Safaree Lloyd Samuels (born July 4, 1981) is an American rapper, songwriter, businessman, and television presenter. Samuels started his musical career in the group the Hoodstars in the early 2000s alongside a then-unknown fellow Afro-Caribbean rapper Nicki Minaj. Samuels is also known as a solo artist. In 2016, he joined the cast of the VH1 reality show, Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood. In 2017, he moved back to his hometown of New York City and joined the Love & Hip Hop: New York cast.