of Everything Girls Love. Concerning her career, she was named Billboard Magazine's 'Top 30 Executives Under 30' in 2008.
She joined Love and Hip Hop in the second season in March 2011. She has starred in more than forty-one episodes of the series from where she has derived a substantial salary and earnings.
With the blazing appearance in TV reality shows and other endeavors as a music producer, Yandy Smith has garnered the net worth of $15 million.
Wedding Reception; Married For Over Four Years
Yandy Smith is married to Mendeecees Harris. They dated for a long years before they tied their nuptial knot in 2015. The couple officiated their wedding ceremony in the set of Love and Hip Hop. The lovely duo appeared in a well-suited wedding that cost the whopping price of $69,000.
Mendeecees' black and blue suit alone cost $1395, which totaled $2,500 with alterations and a little customization. The wedding reception included the wedding cake of $5,700 made by J’Adore Cakes & Cupcake Bar, Brooklyn.
Wedding cake during Yandy and Mendeecees' wedding (©: Instagram/Mendeecees)
Along with the stunning flowers of worth $90,000 around, Yandy and Mendeecees exchanged their wedding vows at Weylin B. Seymour, which charged the standard cost of $30,000. Yandy wore a $30,000 wedding ring, and Mendeecees flaunted of worth $12,000.
The total cost of the wedding dress was $18,400. While the maid and matron wore a $1,200 dress, bridesmaid appeared in $1,500 worth outfits. Similarly, the shoes cost $245 per pair, totaling at $3,430.
Mother Of Four Kids
She is a wife of Mendeecees Harris and a mother of Omare Harris, Omere Harris, Skylar Harris, and Skylar Smith-Harris. Among their four kids, their son, Omere Harris (born 16 July 2012), and daughter, Skylar Smith-Harris (born 26 January 2015), are their biological children.
Yandy Smith with her kids (©: Instagram/Yandy Smith)
Similarly, Omare Harris and Skylar Harris are their fostered kids.
Her Husband's Controversial Lifestyle
Yandy Smith attained the media attention as a wife of Mendeecees Harris, who is currently serving a 97-month jail charge. He was accused of being a part of three smugglers who trafficked cocaine and heroin of $2.5 million between 2005 and 2012.
Mendeecees was previously got arrested for allegedly molesting a 15-year-old girl in 2013. His charge could reach 20-years in jail if he was convicted of the crime.
Her Early Life, Family, And Siblings Details
The New York native reality star was born in 1982, and she celebrates her birthday on 21 March. She studied at Howard University in Washington, D.C, from where she graduated with a degree in business management. She revealed that the 90’s hit sitcom, ‘A Different World,' inspired her to get a college degree.
Her parents, Ralph and Laura, raised her along with her brother, Juelz Santana, in Harlem, New York, in the United States during her childhood. She keeps her family update far from the public attention despite the scarce flashes of quality time with her family on media.