It was his chance meeting with Karlie that led to a real-life date, resulting in a recurring role on the show. "We went on a date off camera, and there was a connection.
The next thing I know I got a call from [show producer] Mona [Scott-Young]." Scott-Young told him that he couldn't carry on an off-camera relationship with another castmate, so Benzino decided to take his relationship public by letting the cameras in.
Ray Benzino is usually a private fellow, so how did he end up on the hit show "Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta"?

However, when Karlie admitted to him that she had doubts that his heart was in it for the long haul, he took out the ring he was planning to propose with, heart-broken, and un-proposed.
After Benzino, Yung Joc and Karlie Redd began dating.
Later on as the evening progressed, Karlie Redd & Erica were seen chatting it up in the corner.
Some time later Benzino made his way over to Karlie and a small argument broke out.
Then they say Benzino’s girlfriend made her way over to Karlie and the static began once again.
Somehow or another, Benzino’s girlfriend ended up throwing a glass of champagne in Karlie’s face, but when she did, the cup hit Erica.
“Karlie’s daughter I think is about 17 years old”, said Benzino. Her social media full of pictures of her owning hot body but is she willing to sign the deal with Vivid Entertainment? Redd released a song, “Clean Up Women” on 2010 and a single “Bring it” on 2013.
On 2014, she released a track “Heartbreaker” which features Young Dro.
"I'm pretty much a private person when it comes to my love life, but Stevie was already in it so I said, 'Why not? With "Love and Hip Hop: Atlanta," fans have seen a more sensitive side of Benzino, a side drastically different from the rabble-rouser he once was in the early 2000s.