<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Website </Td> </Tr> <P> Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta is the second installment of the Love & Hip Hop reality television franchise . It premiered June 18, 2012 on VH1, and chronicles the lives of several people in Atlanta involved with hip hop music . The show features appearances from notable figures associated with Southern hip hop . </P> <P> On February 16, 2018, VH1 announced the show's return for the seventh season, which premiered on March 19, 2018 . </P> <P> Rumors of an Atlanta - based spin - off of Love & Hip Hop began circulating in December 2011 . Stefan Springman revealed in the behind - the - scenes special Love & Hip Hop Atlanta: Dirty Little Secrets that producers first considered Love & Hip Hop spin - off set in Miami before settling on Atlanta instead, saying that "we found great characters (in Miami) but it just didn't feel right". During the casting process, several names were reported as part of the original cast, including Diamond, Rasheeda, Nivea and CeeLo Green's ex-wife Christina Johnson . Diamond was planned to be the lead of the show, with a source saying "Diamond would definitely be the Chrissy (Lampkin) of the group". Nivea eventually turned the show down, and producers approached Nas's daughter Destiny Jones and her mother Carmen Bryan . They interviewed with producers, but backed out after feeling they didn't fit in with the other cast members . Shawty Lo and his wife Ecreia Perez were cast but dropped from the show, with Shawty later admitting in interviews that VH1 had a problem with the couple's extensive criminal record . 2 Chainz was also approached but turned it down . </P>

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