Atlanta 'Growing Up Hip Hop' party included Joseline & Stevie J
By RODNEY HO/ rho@ajc.com, originally filed Wednesday, January 6, 2016
I stopped by the "Growing Up Hip Hop" after party WE-TV held at Whiskey Park inside the W Hotel Midtown and the attendees were a reality show fest.
Besides the cast of the show itself including Angela Simmons and Romeo Miller, the party featured cast members of fellow WE-TV shows "Marriage Boot Camp" and "Selling It: In the ATL," plus members of "Love and Hip Hop Atlanta," "Real Housewives of Atlanta" and the short-lived Bravo show "Mother Funders." I also ran into Toya Wright, formerly of "Tiny & Toya" on BET and Monyetta Shaw, the ex of Ne-Yo who was in a 2014 reality show "Atlanta Exes." Erica Dixon from "Love & Hip Hop Atlanta" stopped by as well.
We also saw "Mama June" Thompson and her daughter Alana "Honey Boo Boo" Thompson, who was inexplicably at a late-night party. But I couldn't nab a photo. Mama June, who now lives in Hampton, is currently on WE-TV's "Marriage Boot Camp" with Sugar Bear.
"Growing Up Hip Hop" debuts Thursday night at 10. Although none of the cast members are from Atlanta, the Atlanta audience is clearly important to WE-TV, which spent two full days in town promoting the show with the entire cast.
