One half of the late 1980’s hip-hop group Kid ‘n Play was arrested on Tuesday for skipping out on a court hearing in connection with a 2010 drunk driving conviction, court officials said.
Christopher “Kid” Reid, 47, was booked into the Los Angeles County Jail shortly before noon and held in lieu of $26,000 bail.
He was taken into custody after a judge issued a warrant for his arrest on August 2 for missing a July 25 hearing, said Patricia Kelly, a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles Superior Court.
Reid was under court-supervised probation for a conviction stemming from a July 2010 arrest for driving with almost double the legal alcohol limit, Kelly said.
Reid was one half of the popular late 80’s and early 1990’s hip-hop group, Kid ‘n Play. Reid, along with Christopher “Play” Martin, were most popular for their roles in the “House Party” comedy films.
