Christoper “Kid” Reid, half of the hip-hop duo Kid ‘n Play, has revealed he has a new heart. During an interview with Michael Strahan on “Good Morning America” on Thursday, Reid said he underwent the life-saving procedure after being diagnosed with congestive heart failure last summer.
“Over the last year or so, maybe just starting feeling more fatigued than before, shortness of breath, sleeping more than normal,” said Reid, who gained fame with Christopher “Play” Martin in the late 1980s and early ’90s for their upbeat music as well as their “House Party” movies. “I think sometimes you chalk it up to, ‘I’m getting older, the road is harsh, doing the old kick step.’”
When the symptoms intensified, he went to the emergency room at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles, where doctors diagnosed him with congestive heart failure. He was initially treated with medication, but at his three-week follow-up his cardiologist,…