Upbringing

He was born to Roberto and Judy Harris who hailed from Panama.  He had a rough life as the son of immigrants in the city of Harlem.

Music Career

He is the owner of the Beat Factory studio located in the Bronx. Before starting the music career, he was involved in real estate industry. He is an entrepreneur and music director. His frequent appearances in Love & Hip Hop: New York along with his beautiful wife Yandy Smith gained him a lot of fame and attention.

Mendeecees frequently engaged with children and teenagers to help and motivate them to hunt for better opportunities and overcome their huddles and obstacles.

Mendeecees learned from his days of childhood in housing projects by St. Nicholas housing. He used his experiences to earn a great name for his dedicated work. The qualities of an entrepreneur were seen in him. He had career success in both real estate entrepreneur and music manager. He now concentrates and focuses on the music company he started, creating beats with artists.

Legal Troubles

He went to jail because of federal drug trafficking charges but he was temporarily released on bail. Mendeecees Harris pleaded guilty for the narcotics conspiracy. According to the documents from the court; his brother was also involved into the same conspiracy. The drugs including the cocaine and heroin, were shipped to go to Rochester and brothers were part of the conspiracy. Mendeecees and his brother were found guilty in supplying cocaine and heroin and were in jail for 8 long years along with penalty of $171000 which lead him to give away his profit from Love & Hip Hop and also his R8 Audi was sold off.

The drug case was a second legal battle for Mendeecees. Harris was previously found guilty of having sexually assaulted a teenage girl in New Jersey. To settle the plea agreement, Harris had agreed to forfeit 2.5 million dollars in assets which included the money he got from his appearances on Love & Hip Hop: New York.

Mendeecees Harris had been in federal jail for 8 years imprisonment for drug trafficking worth over $25 million. Mendeecees Harris tried to get a lesser sentence by telling the judge that having his children had helped him to become a new man and start his life again. To petition for lowering the punishment, he gathered his whole family and kids and let them know how much he cared for them.

The Harris family tried their best to petition for early release from imprisonment, but sadly the Judge didn’t agree to this and the petition was denied. The family had hopes for punishment decreasing to 5 years but it didn’t. Mendeecees had come up with different excuses like one that he was just acting as a middleman passing on drugs from one person to other. He and his lawyer claimed that he was just a small fish in the great sea of drug dealing of a great sea, but it was late as the imprisonment was already announced.