The fifth season of the reality television series Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood aired on VH1 from July 23, 2018 until November 19, 2018. It was primarily filmed in Los Angeles, California. It is executively produced by Mona Scott-Young, Stephanie Gayle and Treiva Williams for Monami Entertainment, Toby Barraud, Stefan Springman, Dave Patry, David DiGangi, Rich Allen and Michael Lang for Eastern TV, and Nina L. Diaz, Liz Fine, Vivian Gomez and Jihoon Zun for VH1.
The series chronicles the lives of several women and men in the Los Angeles area, involved in hip hop music. It consists of 18 episodes, including a two-part reunion special hosted by Nina Parker.
Production
Season five of Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood began filming in February 2018.
On June 18, 2018, VH1 announced Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood would be returning for a fifth season on July 23, 2018, along with a teaser confirming Love & Hip Hop: Atlantas K. Michelle had joined the cast. Unlike her appearances on Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta and Love & Hip Hop: New York, K. is credited under her birth name, Kimberly. This season featured an entirely new opening credits sequence. Season five saw the promotion of A1 Bentley and Brooke Valentine to the main cast after previously appearing as supporting cast members. New cast members include video vixen Apple Watts, singer La'Britney, K. Michelle: My Lifes Paris Phillips, Grammy Award-nominated producer RoccStar, manager Shun Love, model Amber Diamond, bisexual rapper and drag performer JayWill and media personality Donatella. Although not included in the initial cast announcement, Apple's father John Watts would appear in a minor supporting role.
On July 3, VH1 released an extended teaser with the season's tagline "get the truth behind the headlines". The season's promotional videos would all follow a tabloid-themed aesthetic, with images of cast members paired with lurid headlines and set to Marvin Gaye's "I Heard It Through the Grapevine". On July 6, 2018, VH1 began releasing "meet the cast" interview promos featuring new cast members Apple Watts, La'Britney, Paris Phillips, RoccStar and Shun Love. On July 16, 2018, VH1 released a 5-minute super-trailer.
On August 30, 2018, it was announced that Princess and Ray J would star in their own special, Love & Hip Hop Hollywood: Ray J & Princess’ Labor of Love, which would air on September 24, 2018, and document the birth of their child.
Synopsis
Reception Despite continuing the franchise's overall ratings decline, the season's over-the-top storylines were well received by fans and critics, with Ziwe Fumudoh of Vulture giving the fifth and seventh episodes perfect scores. Writer Michael Arceneaux praised the season for providing a "ratchet good time" and "making Love & Hip Hop great again".
Cast
Starring
K. Michelle (12 episodes) Teairra Marí (15 episodes) Moniece Slaughter (15 episodes) Nikki Mudarris (13 episodes) Brooke Valentine (17 episodes) Lyrica Anderson (14 episodes) A1 Bentley (14 episodes) Princess Love (10 episodes) Ray J (11 episodes)
Also starring
Bridget Kelly (13 episodes) Solo Lucci (9 episodes) Apple Watts (14 episodes) A.D. Diggs (5 episodes) Paris Phillips (16 episodes) Marcus Black (15 episodes) Donatella (6 episodes) Lil' Fizz (4 episodes) RoccStar (12 episodes) Pam Bentley (8 episodes) Lyrica Garrett (10 episodes) La'Britney (12 episodes) JayWill (8 episodes) Amber Diamond (8 episodes) Shun Love (11 episodes) Misster Ray (6 episodes) John Watts (6 episodes)
Safaree Samuels and Daniel "Booby" Gibson return in guest roles, while Stassia Thomas, Loyd Bentley, Akbar Abdul-Ahad, Patrice Bentley, Sade Abdul-Ahad and Alejandra Perez appear as guest stars in several episodes. The show also features minor appearances from notable figures within the hip hop industry and Hollywood's social scene, including Sonja Norwood, Brandy Norwood, Willie Norwood, Tiffany Campbell, Lisa Bloom, Lady Leshurr, Love & Hip Hop: Miamis Amara La Negra and Kash Doll.
Episodes
Webisodes
Check Yourself Love & Hip Hop Hollywood: Check Yourself, which features the cast's reactions to each episode, was released weekly with every episode on digital platforms.
Episode Title Featured cast members Ref 1 "Who Beats Up on a Pregnant Person?" Solo Lucci, Paris, Donatella, A1, Moniece 2 "Laughing's Not the Answer" Paris, Brooke, A1, Marcus 3 "Mama Drama" A1, Marcus, Donatella, Solo Lucci, Brooke 4 "Solo Lucci's Nasty Party & Brooke's Biopsy Results" Donatella, Paris, A1, Marcus, Solo Lucci, Brooke 5 "Marcus’s Fuckboy Tendencies & Teairra Mari’s Boyfriend’s Wife" Marcus, Donatella, Brooke, Solo Lucci 6 "RoccStar Gets Paid & Paris Gets the Dirt" Solo Lucci, Brooke, Marcus, RoccStar 7 "A Shotgun Wedding & Teairra's Love Square" Brooke, Donatella, Marcus, Solo Lucci 8 "A1 Jumps Safaree & Misster Ray Wants Kandie" Brooke, Donatella, Solo Lucci 9 "Akbar Shoots His Shot & JayWill Gets Shady" Paris, Moniece, Bridget, Brooke, La'Britney 10 "Hollywood Takes London" Bridget, Brooke, Paris, La'Britney, Moniece 11 "Fools in London & Brawls on the Beach" Moniece, Paris, La'Britney, Bridget, Brooke 12 "Kimberly Brings the Literal Receipts" Solo Lucci, Donatella, Misster Ray, Bridget, Brooke 13 "A1 Faces Mama Drama & Nikki's Not Having It with Solo Lucci" Brooke, Donatella, Solo Lucci, Misster Ray, Bridget 14 "Teairra Mari & Akbar's Messy Drama Continues" Misster Ray, Bridget, Brooke, Donatella, Solo Lucci 15 "Brooke Goes Catfishing" Bridget, Brooke, Donatella, Misster Ray, La'Britney 16 "The Circus Animal Jig" Bridget, Brooke, Donatella, Misster Ray, La'Britney
Bonus scenes Deleted scenes from the season's episodes were released weekly as bonus content on VH1's official website.
Episode Title Featured cast members Ref 1 "Paris The Plus-One" K. Michelle, Moniece, Bridget "Solo Lucci's Tribute to Nikki" Solo Lucci, Teairra, Nikki 2 "Brooke Needs Advice" Brooke, Princess, Lyrica "Princess Keeps It Real On the Red Carpet" Princess, Paris, Donatella 3 "Marcus' Girlfriend Has Questions About Brooke" Marcus, Stassia "A1 Gets Salty" A1, Ray J, Fizz, RoccStar 4 "When Lucifer Comes To Moniece's Doorstep" Moniece, A.D., Misster Ray "No More Ear Rubs for Brooke" Brooke, Bridget 5 "Tiny House Party" Marcus, A1, Loyd, Solo Lucci "Loyd Calls Out A1 For Acting Hollywood" Marcus, A1, Loyd, Solo Lucci 6 "Kimberly and Moniece's Petty Party" K. Michelle, Moniece "Roccstar and Amber Diamond's First Impressions" Roccstar, La'Britney, Amber 7 "Akbar Thinks About His Future With Teairra" Akbar, Alejandra "Marcus' Probation Is Lifted" Marcus 8 "I Love Lucci" Solo Lucci, Brooke, Marcus "La'Britney Dishes On Her Drama With Lyrica" La'Britney, Paris, Nikki 9 "Teairra Mari Fights for Justice" Teairra "Roccstar Butters Up Bridget" Roccstar, Bridget, Donatella 10 "La'Britney and Moniece Squash Their Beef" La'Britney, Moniece "Moniece and La'Britney Talk Motherhood" Moniece, La'Britney, Teairra 11 "Pam Wants the Last Word" Lyrica Garrett, Pam "Apple Works on Her Relationship with Her Father" Apple, John 12 "Brooke Spills the Tea to Moniece" Brooke, Moniece "Paris' Wild Night Out" Brooke, Teairra, Moniece, La'Britney, Bridget, Paris 13 "Fizz Dumps Tiffany" Fizz, Tiffany "Fizz Gets Back in the Game" Fizz 14 "Teairra Mari's Savage Advice" Teairra, Donatella "A.D. Offers Tiffany an Apology" A.D., Tiffany 15 "Loyd and Patrice Share Their Concerns with Pam" Pam, Loyd, Patrice "Apple Wants to Know the Truth" Apple, John 16 "JayWill's Special Surprise" JayWill, Misster Ray, Kimberly, Moniece "Kandie and Misster Ray Make a Splash" JayWill, Misster Ray, Moniece
Music
Several cast members had their music featured on the show and released singles to coincide with the airing of the episodes.
+ List of songs performed and/or featured in Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood season five Title Performer Album Episode(s) Notes Ref God, Love, Sex and Drugs K. Michelle Kimberly: The People I Used to Know 1 performed onstage Skrr Skrr Solo Lucci single 1 performed onstage Rent Lyrica Anderson single 2 performed onstage West Side Up RoccStar single 3 played in studio session Special Delivery Bridget Kelly Cut to... Bridget Kelly 3 performed onstage Baecation Teairra Marí single 4 performed in music video shoot One in a Million Apple Watts single 5 performed in onstage Booty Drop La'Britney single 5 performed in onstage Come & Go Jay Will single 5 performed in onstage Mac Down A1 single 6 performed in music video shoot Drive By Amber Diamond single 6 performed in studio session Change Brooke Valentine single 15 performed onstage December Love Lyrica Garrett single 16 performed onstage Save Me K. Michelle single 18 performed onstage
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