: DURHAM, N.C. (AP) -- A member of the hip-hop duo Kid 'n Play is out of the hospital after he was injured in a car accident following a police shooting in Durham.
Authorities said Christopher Martin was driving his sport utility vehicle Saturday when it was hit by a car driven by Raul Riva Aldamo.
As Aldamo drove toward an officer investigating a reported robbery, police shot at Aldamo's car. The car continued down the street before slamming into Martin's vehicle.
Aldamo died at the scene.
Martin and his passenger, Michelle Gonzales, were out of the hospital as of Wednesday.
Martin and Christopher Reid teamed up to record three albums in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The pair also took up roles in a few movies, including the "House Party" films.
Martin now lives in Durham and recently completed a documentary on gang life in the city.
TURNING IN A NEW DIRECTION FROM FAME, HOW TURMOIL LED CHRISTOPHER "PLAY" MARTIN TO A NEW BEGINNING. HE TELLS CENTER STAGE ABOUT HIS BOLD DECISION TO A ROAD OF ACCOUNTABILITY. By Kamah Alicia Scott <read more>
In the 90's everyone who was hip to pop culture knew of the dynamic duo, Kid (Christopher Reid) *** Play (Christopher Martin). Along with the fame from musical success on their own with unbeatable classics albums between 1988 and 1993, 2 Hype (1988), Kid '*** Play's Funhouse (1990) and Face the Nation (1991) the duo were clearly big names in the Hip-Hop culture. A pivotal moment was having gangster rap group called NWA to open for them at the height of both Martin and Reid's career. However, for Martin, there was something missing. Successful movies such as House Party 1, 2, and 3, Class Act, as well as a Saturday morning cartoon named after the group on NBC, Martin remained unfulfilled and battled demons. "There was a point where I felt like I had been tricked… that everything that I invested so much in physically, emotionally and spiritually was for nothing, said Martin.” “I thought to myself this is not what I thought it would be, says Martin.”
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Paperboy you can slide the paper in my mailslot anytime!!!! Anywayyyyy This is what the real news had to say in durhamn. Thats why i dont fuxxx with Holloway Street. They crazy over there.
Police fired *** at the vehicle, but the driver fled down Holloway Street to Morgan Street. The Taurus struck an Isuzu SUV near Mangum Street, causing it to flip over and collide with a Honda Accord. Two people in the SUV were treated at the hospital, but their injuries did not appear to be life-threatening.
Not only is he a dead beat dad...he was strung out on coke and crack which led to his divorce. He got saved and got heavy into the church (thak goodness) but he was always arrogant but I just hope that this is another pivitol point where if he ain't walkin right he gets back on track! Can I get an amen from the church!
Wow.....*** Kid *** Play was my group....
"oh ah oh ah aaay....oh ah oh ah aaay! roll roll roll with Kid *** Play now!"
Too bad him and Sheri Headley didn't work out. They were a cute couple. Wonder what their son looks like. He should be a big boy now.
Get better Play!!
Yall have to remember a lot of these folks are under 16 on this site so they wouldn't know who Kid *** Play is....but they should as much as the rerun the House Party sequels.
i am doubting this. not only do i live in raleigh which is 20 mins away from durham but i work at the raleigh paper. either i am sleeping not only through life but at work too, or maybe he is not important enough to report on. we tell folks all the time we cannot report EVERY SINGLE car accident. just too many....
it is a real story. i was told it did not make headline news today b/c the man who cut off his daughter's head went to court today to determine if he was sane or not. as did the black folks who raped and robbed three unc football players after the club. so i may have missed it. but it is a real story.
here is the link.
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/durham/durham/story/857344.html
BMOAM where are you in raleigh? just curious i read that you are here in raleighwood.
and i see someone else who post on here sometimes is in durham. i don't do durham. hell there are parts of raleigh i don't "do" and i am native!! but in durham you might get ***, hurt, stabbed...no offense to the durham-ites. i'm just sayin'....
Cunkort222,
The title is a little misleading, I agree. I mean, anybody can have a close call. I can trip and fall, and anybody can say, "she almost got killed." This is all MTO's way of getting you to read the story and make the hits jump. Nothing more.
Also, anyone notice the headline contains a the misspelling of the word, "killed?" It's spelled KILLEDS. Okay, we know that to err is human, but you expect better from journalists as well as the EDITORS who are supposed to proofread!
whoo hoo jayyy you're distracting me...... back to the matter at hand i'm glad he's okay i remember him being in the news for being a dead beat dad i also remember him being married to sherri. i use to hear he was a popmous *** too.. someone beat me to the oh la oh la ayyy roll and roll and roll with kid and play now
they just fell off after the house parties!! kid and that big *** box lol he was on martin as shanaynay's boyfriend once! (kid was) i think play acted a little over time
***,man i cant believe he almost die but good enuff is hes survive but i remember kid-***-play in the 80s and 90s,i used 2 watch their cartoon on NBC,saw all of their movies like: house party 1-3(but the 3rd part was wack as hell) and class act and listen 2 their music.
my prayers and thoughts will goes 2 him and is loved-ones
why does The_Shoparazzi look like a f u c *** i *** g mannequin? I thought she was just one of those annoying f u c *** s advertising s h i t I wish MTO had an ignore feature. there is nothing wrong with missnellypoo. i don't know what the f u c *** WGA is but they sound like a bunch of trick a s s ***. NOTE: if you didn't feel anything your 1st time b i t c h your p u s s y loose and your hymen was already absent!
@RedBeanzNRice Skanks take up for other skanks! My point was, you funky skank, saying you're first is just STUPID!
@FendiFiend - I did respond to ysn's comment. I said he looked like StickyFingaz on CRACK!
BTW, I sell Fendi and other high-end designer fashions on eBay.
And to any other SKANKS that want to talk out the side of their mouths...here's a tip: I am a sistah! I'm posting my picture so you can see what a REAL sistah looks like.
i keep telling fred if he needs a copy ediotr with a sharp eye for typos to holla at me. i think he is trying ot keep all the money in his own pocket though so we will have to endure and overlook his messed up headlines and stories riddled with mistakes.
and it may not be about spelling it could lie with one's typing skills.
