‘Damn Haters’: Safaree and Erica Fans Jump to Their Defense After Folks Accuse Them of Using OnlyFans Money for New Home

Congratulations apparently are in order for Safaree Samuels and Erica Mena after they announced they just bought a new home.

The “Love and Hip Hop: New York” couple took social media by surprise with a post of the two of them together in front of their “dream home” in Atlanta this week. Samuels took to Instagram on Tuesday, July 7, and shared a photo of himself and Mena posing in front of the new house. He picked his wife up by her backside as they smiled big for the camera.

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Safaree Samuels and Erica Mena pose in front of their dream home. @safaree/Instagram

“Doing what they said we couldn’t 🙏🏾🏠 GOALS❤️🙏🏾 STRAIIIITTTTTTT thank you,” Samuels wrote.

The luxurious home has an outdoor pool, backyard, two balconies, fireplaces and more. In a separate post, the “Hunnid” rapper and his wife posed with their lender and realtor. Samuels said in his post, “🏠 SCREAMNG at the top of my lungs‼️ We found our Dream HOME AND CLOSED ON IT TODAY‼️‼️ thank You GOD‼️”

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Safaree Samuels and Erica Mena pose with their realtor and lender. @safaree/Instagram

What should have been a joyous moment for the twosome quickly became a space for critics to bash Samuels and Mena.

“Only fan money did that huh,” said an online user. Another person wrote, “Paid for by that only fans cause ur music career ain’t getting nowhere.”

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Samuels fans quickly came to his defense and responded, “And your career how is it going, can you at least buy a brand new car from it? I hate People like that who loves to bring other people down 🙃 damn haters.” Another person added, “You sound badmind & bitter af🙄 only a real miserable hater can hate on somebody when they just made a huge accomplishment.”

Samuels and Mena are steadily growing and glowing together.

The two lovebirds got engaged in November 2018 and tied the knot in October. They also welcomed their baby girl and first child together in February.

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Erica Mena and Safaree Samuels. @safaree/Instagram via photographer @mr_guerra/Instagram

In a June 9 Instagram post Samuels suggested that his wife made him a better person. He penned to Mena, “She made me stronger 💪🏾 find you a real 1 it’s makes life better 💪🏾 STRAIIITTTTTT.”

The two created an OnlyFans account in May. The content subscription service allows content creators to earn money from users who subscribe to their content.

Samuels apparently is buying his second home in less than two years. Around Christmas 2018 he announced he had just bought his first home only days before he proposed to Mena.

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