Tommie Lee

**Atasha Chizaah Jefferson** (born June 19, 1984), known professionally as **Tommie Lee**, is an American rapper, television personality and social media influencer. She is the best known as the VH1 reality series _Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta._ She also appeared on multiple season, as a main cast member of _Baddies_ franchise.

## Early life

Lee was born June 19, 1984 on Newark, New Jersey, to her mother Samantha, She has multiple siblings, including two brothers Reggie, Duby and two sisters Versace and Rajaysha. Her family moved to Atlanta, Georgia during her teenage years. Her stepfather struggled with substance abuse.

## Career

Lee appeared on the VH1 reality series _Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta_ during season 5 as supporting cast. She was elevated as a main cast of season 6 and 7 of the series until her sebsequent departure. In August 2019, Lee announced that she is not returning to _Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta_, stating that she left the series due to personal reasons and describing her experience on the show as “misery and depression”. In 2022, Lee appeared as a judge during the casting special for the third season of the Zeus Network reality television series _Baddies_ and joined as the main cast.

## Personal life

Lee has two daughters named Havalli and Samaria, one of her daughter was born in prison. Lee struggles with alcoholism and became as a drug addicted.

### Legal Issues

Lee has been involved in multiple legal throughout her life. In August 2016, during filming for _Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta,_ fellow cast member Joseline Hernandez. Lee attempted to strike her with a vehicle and made verbal threats while Joseline started walking in Atlanta, Georgia. During the reunion of the series “fifth season” Lee stated on camera that she had attempted to hit Hernandez with her car, but later denied the allegation on the interview. In September 2016, Lee spend several days in jail after allegedly making threats in violation of the restraining order.

On October 18, 2018, Lee was arrested again within 24 hours and charged with aggravated stalking and obstruction of justice following an incident involving one of her daughters, in which she reportedly shoved her daughter’s head into a metal lock and dragged her by the hair. Lee stated that she went to her daughter’s school after saying that her daughter is unsafe behavior and using marijuana edibles to other students. She pleaded guilty to one count of first-degree cruelty to children, three counts of simple battery, family violence and one count of disrupting public school. Lee was sentenced to 10 years, her probation conditions included 11:00 p.m. a $1,000 fine, random drug and alcohol testing, no violent contact with her children.

Lee has also faced DUI and probation violations, as other arrests for battery and disorderly conduct, including a 2023 arrest in Miami, Florida, for cocaine possession and disorderly conduct.

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Tommie Lee
- **birth name**: Atasha Chizaah Jefferson
- **birth date**: June 19, 1984 (age 41)
- **birth place**: Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
- **occupation**: Television personality, rapper, actress
- **years active**: 2015-present
- **television**: Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta
- **children**: 2