The Real Reason Karlie Redd is on LHHATL

Like most reality TV shows the title doesn't match the characters. Real Houswives don't have to be married - heck you don't even need a house. There is no difference when it comes to the cast of Love and Hip Hop - Atlanta.

Throughout the seasons I am constantly wondering What is Karlie's connection to the show? Besides obviously holding onto Young Joc and linking herself with any new/old cast-mates to maintain her relevance. But how did she get on the show in the first place?

I’ve just learned that the 46-year-old VH1 Resident-Thot is the babymother of one of America’s most wanted fugitives 49-year-old Nathan ‘Nate’ Hill. Nate is currently serving a lifetime prison sentence, is the biological father of Karlie's 18-year-old daughter, Jazmine – rumored to be a student at Atlanta’s Clark University.

Now here is where things get janky and clears up why Karlie doesn't mention her kids or her life prior to 40 years old. HSK reported, back in January 1998 – Hill, who remained on the lamb for two-years, fleeing to Africa to avoid prosecution for supplying the Gangster Disciples and Vice Lords gangs with more than 6,600 pounds of cocaine from 1987 to 1995, was tracked down and caught by U.S. law enforcement officials in one of the most remote corners of the world: Conakry, capital of the West African nation of Guinea.

Here’s what deputy U.S. Marshal Bill O’Malley had to say about Hill’s arrest:

“Hill, who was wanted in Chicago on murder and drug-trafficking charges and was named to the U.S. Marshals Service’s 15 Most Wanted List in 1996, was traced to Conakry through telephone records in a related case. Hill was apprehended and flown to Chicago. He pleaded not guilty to the charges and was ordered held without bail.”

This after it was reported back in December 1996,“two girlfriends of Hill’s are also missing and presumed to be in hiding with him”.

That’s before Hill was sentenced to life and fined $8.5 million, and forfeited cash and property valued at $5 million. He was convicted of drug conspiracy, tax fraud, money laundering, operating an ongoing criminal enterprise and ordering the killings of three enemies, two of whom were, in fact, killed.

With his drug money, Hill moved into the recording business, founding New York-based Pocketown, named after his South Side neighborhood at 78th and Stony Island. Pocketown scored a top 10 music video with “Froggy Style” by Nuttin’ Nyce in 1995 and published “Wandering Eyes,” which was on the soundtrack of Whoopi Goldberg’s film “Sister Act 2.”

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