College Hill: Celebrity Edition will return for a second season with a new group of celebs hitting the books.
Season 2 of the reality series will see Ray J returning from the first season. He’ll be joined by Amber Rose, Joseline Hernandez, Tiffany “New York” Pollard, Parker McKenna Posey, Iman Shumpert, Kwaylon “BlameItOnKway” Rogers, and O’Ryan Browner, BET+ announced this week in a press release.
The eight celebs will all live together and attend Alabama State University, a Historically Black College in Montgomery, Alabama. As they experience college life, the celebs will work toward earning credits to complete a special academic certification program.
“We couldn’t be prouder to film on the campus of HBCU, Alabama State University (ASU), which is steeped in a rich legacy of producing academic excellence within the Black community,” said Tiffany Lea Williams, EVP of BET Unscripted Programming.
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Added Tracey Edmonds, CEO and president of Edmonds Entertainment, “As the creator of the original franchise, I was so moved by the way both legacy fans and new fans embraced the first season of our College Hill: Celebrity Edition reboot. We are honored to be collaborating with ASU and are excited to share more entertaining stories about the richness of the HBCU culture and experience with audiences again this upcoming season.”
Season 2 of College Hill: Celebrity Edition will debut in 2023 on BET+.
The series is executive produced by Tracey Edmonds for Edmonds Entertainment, Sean Rankine and Mark Seliga for This Way Out Media, and Tiffany Lea Williams, Mimi Blanchard, and Raye Dowell for BET+.
The original College Hill premiered on BET in 2004 and aired until 2009. The reality series filmed at HBCUs including Southern University, Langston University, Virginia State University, Clark Atlanta University, Morehouse, and Georgia State University.
Previous seasons of the original series and College Hill: Celebrity Edition are currently streaming on BET+.