Shayanna Jenkins: Last News

Peter White Television EditorMona Scott-Young, best known as the creator of long-running reality franchise Love & Hip Hop, is holding Hollywood’s feet to the fire to ensure that the promise of more focus on Black stories is kept.Scott-Young, who runs Monami Entertainment and Monami Productions, has a slew of projects in various stages of development and is also expanding her company to move into scripted and to look internationally.She tells Deadline about her plans to work with the likes of BLM Activist Tamika Mallory, Aaron Hernandez’s wife Shayanna Jenkins and her remake of classic South African drama Shaka Zulu. She also talks about the future of VH1’s Love & Hip Hop franchise.

April 19 marked two years since Aaron Hernandez committed suicide in prison, and on the anniversary of his death, Shayanna Jenkins mourned him on Instagram. Shayanna is the mother of Aaron’s daughter, Avielle, and was engaged to Aaron the time of his death. She posted the sweetest photo of Aaron cradling an infant Avielle — WHICH YOU CAN SEE HERE — and wrote a touching caption to go with it. “”The love between father and daughter knows no distance,”” she wrote. “We think of you today. May you rest in peace and continue to watch over us!” She also added the hashtag ‘Forever In Our Hearts.’

Aaron Hernandez is being honored three years after his death.