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'{{Infobox musical artist | name = Christopher Martin | background = solo_singer | image = Kid N Play Shankbone NYC 2010.jpg | caption = Christopher Martin (right) at the 2010 [[Tribeca Film Festival]]. | birth_name = Christopher Martin | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1962|7|10|mf=y}} | death_d3ate = | death_place = | origin = [[Queens, New York]], [[United States|U.S.]] | alias = Play | genre = [[Hip hop music|Hip-Hop]] | occupation = Rapper | years_active = 1981&ndash;present | label = [[Select Records]]<br>[[Elektra Records]] | associated_acts = [[Kid 'n Play]], [[House Party (movie)|House Party]], [[Salt-N-Pepa]], [[Pete Rock]], [[Hurby "Luv Bug" Azor]] }} '''Christopher Martin''' (born July 10, 1962) is an American [[actor]] and [[rapping|rapper]], formerly the latter half of the late 1980s/early 1990s hip-hop/comedy duo [[Kid 'n Play]]. ==Career== 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,<ref>{{cite web| last= Martin| first= Christopher "Play" |url= http://halftimeonline.net/portfolio/play-kid-n-play/ |title= Play: Hip-Hop Icon (interview)| website= halftimeonline.net| date= July 10, 2004| access-date= October 18, 2017}}</ref> 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 (film)|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''<ref>{{cite web| url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbRGu8cggBM | title= The Return - Official Trailer (2010)| website= YouTube.com| publisher= | date= | access-date= }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.lptfilms.com/the_return.html |title= The Return| website= lptfilms.com| publisher= LPT Productions| deadurl= yes| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20110713235021/http://www.lptfilms.com/the_return.html |archivedate=2011-07-13 }}</ref> Play was one of the judges for the 8th annual [[The Independent Music Awards|Independent Music Awards]] to support independent artists.<ref>{{cite press release| url= http://www.prlog.org/10244858-bostons-own-debbie-and-friends-among-the-8th-annual-independent-music-awards-vox-populi-winners.html | website= PRLog.org| title= Boston’s Own Debbie And Friends Among The 8th Annual Independent Music Awards Vox Populi Winners | date= May 27, 2009| access-date= October 18, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.independentmusicawards.com/ima_new/imajudges2009.asp | publisher= Independent Music Awards| title= 8th Annual IMA Judges| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20090412044034/http://www.independentmusicawards.com/ima_new/imajudges2009.asp |archivedate=April 12, 2009 }}</ref> ==Discography== ===With Kid 'n Play=== ====Albums==== * 1988: ''[[2 Hype]]'' * 1990: ''[[Kid 'n Play's Funhouse]]'' * 1991: ''[[Face the Nation (Kid 'n Play album)|Face the Nation]]'' ==Acting career== ===Television=== *''[[Kid 'n Play (TV series)|Kid 'n Play]]'' (1990–1991, [[animated cartoon]], [[NBC]]) ===Film=== *''[[House Party (film)|House Party]]'' (1990) - Peter "Play" Martin *''[[House Party 2]]'' (1991) - Peter "Play" Martin *''[[Class Act]]'' (1992) Michael Charles "Blade" Brown *''[[House Party 3]]'' (1994) - Peter "Play" Martin *''[[Rising to the Top]]'' (1999) *''[[Welcome to Durham, USA]]'' (2007) *''[[House Party: Tonight's the Night]]'' (2013) - Peter "Play" Martin ('''cameo''') ==References== '''Notes''' {{reflist}} ==External links== *{{IMDb name|id=0552086|name=Christopher "Play" Martin}} *[http://www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-celebrities/richest-rappers/christopher-play-martin-net-worth/ Christopher Play Martin NetWorth ] {{Kid 'n Play}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Martin, Christopher (Entertainer)}} [[Category:American male rappers]] [[Category:1962 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:African-American male actors]] [[Category:African-American Christians]] [[Category:Place of birth missing (living people)]] [[Category:Male actors from New York (state)]] [[Category:Rappers from New York City]] [[Category:Male actors from Durham, North Carolina]] [[Category:Musicians from Durham, North Carolina]] [[Category:People from Queens, New York]] [[Category:American chief executives]]'