Kimbella

* Season 10
* Season 9
* Season 7
* Season 2

**Kimbella** is a main cast member on season two of *Love & Hip Hop: New York*. She returned to the show for several guest roles throughout before returning as a starring member in the seventh season. She was also a starring cast member in the ninth and tenth season.

Initially appearing as the main antagonist for the second season getting into violent altercations with Chrissy and Erica Mena. She was the best friend of Yandy, who she's had a storied relationship with. She also had a feud with Emily, due to her previous relations with Fab. Vanderhee doesn't return as a main cast member until season seven, where she makes up with Yandy. She has a memorable fight with Miss Kim during a birthday party, and has another falling out with Yandy following this season.

Vanderhee returns for season nine, once again having a falling out with Yandy. It chronicles her dealing with her fiancé's Juelz sentencing. The pairing eventually marry in the season finale, with Kimbella announcing her pregnancy at the reunion. She has a feud with Yandy, due to Kimbella allegedly Yandy is a "clout" chaser.

## Before *Love & Hip Hop*

Kimbella is a biracial urban model and video vixen, originally from Miami, Florida. She has been in an on-again, off-again relationship with Juelz Santana since 2009 and is the mother of his son, Juelz Santana James (born September 6, 2010). She also has a son, Leandro Izaguirre (born September 4, 2002) from a previous relationship.

## *Love & Hip Hop* franchise (2011–present)

Kimbella joins the main cast of *Love & Hip Hop: New York* in season two. In the premiere episode, she admits to having sex with Fabolous while Emily was pregnant with his child, igniting a violent altercation with Emily's friend Chrissy. During the season, she gets into an ugly brawl with Erica Mena, stemming from their modelling days together. Kimbella quit the series after the second season's reunion special, where she reveals that she is pregnant with Juelz' second child. She gave birth to Bella Monroe James on July 21, 2012.

Kimbella returns in guest appearances during seasons three and five, appearing as Yandy's friend and confidante. She is a bridesmaid at Yandy and Mendeecees' wedding in the special *Love & Hip Hop Live: The Wedding*.

Kimbella rejoins the main cast in season seven, which chronicles her relationship struggles with Juelz, as he embarks on a career comeback. She quit the show for a second time while filming season eight after falling out with Yandy during her feud with Mendeecees' baby mothers Samantha and Erika, appearing only in the specials *Love & Hip Hop New York: Dirty Little Secrets* and *Love & Hip Hop: The Love Edition*.

Kimbella and Juelz rejoin the cast together in season nine, which chronicles their struggles as a couple, after Juelz faces jail time for bringing a loaded gun to Newark Airport. During the season, she reveals that Juelz has struggled with opiate addiction for many years. Later, he proposes and the two become engaged. They marry in the season's finale. During the reunion, Kimbella reveals that she is pregnant with the couple's third child (and Kimbella's fourth). She gave birth to Santana James on July 3, 2019.

## Gallery

**Opening credits**

Kimbella in the opening credits of *LHHNY* season 2.Kimbella in the opening credits of *LHHNY* season 7.Kimbella & Juelz in the opening credits of *LHHNY* season 9.Kimbella in the opening credits of *LHHNY* season 10.
**Green screen looks**

One of Kimbella's green screen looks in *LHHNY* season 2.Kimbella's green screen look in *LHHNY* season 7.Kimbella's green screen look in *LHHNY* season 9.Kimbella's green screen look in *LHHNY* season 10.
## Appearances

Kimbella has 54 appearances.

 10.01, 10.02, 10.03, 10.04, 10.07, 10.10, 10.11, 10.13, 10.14