Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta is back, and two of the show’s veterans say viewers will be shocked by the revelations and transformations when the show returns for the second half of Season 12.

Scrappy and Karlie Redd have been cast members of the show created by Mona Scott-Young since its inception in 2012. As the season returns to MTV, the two are floored by the chaos, lessons, and most importantly, the growth they’ve experienced over the last 13 years.

How have Scrappy and Karlie Redd evolved over the years?

“I’ve been in so many relationships,” Redd told Blavity’s Shadow and Act. “I’ve been, you know, engaged, non-engaged, fake proposals, all types of stuff. But this time, I’m actually married. God bless my marriage. [I’m] praying that it lasts, but, you know how it is, these men are crazy, but I’m finally married. So for the audience to see me grow from kissing all these frogs and getting engaged all of these times to actually seeing me married, it’s a blessing.”

On the contrary, Scrappy says this is the first time viewers will get to see him in the streets rather than as the family man he says has been portrayed over the past two decades.

“This season, you get to see Scrappy by himself,” he said. “You feel what I’m saying? You get to see Scrappy navigate through three baby mamas. You get to see Scrappy do stuff that you ain’t never seen no man do on TV. I just feel like people get to, like Karlie said, see the growth. You get to see them love pains, like with me. I go up and down on the emotional roller coaster on this joint. It’s crazy.”

What’s the dynamic like this season?

“It’s just up and down, man. But it’s amazing. It’s a great journey. I’m happy to see Spice go out there and do her thing. I’m happy to see Karlie Redd go out there and do her thing, especially all the musicians. People in the studio all night, all day, and still putting them hits out and got their own fan base. It’s amazing,” Scrappy added.

What are Karlie Redd’s plans for family and career?

Outside of her love-life woes, with past exes coming out of the woodwork now that she has tied the knot with her millionaire husband TLO, Redd said that although she’s tapped into music mode, the clock is ticking on her desire to start a family.

“Carnival season’s coming up. I literally was like, even though I still got, you know — my fans are looking forward to me putting out Caribbean music because of Carnival season and everything — but I wanted to not only just put out my music, but also focus on my marriage and focus on me starting a family. I’m getting older,” she said.

Redd hopes viewers will know they can have it all — a marriage, a career, and most importantly, happiness.

“In my culture, age doesn’t matter. It’s just like, okay, it’s just the love, the happiness, the love for the music. Putting out music that’s in my culture. So even though I’m starting a family, you get to see me just juggling both,” she said.

How is Scrappy moving forward?

Similarly, Scrappy is embracing a new chapter during this season of the beloved reality television series, noting that the latest installment is all about progression and, in his words, “upperton.”

“When you’ve been in some tumultuous type stuff, man, and you just trying to get your mind right and trying to heal and just do it for real for real, and not just be like jumping and jumping and jumping in relationships, and you want to take all that luggage and baggage off, that’s what they finna see,” he said. “Because I’m just living my life. I’m just being me, doing what I got to do, you know?”

When does ‘Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta’ return?

The latest season of Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta features powerhouse cast members Amy Luciani, Ashley Conley, Bambi, Erica Banks, Erica Dixon, Jasmine Bleu, Jessica White, Karlie Redd, Kendra Robinson, Khaotic, Kirk Frost, Lil Zane, Mendeecees, Momma Dee, Rasheeda, Renni Rucci, Saucy Santana, Scrappy, Shekinah Jo, Sierra Gates, Spice, Yandy, Yung Joc, ZellSwag, and newcomers Latin recording artist International Nova and his wife, Cristina Nova. It premieres on MTV Tuesday, Jan. 7, at 8 p.m. ET/PT.

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