Remember Shari Headley, also known as “Lisa McDowell” of the ‘McDowell family’ on Coming To America? Well our girl, “Lisa” may have married “Prince Akeem” (Eddie Murphy’s character) and became the ‘Princess of Zamunda’ in the movie, but in real life she was married to an artists from back in the day who was dominating 80’s hip hop for a while.

We’re not quite sure how they kept this one on the hush back in the day, but somehow they did.

Shari Headley Was Married To…

Her ex-husband is Play of the rap group, Kid N’ Play! Who knew?!! Sing it with me now: “Oh la-oh-la-aye-aye! Rollin’ rollin’ roll with Kid N’ Play now!” Christopher “Play” Martin and Shari Headley are no longer married. They married in May 1993, divorced in 1995, and have one son together, Skyler Martin.

By the way, Shari is now 57 years young and looking just as beautiful as she did back in ’88. Check her out below, rapping a in a behind-the-scenes video from the Coming To America sequel…

 

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And cheesin’ it up with co-star, Eddie Murphy…

Here’s an Old School Fun Fact about Play

He was a hip hop teacher at North Carolina Central University until budget cuts forced the school to lay him off in 2009. After students learned about his firing, they began a petition to demand that Martin be given back his teaching position. Play also serves as a professional-in-residence with the Institute for Hip Hop and Music Industry Studies that Clemons directs at Florida A & M University, and he devotes time to the non-profit group Campaign for Change.

Word on the Old School curb is that Play was also preaching at one point in time, but we couldn’t get that confirmed as of yet, so that’s still in our stash of rumor mill stories…not verified facts. We’ll keep you posted on that one though.

Christopher “Play” Martin is now 59 years young…and every now n’ then, he and his fellow group member, Kid, reunite. It would be cool to see an Old School concert with them doing their signature dances that everybody used to try to mimic at the clubs and school dances back in the day.

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Remember Shari Headley, also known as “Lisa McDowell” of the ‘McDowell family’ on Coming To America? Well our girl, “Lisa” may have married “Prince Akeem” (Eddie Murphy’s character) and became the ‘Princess of Zamunda’ in the movie, but in real life she was married to an artists from back in the day who was dominating 80’s hip hop for a while.

We’re not quite sure how they kept this one on the hush back in the day, but somehow they did.

Shari Headley Was Married To…

Her ex-husband is Play of the rap group, Kid N’ Play! Who knew?!! Sing it with me now: “Oh la-oh-la-aye-ay! Rollin’ rollin’ roll with Kid N’ Play now!” Christopher “Play” Martin and Shari Headley are no longer married. They married in May 1993, divorced in 1995, and have one son together, Skyler Martin.

By the way, Shari is now 56 years old and is looking just as beautiful as she did back in ’88. Check her out in one of the first photos from the Coming To America sequel…

Here’s an Old School Fun Fact about Play

He was a hip hop teacher at North Carolina Central University until budget cuts forced the school to lay him off in 2009. After students learned about his firing, they began a petition to demand that Martin be given back his teaching position. Play also serves as a professional-in-residence with the Institute for Hip Hop and Music Industry Studies that Clemons directs at Florida A & M University, and he devotes time to the non-profit group Campaign for Change.

Word on the Old School curb is that Play was also preaching at one point in time, but we couldn’t get that confirmed as of yet, so that’s still in our stash of rumor mill stories…not verified facts. We’ll keep you posted on that one though.

Christopher “Play” Martin is now 55 years old and every now n’ then, he and his fellow group member, Kid, reunite. It would be cool to see an Old School concert with them doing their signature dances that everybody used to try to mimic at the clubs and school dances back in the day.

-ILoveOldSchoolMusic, Old School news with a new point of view

The post “Coming To America” Star Married & Has A Child With Rap Legend Who Turned His Life Around appeared first on I Love Old School Music.

Remember Shari Headley, also known as “Lisa McDowell” of the ‘McDowell family’ on Coming To America? Well our girl, “Lisa” may have married “Prince Akeem” (Eddie Murphy’s character) and became the ‘Princess of Zamunda’ in the movie, but in real life she was married to an artists from back in the day who was dominating 80’s hip hop for a while.

We’re not quite sure how they kept this one on the hush back in the day, but somehow they did.

Shari Headley Was Married To…

Her ex-husband is Play of the rap group, Kid N’ Play! Who knew?!! Sing it with me now: “Oh la-oh-la-aye-ay! Rollin’ rollin’ roll with Kid N’ Play now!” Christopher “Play” Martin and Shari Headley are no longer married. They married in May 1993, divorced in 1995, and have one son together, Skyler Martin.

By the way, Shari is now 53 years old and is looking just as beautiful as she did back in ’88. Look at her…

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Here’s an Old School Fun Fact about Play

He was a hip hop teacher at North Carolina Central University until budget cuts forced the school to lay him off in 2009. After students learned about his firing, they began a petition to demand that Martin be given back his teaching position. Play also serves as a professional-in-residence with the Institute for Hip Hop and Music Industry Studies that Clemons directs at Florida A & M University, and he devotes time to the non-profit group Campaign for Change.

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Word on the Old School curb is that Play was also preaching at one point in time, but we couldn’t get that confirmed as of yet, so that’s still in our stash of rumor mill stories…not verified facts. We’ll keep you posted on that one though.

Christopher “Play” Martin is now 55 years old and every now n’ then, he and his fellow group member, Kid, reunite. It would be cool to see an Old School concert with them doing their signature dances that everybody used to try to mimic at the clubs and school dances back in the day.

-ILoveOldSchoolMusic, Old School news with a new point of view

The post Coming To America Star Married & Has Child With Rap Legend Who Turned His Life Around appeared first on I Love Old School Music.

Remember Shari Headley, also known as “Lisa McDowell” of the ‘McDowell family’ on Coming To America? Well our girl, “Lisa” may have married “Prince Akeem” (Eddie Murphy’s character) and became the ‘Princess of Zamunda’ in the movie, but in real life she was married to an artists from back in the day who was dominating 80’s hip hop for a while.

We’re not quite sure how they kept this one on the hush back in the day, but somehow they did.

Shari Headley Was Married To…

Her ex-husband is Play of the rap group, Kid N’ Play! Who knew?!! Sing it with me now: “Oh la-oh-la-aye-ay! Rollin’ rollin’ roll with Kid N’ Play now!” Christopher “Play” Martin and Shari Headley are no longer married. They married in May 1993, divorced in 1995, and have one son together, Skyler Martin.

By the way, Shari is now 53 years old and is looking just as beautiful as she did back in ’88. Look at her…

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Here’s an Old School Fun Fact about Play

He was a hip hop teacher at North Carolina Central University until budget cuts forced the school to lay him off in 2009. After students learned about his firing, they began a petition to demand that Martin be given back his teaching position. Play also serves as a professional-in-residence with the Institute for Hip Hop and Music Industry Studies that Clemons directs at Florida A & M University, and he devotes time to the non-profit group Campaign for Change.

Embed from Getty Images

Word on the Old School curb is that Play was also preaching at one point in time, but we couldn’t get that confirmed as of yet, so that’s still in our stash of rumor mill stories…not verified facts. We’ll keep you posted on that one though.

Christopher “Play” Martin is now 55 years old and every now n’ then, he and his fellow group member, Kid, reunite. It would be cool to see an Old School concert with them doing their signature dances that everybody used to try to mimic at the clubs and school dances back in the day.

-ILoveOldSchoolMusic, Old School news with a new point of view

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SHARI AND VANESSA ARE BANGIN’ IN THEIR “COMING TO AMERICA” OUTFITS

The most impressive part of it all was that they don’t look like they’ve hardly aged since 1988! Check them out…

IS IT 1988 OR 2016? SHARI, VANESSA & STEVE HARVEY RECREATE COMING TO AMERICA

Shari and Vanessa appeared on Steve Harvey’s show to reminisce about “Coming To America” for Steve’s Halloween tribute. Of course Mr. Harvey had to get in on the action, so to make the vibe complete, he dressed as “King Jaffe Joffer” (James Earl Jones’ character).

Do you see how beautiful Shari (52) and Vanessa (59) look though? It’s like they stepped into a “Back To The Future” time machine or something!

Here’s a little old school fun fact, Shari and Vanessa have been good friends ever since working together on “Coming To America.”

Great…now we won’t be able to get Vanessa’s cute barking sounds out of our heads for the rest of the day. Remember when Eddie Murphy told her to hop on one leg and bark like a dog in the movie? That scene had everybody crackin’ up!

Prince Akeem (Eddie): What do YOU like to do?
Princess Imani (Vanessa): Whatever it is that you like…
Akeem: Are you saying that no matter what I tell you to do, you will do?
Imani: Yes your Heiness.
Akeem: Bark like a dog.
Imani: Arf, arf, arf, arf!
Akeem: A big dog.
Imani: Woof, woof, woof, woof…!
Akeem: Hop on one leg….make a noise like an orangutan.
Imani: Ooo, ooo, ooo, ooo, ooo…

WATCH CLASSIC ‘BARK LIKE A BIG DOG’ SCENE

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