{"id":280859,"date":"2019-10-01T11:45:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-01T17:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1078663"},"modified":"2019-10-01T11:45:00","modified_gmt":"2019-10-01T17:45:00","slug":"watch-love-hip-hops-erica-mena-and-safaree-samuels-announce-theyre-expecting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/music-news\/watch-love-hip-hops-erica-mena-and-safaree-samuels-announce-theyre-expecting\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Love &amp; Hip Hop&#8217;s Erica Mena and Safaree Samuels Announce They&#8217;re Expecting"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"photo-txt-0\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"40\">\n<div class=\"column post-content__image--left post-content__image\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image--full\" src=\"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/201991\/rs_634x1024-191001094625-634-erica-mena-mv2-10119.jpg?fit=inside|900:auto&amp;output-quality=90\" title=\"Erica Mena, Safaree \" alt=\"Erica Mena, Safaree \"><\/p>\n<p class=\"image__credits\">JOSE GUERRA<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-photo-text\" readability=\"20\">\n<p>Word on the street is the <em>Love &amp; Hip Hop<\/em> family is expanding.<\/p>\n<p>Just days after reports circulated that <strong>Erica Mena<\/strong> could be pregnant with her and <strong>Safaree Samuels&#8217;<\/strong> first child, E! News can confirm that the couple is in fact expecting.<\/p>\n<p>In exclusive video obtained by E! News, the Hollywood duo participates in a pregnancy reveal inspired by <em>Bonnie and Clyde<\/em>. And spoiler alert: It&#8217;s nothing short of fabulous!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&#8220;Wow, wow, it&#8217;s a big deal! Very big deal. I didn&#8217;t know I was capable of doing this,&#8221; Safaree shared while rubbing his leading lady&#8217;s belly. &#8220;I&#8217;m excited!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He added, &#8220;I&#8217;m nervous. I&#8217;m in shock. I&#8217;m in disbelief. It&#8217;s very surreal to me. I don&#8217;t know what to do but I know I&#8217;m going to be great at what I do because I&#8217;m great at everything.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-2\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"57.5\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"5\">\n<p>While the pair has been open to documenting their own personal and professional life on <em>Love and Hip Hop: New York<\/em>, both Erica and Safaree have already thought about how much they will share in terms of their children.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-4\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"63.474381625442\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"18.697879858657\">\n<p>In fact, Erica wonders how she is going to &#8220;protect our kid from the craziness.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Safaree, however, appears to be a bit more open to sharing his baby with the world. &#8220;We&#8217;re going to be selective but at the same time, this baby will come out of the womb working,&#8221; he joked. &#8220;I was working very early.&nbsp; I&#8217;m about to pull a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/dj_khaled\">DJ Khaled<\/a><\/strong>. As soon as this baby comes out, we are working.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Until then, this pair is all about celebrating their latest milestone together.<\/p>\n<p>And yes, Safaree is already making it clear that he won&#8217;t be seeing everything once the due date arrives.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"photo-txt-5\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"36\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-photo-text\" readability=\"12\">\n<p>&#8220;When my sister gave birth to my first niece, I was in the room\u2026I just woke up and the baby was there,&#8221; he shared. &#8220;I don&#8217;t plan on looking. I&#8217;ll be looking at her and being her rock and her support.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Erica shared, &#8220;It will be quite the interesting birth to say the least.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to the couple on their big news! And mark your calendars: VH1&#8217;s <em>Love &amp; Hip Hop: New York<\/em> returns later this fall.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tune-in-6\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"33\">\n<p class=\"tune-in__text\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\">Don&#8217;t miss <em>E! News<\/em> every weeknight at 7, only on E!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1078663\/watch-love-hip-hop-s-erica-mena-and-safaree-samuels-announce-they-re-expecting?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&#038;utm_source=eonline&#038;utm_medium=rssfeeds&#038;utm_campaign=rss_topstories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: E! Online<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JOSE GUERRA Word on the street is the Love &amp; Hip Hop family is expanding. Just days after reports circulated that Erica Mena could be pregnant with her and Safaree Samuels&#8217; first child, E! News can confirm that the couple is in fact expecting. In exclusive video obtained by E! 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