Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Lil Scrappy tells Ray Daniels what really happens behind the scenes on Love & Hip Hop, why the show is ending, and how Head Bussa and No Problem got made. T-Mac and Silk sit in.
Scrappy says the show ending is not a cancellation, it ran its course. He credits Mona Scott-Young for pulling him in when rap was fading on him, and says Yandy Smith and Jim Jones really built it. Ray tells his own version - an agent asking him 16 years ago to sign rappers' girlfriends, and Shy Low being the first name he thought of.
Then the part nobody says out loud. Producers pull you and her into separate corners, remind you what you said two weeks ago, put drinks on the table and roll. Scrappy says he and Stevie J are why the men got real airtime and real checks, back when Stevie J and Joseline were the only ones paid big. He breaks down his four-wheeler crash and says why he put his daughter's mom on first, then brought Bam over from Basketball Wives.
He gets personal too: his mom and the asthma attack with Erica, Benzino choosing love, the Diamond picture and why he owns it like Mike Tyson, whether he would take Bam back, and the three baby mamas, ex-wife and mama any woman has to deal with.
Last stretch is Atlanta history. Crime Mob on his Mount Rushmore with Outkast, Lil Jon and the East Side Boyz and Trillville. Knuck If You Buck, Lil Jay's beats, Princess writing, and why he handed Crime Mob their publishing back. StayFresh, Don P, Vince Phillips, Orlando McGee, the Aquarium fight, Joe Bean, Stankonia, Toys R Us and Costco, then Nelly, Ludacris and Chingy in St. Louis. Ends with Jock, Boyz for Life and Bow Wow.
CHAPTERS
0:00 Lil Scrappy Pulls Up on The Raydar Report
3:23 Love & Hip Hop Is Ending: Scrappy Reacts
4:56 Mona Scott-Young Came and Got Him
6:36 Yandy Smith and Jim Jones Really Built the Show
9:00 His Mom, the Asthma Attack and Erica
10:37 Benzino, The Source and Choosing Love
12:10 Ray on Having Two Women for 10 Years
14:32 Why He Put His Baby Mama and Then Bam On TV
17:01 Producers Want Disturbing TV: The Donnie Brasco Rule
19:21 Prince of Crunk to Love & Hip Hop and Fame as a Drug
21:39 No Pride About Family: I'll DoorDash for My Kids
24:51 Is Scrappy Single? Dating and the Woman From Europe
27:16 The Woman You Want at 21 vs Who You Need at 40
29:37 I'm Content With My Life: The Line That Works
32:47 Would Scrappy Take Bam Back?
34:25 Three Baby Mamas, an Ex-Wife and Mama: Deal With It
36:49 Ice Cube, Players Club and the Four-Wheeler Crash
38:25 What You Film vs What You See on TV
43:19 How Scrappy and Stevie J Made Reality TV Work for Men
48:53 The Diamond Picture: Own It Like Mike Tyson
54:27 Did Crime Mob Break Up Over a Michael Jackson Rumor?
56:43 Knuck If You Buck: Lil Jay's Beats, Princess Writing
58:59 Why Scrappy Gave Crime Mob Their Publishing Back
1:00:36 StayFresh, Trillville and Head Bussa Sitting Out Two Years
1:03:54 Vince Phillips Signs Him After the Aquarium Fight
1:06:23 Redoing Head Bussa at Stankonia, Usher and TLC at Costco
1:08:44 Carrying Bags to Get On the Road With Lil Jon
1:11:14 How No Problem Got Made
1:13:34 Jock, Boyz for Life and Bow Wow Bringing Him Out
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Lil Scrappy tells Ray Daniels what really happens behind the scenes on Love & Hip Hop, why the show is ending, and how Head Bussa and No Problem got made. T-Mac and Silk sit in.
Scrappy says the show ending is not a cancellation, it ran its course. He credits Mona Scott-Young for pulling him in when rap was fading on him, and says Yandy Smith and Jim Jones really built it. Ray tells his own version - an agent asking him 16 years ago to sign rappers' girlfriends, and Shy Low being the first name he thought of.
Then the part nobody says out loud. Producers pull you and her into separate corners, remind you what you said two weeks ago, put drinks on the table and roll. Scrappy says he and Stevie J are why the men got real airtime and real checks, back when Stevie J and Joseline were the only ones paid big. He breaks down his four-wheeler crash and says why he put his daughter's mom on first, then brought Bam over from Basketball Wives.
He gets personal too: his mom and the asthma attack with Erica, Benzino choosing love, the Diamond picture and why he owns it like Mike Tyson, whether he would take Bam back, and the three baby mamas, ex-wife and mama any woman has to deal with.
Last stretch is Atlanta history. Crime Mob on his Mount Rushmore with Outkast, Lil Jon and the East Side Boyz and Trillville. Knuck If You Buck, Lil Jay's beats, Princess writing, and why he handed Crime Mob their publishing back. StayFresh, Don P, Vince Phillips, Orlando McGee, the Aquarium fight, Joe Bean, Stankonia, Toys R Us and Costco, then Nelly, Ludacris and Chingy in St. Louis. Ends with Jock, Boyz for Life and Bow Wow.
CHAPTERS
0:00 Lil Scrappy Pulls Up on The Raydar Report
3:23 Love & Hip Hop Is Ending: Scrappy Reacts
4:56 Mona Scott-Young Came and Got Him
6:36 Yandy Smith and Jim Jones Really Built the Show
9:00 His Mom, the Asthma Attack and Erica
10:37 Benzino, The Source and Choosing Love
12:10 Ray on Having Two Women for 10 Years
14:32 Why He Put His Baby Mama and Then Bam On TV
17:01 Producers Want Disturbing TV: The Donnie Brasco Rule
19:21 Prince of Crunk to Love & Hip Hop and Fame as a Drug
21:39 No Pride About Family: I'll DoorDash for My Kids
24:51 Is Scrappy Single? Dating and the Woman From Europe
27:16 The Woman You Want at 21 vs Who You Need at 40
29:37 I'm Content With My Life: The Line That Works
32:47 Would Scrappy Take Bam Back?
34:25 Three Baby Mamas, an Ex-Wife and Mama: Deal With It
36:49 Ice Cube, Players Club and the Four-Wheeler Crash
38:25 What You Film vs What You See on TV
43:19 How Scrappy and Stevie J Made Reality TV Work for Men
48:53 The Diamond Picture: Own It Like Mike Tyson
54:27 Did Crime Mob Break Up Over a Michael Jackson Rumor?
56:43 Knuck If You Buck: Lil Jay's Beats, Princess Writing
58:59 Why Scrappy Gave Crime Mob Their Publishing Back
1:00:36 StayFresh, Trillville and Head Bussa Sitting Out Two Years
1:03:54 Vince Phillips Signs Him After the Aquarium Fight
1:06:23 Redoing Head Bussa at Stankonia, Usher and TLC at Costco
1:08:44 Carrying Bags to Get On the Road With Lil Jon
1:11:14 How No Problem Got Made
1:13:34 Jock, Boyz for Life and Bow Wow Bringing Him Out
The Raydar Report is Ray Daniels' weekly breakdown of the music business, hip-hop culture and Atlanta - hosted by a 20-year music executive, not a journalist. New episodes every week.
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