"Showoff Your Gems" Guest: KID (Kid N' Play) Top 10 Old School Hip Hop Collectors Items from the 80s

In this episode of "Showoff Your Gems" Hosted by D-Stroy, Guest Christopher "PLAY" Martin kicks the episode off with a Gem based on the Kid 'n Play "2 Hype" debut album, released in 1988 with his partner Kid.

Christopher Martin (born July 10, 1962) is an American actor and rapper, formerly the latter half of the late 1980s/early 1990s hip-hop/comedy duo Kid 'n Play.

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Martin's stage name, Play, is derived from his original MC name, Playboy, which he began using while in a music group, Quicksilver and the Super Lovers, which featured producer Hurby Luv Bug. While performing with this group, Martin met Christopher Reid, who performed as Kid Coolout in the group The Turnout Brothers. When their respective groups dissolved, Martin and Reid decided to perform as a duo. By shortening their nicknames, it would lead to the start of the group Kid 'n Play which featured the pair rapping and dancing together.

With Kid, Play recorded three albums and starred in four hip-hop based comedy films: House Party, House Party 2, Class Act, and House Party 3.

After the duo split in 1995, Play became a born-again Christian and focused on Christian hip hop. He is the founder and CEO of HP4 Digital, a pre- and post-production multimedia company for film, digital media, and theater.

In 2010, Play starred as an undercover DEA agent in the independent film The Return

Play was one of the judges for the 8th annual Independent Music Awards to support independent artists.

He studied acting at HB Studio in New York City.


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00:00 INTRO
00:56 What Up KID
01:49 Kid as a Kid
04:55 Show Off Your Gems

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