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Actress/Singer Natina Reed of the group Blaque was finally laid to rest last weekend and it was her son’s father, rapper Kurupt, who footed the bill for the funeral services.
[READ: R.I.P. Natina Reed - Dead at 32 (PHOTOS + VIDEOS)]
Investigators are still trying to piece together details surrounding the talented 32 year old singer’s death, after she was struck & killed on a dark stretch of highway in Gwinnett County, Georgia.
Other than the driver (who was not charged) and a passenger in the car, no additional witnesses have come forward.
Oddly enough, the incident report listed Reed’s address as 7065 Jimmy Carter Blvd., which is the address of an extended stay motel in Norcross, and many have speculated that she may have been homeless at the time of her death.
Details + more photos below…
The motel listed as Reed’s primary address is a questionable spot filled with transients but according to the AJC, Reed’s mother’s Tamara Goodridge said the motel was NOT her daughter’s permanant address.
Goodridge explained that Reed “…was in transition, about to move into a new home.”
Yet and still, the family is frustrated that there is little information surrounding Reed’s death and they still seek answers, determined to make sense of it all for Reed’s 10 year old son, Tren, who was in the custody of his father.
Through the police report, they know that authorities received a call around 10:30 p.m. on the night of October 26th, that a woman had been struck by a red Honda Accord on Lawrenceville Highway near Hamilton Road, just north of Lilburn.
Investigators are still trying to determine why Reed was in the roadway and whether she was crossing or walking alongside it. Reed was reportedly wearing dark clothing in an area that had no lighting.
Other than the driver, who was not charged, and a passenger in the car, there did not appear to be any additional witnesses, according to the incident report and authorities still await the results of toxicology reports, which are standard in fatal accidents.
Reed was laid to rest Saturday, November 3, 2012 and according to TMZ, the father of Reed’s 10 year old son, Tren, footed the bill for the services:
Kurupt — the father of Reed’s 10-year-old son Tren — is footing the bill for service as well as for the gathering after.
We’re told Tren will remain in Kurupt’s custody — like he has for the past four years — and that Kurupt hopes Tren will maintain a close relationship with Reed’s family.
Chilli and T-Boz from TLC, rappers Big Boi, Daz and Snoop Dogg (or whatever he’s calling himself these days) are all expected to be in attendance today … as well as members of Reed’s R&B group, Blaque.
On the day of the funeral, Kurupt tweeted out a photo of their son, along with some heartfelt words for Natina:
In addition to her parents and son, survivors include, sisters, Niesha Reed of Atlanta, Genni Reed of New York; brother, Michael Whalen of Atlanta; grandparents, John A. and Florine Reed of New York; step-father Mark Goodridge of Covington; step-mother Luci Reed of Atlanta; and seven step-siblings in London.
R.I.P. Natina Reed… gone too soon.
Michelle, let’s please allow those who have passed to rest in peace. It is useless to raise the issue as to whether she was homeless or not. The music industry is notoriously rough and shady.
It is sad that her son had to lose his mother at such an untimely age. Their son is very handsome. Our concern should be to focus positive prayers on the family.
Any of us reading or posting on this blog could be homeless. Most of Americans are two or three paychecks from homeless.
Three….there are people that will be homeless if they miss one paycheck.
Amen, most people live paycheck to paycheck. In the last few years I have seen people that work every single day lose their homes. I don’t think the issue of her living status is a relevant issue. How about rallying to get street lights and sidewalks on the streets and roads so something like this doesn’t happen to anyone else. Here in Maryland a child was struck by a car crossing a busy road to get to school, her mother was on the news the same day speaking about the loss of her child, and how she would fight to get better traffic laws so another parent doesn’t suffer the same loss she did!!!
I get what you all are saying I am just not sure NOT talking about it is going to help the situation at all. Clearly it’s being talked about as it is on numerous media outlets…the real question is what can we do to help the situation of homelessness? I think that her story is very sad and can also serve as a wake up call to City and State officials that this thing is real.
I often wonder do people not have anywhere to go or in some cases is it more of a prideful thing. I would hope that her son’s father would have prefered to help put a roof over her v. paying for her funeral. I hope that this story inspires people to do whatever they can to help other people every little bit counts.
May she rest in peace and may her family find the answers that they are seeking especially for her sons sake.
That is one of the main things I don’t like living in Gwinnett. It is too fcking dark!!! I am not used to this and I don’t like it, it’s dangerous. It’s also scary bc I don’t know what’s going on in this damn place.
Amen to that. Most of us absolutely have to work or we will be homeless.
You mean sadly one paycheck away.
Well Said. I feel for her. I thought suicide when I heard it was day before her BD. Glad to read that the lil boy has lots of fam to look over him. Kudos to #Kurupt for stepping up. good luck to all. #RIP young lady.
Did she have a car? Why would she be walking 12 miles on dark and busy Lawrenceville Hwy to a motel she lived in? Something isn’t right.
Did she have a car?? serious..Yeah she had an Ashton Martin in her private parking spot at the motel she lived in. She was walking because she forgot and left her car at the motel. BTW you are right by saying somthing isn’t right. The fact that people are judging and trying to pick apart the details of her life. If you havent had hard times, then you havent lived a true life. Hard times dont always mean being homeless. Some people bounce back and some quicker than others. As least she had a roof over her head and not living on the streets. Have you heard the saying "it is better to have a one room shack than a room in someone else mansion". Meaning it is best to be on your own than to be in a position where you might have to compromise your dignity. People probably offered her a place and she couldve decline. As far as a car, there are people who work everyday and cant afford a car. From what I heard, she didnt have a license. So that might be the answer to your burning question. She was obeying the law and not driving because she did not have a license.
I forgot to add that she was walking 12 miles because there was no land available and the zoning committee didnt allow the construction crew to build the motel down the highway 11.5 miles closer. REALLY!!! UGH!
none of this story makes sense…to me natina sounds like a wreck like lisa lefteye lopez was. first of all the mere fact that she was living in a so called extended motel makes no sense…UNLESS her parents didn’t live in georgia or anyone else that she could have stayed with until her house was ready. from what im reading she didn’t even have custody of her son, she had been arrested on several dui’s and didn’t have a license to drive let alone an ashton martin to drive cuz she coulnd’t drive!!!! now..the real question is why was she on that road? was is prostitution? was she trying to hitch a ride because she was drunk and high? did she get kicked out of a car after a fight with a john? i mean it doesn’t make sense that she was walking on that road that time of night alone! after the first dui she should have gotten the help she needed. from the way her son is smiling in the pic it sure as hell dont seem like he misses her cuz they would be tears and not a smile. hell it say he been with his daddy custody for 4 years, he probably didn’t even have a relationship with his mother cuz she was too busy chasing dreams, dick and booze! women like this make me sick and her parents need to be mad at their parenting not the police, cuz the police didn’t lead her to this damn highway! REST IN PEACE YOUNG LADY…it is still a sad situation!
Maybe she couldnt live with her parents because of her past. Maybe she gave her son to the father to raise instead of to her parents. Now they are speaking out to save face "I loved my daughter". Cmon. i have heard it before. When something happens to an individual who has wreck havoc in the neighborhood get whats coming to him/her the family steps in and say "they didnt have to do him/her like that. He/she had turnt (their word not mine)their life around". So what she had fallen on hard times and couldnt cope. The fame came and went fast. Its not like the group sold a million units and had a 1/2 million more in the making. Be real..how many cases have you heard of that after ONE unfortunate event the individual seeks help and stays clean? Your question and answer session of the who, what, when, where, why and how is neither here nor there. People get hit by cars even if they are crossing in the properly marked crosswalks. Males and females are out working as johns and seeking johns because thats what they do and are not homeless or on drugs. Its like pandora box they work a 9-5 and at nite they indulge in personal extra curriculm activities. If she jumped out the car because a john tried to take advantage of her, then at least she knew her self worth. All I can say is that the mind is a terrible thing to lose. As far as the son, he is smiling cause daddy said "smile". If he didnt have a relationship with his mother, then shame on all parties involved. He had him for 4yrs PSST! You want to give him a badge of honor? Thats his responsibility. Kurupt stated that he wants the son to maintain a relationship with his mom parents. That tells me that they are a little salty that they didnt get custody of him when his mom fell or hard times or like I said before. She didnt want her son to go to them.
You seem to be taking this a bit personal. The smart ass remarks are uncalled for. People are just trying to make sense of what happened to her, so save all of the drama-filled remarks to yourself. If she fell on hard times, so be it. It happens.
i am jus sayin, first of all, if she had any respect for herself she wouldn’t be selling her body ok..thats what johns do take advantage..DUH!!! they pay you so they want to do whatever they want to you thats the business….you are clueless and you sound unintelligent! how do you know kurupt told his son to smile in the pic? also, why should the parents get custody when the father was there ready and willing, it would go to the father first if he is in the picture and want custody, i do think that her and the parents had some type of falling out because their daughter should have been able to come to them for help and not live in a hotel. this young lady was a wreck and needed help. she had more than one dui….that tells you she needed help…i have three children and if i was to die young i would not want them smiling on a picture at my funeral…sorry….cuz if it was me, there is nothing to smile about right now and i am not finna be posting pics on twitter or anywhere else the day of my young mothers funeral ….all i can say is let this be a lesson to all the young girls out here living wreckless..GET YOUR SHIT TOGETHER! you dont have to live like that..hell whitneys story should have been enough to turn 100,000 crack heads and alcoholics on the right path!
I think the real issue that people should have here in GA.Is putting petitions together to ask for sidewalks and or lights on every block.
business and residental.
It’s way too many balloons and flowers around this city where people have been hit and killed.
AMEN!
My bf saw her once at a gas station w an older model navi or escalade actin like she was stuntin
Custody doesn’t go to the grandparents when the father is present and able. Her son is where he’s supposed to be.
amen say it again please
so sad…
i hope not but you cant help to wonder bc why would she be walking and plus kurupt has custody of their son anyway
Bossip WHO told u all that shit? The girl had JUST moved into a new town home so who tld u dumb fucks that she was homeless u devils
Whether this is relevant or not, it still raises a question and everything will tied into each other. I commend Kurupt doing what he did, b/c he didn’t have to do it.
why wasn’t she insured? wow…reckless…and most of the time if you dont have yourself in insurance your parents do…again wow….
you’ll be dropped/denied life insurance if you have recently been in rehab. not exactly sure on how much time you had to have been "clean" before you are eligible again.
Still all too sad. Prayers for her family and young child.
Why would this be news! She’s gone now. I’m pretty sure there is other ATL. Crap to post.
Sad.Praying that this young man and her family finds the peace that passes all of our understanding. Kurupt, glad to see you are with your son.That industry….
Just because she had the motel as her address doesnt mean she was homeless. I have stayed at a motel for a lengthy amount of time while renovations where done to my home. I didnt want to be with family and friends because of children and noise. Folks shouldnt dirty her name without knowing the facts. The lesson here should be to put the cell phone away when crossing the street
to me, her housing status shouldn’t have even been brought up…some bloggers are bogus for the information they put out about the dead, just like they did poor whitney…..just put the facts out related to the case, not housing situation! the bottom line is this, if you don’t have a home to live in, you live in a hotel, if you are having your home redone, and can’t live in it while they work around it, you will live in a hotel, but that was not the case with natina, she had no home at all…let’s be clear….and keep it 100. no shame, everyone may have been in this situation at one point in their lives, it’s called LIFE!
U can get an apartment for the same Price as staying in a residential motel in that area so obviously she was doin real bad…unable to get a lease or in that environment bc she liked that type of company w her alcohol/substance whatever abuse issue. I highly doubt she stayed in a dusty dirty dangerous motel off jimmy carter on purpose. Sympathy? Idk how many chances she blew to be a mother or get a job so I can’t be all in on that just bc she died. Some people rather follow the unrighteous path while opportunities keep knocking.
amen, i agree with you there…….like i said..another left eye situation…good girl gone bad..or was she ever good?
I know…people are jumping to all kind of conclusions
For the record…Natina was also Kurupts ex-wife. But, I get it Michelle….the black man loves that baby daddy stuff.
Natina was NOT Kurrupt’s ex wife…they never got married. Get yo damn facts straight!
damn @atlien did kurupt pay yo for this post i dont get the personal pics….and if u would have did this amount of investigating when whitney was murdered we probably could have found her killer within the week ijs.
lol lol @ mon88…i know right..i mean him sending the pic at the funeral of him and their son and his son smiling instead of crying does not sit right with me at all..can we please call SNAPPED?!
I believe the father posted that pic himself on twitter…not hard to get a picture once it has been posted online. That is not the first time I have seen someone post a pic of her son and he is smiling. Maybe he has really good,loving people around him that is keeping him in good spirits, maybe he is still too young to fully understand that has happened, maybe his natural reaction is to "smile" when he takes a pic…either way…if his father is comfortable with the pic I dont think it really matters. Thank GOD he has a father there to wipe the tears away when they do fall…
who cares dam people
And why be so disrespectful to call him her baby daddy? This nan has custody of his son so he’s more then a baby daddy. You’re ignorant Michelle/SFTA.
amen! lol
T-Boz and Chillie was not at the funeral despite what was reported. Their condolences came via twitter the day after she was buried. They sux and makes Lefteye memory like a joke since they were recently at an event in memory of their late group member. Lefteye was very proud of her group Blaque and Eygpt. I know that T-Boz and Chillie had prior engagements but show support where support is needed. I am sure when Mack 10 stayed taging T-Boz ass people reached out in conern and when Chilli and usher broken up and was the "victim" people showed concern. I guess its about self now.
TBOZ AND CHILI ARE BUST DOWNS ALWAYS HAVE BEEN, WHY YOU THINK USHER NEVER MARRIED CHILI? SHE WAS A BUST DOWN AND SHE IS CLUELESS ABOUT A MAN…WHAT CHILI FAIL TO REALIZE IS THAT YES YOU PRETTY AND YES YOU GOT A NICE SHAPE, BUT JUST LIKE YOU GOT WHAT YOU GOT OTHERS GOT WHAT THEY GOT THAT WILL KEEP A MAN AND MAKE A MAN PUT A RING ON IT HONEY YO STUFF AINT ALL THAT…SHE NEED TO TAKE IT DOWN A NOTCH! TBOX….SHE ANOTHER TRIFLIN ONE….THEY ATTITUDES ARE STANK AND I CAN’T STAND THEM! THEY WILL NEVER HAVE THE SUCCESS DCHILD HAD OR BEYONCE FOR THAT MATTER….NEITHER OF THEM HAD GOOD BUSINESS SENSE AND NO CLASS! IF THEY HAD CLASS THEY WOULD HAVE GOTTEN WITH A REAL G LIKE JAY! LOL
Does it matter?
This is sad she lived in my apartment complex last year!
Young women, need get life insurance at a early age, your payments are under 20 dollars.
Ooo, y’all kill me advising Michelle on what flavor tea she should spill-really? And I could care less if she was staying in Studio Plus-same people on here judging her probably are renting a room there as we speak. And the funeral attendance issue is lame-think about the fact that some people don’t like funerals or just simply cannot be there. And the last time I checked, he is her baby daddy-they never got married. So concerned and sensitive because this young lady has passed away… If Michelle had spilled this same tea when she was still alive, y’all would have had ur cups ready and blazed this post up with crazy ass comments. At the end of the day, its a blessing her son is being taken care of by his father,may she rest in peace.
@Suthernhummingbyrd I could NOT have said it better so I wont even try.
SMH! NIGGAS ALWAYS HAVING SITUATIONS!
Zwho cares where she was staying. I believe she had enough family around that she could have relied on. And we all know…granny is not going to let anyone sleep on the streets.
I think it is more to the story then what is being revealed…but that is not our business. No one on here can’t say that this could be them. I am greatful that God looks out for me on a daily basis. Lights water gas and food on the table. But I know that at any hour that couldchange.
I pray Tren gets all the support he needs and his dad continue to be there for him in this heart wrenching moment.
@suthernhummingbyrd: Michelle
@Vay: Michelle
lmaoooo-ur funny, boo.
hahahaha child please. @Jonas:irrelevant.
Honestly, It Is So Saddening How Folk Can Make Such CRUEL/VICIOUS Comments About The Decease. WE All Have/Had A Few Issues or Problems At Some Point And Time So, Who Are U to Judge? At 23, I Am Battling Which Seems to Be My Own Demons Rite Now As I Type However, All I Can Do Is Continue to Pray And Make The Best Out of This Thing Called LifE. When It Comes Down to NATINA(RIP) Living Conditions; Who Gives A Ratz Ass? You Nor, Myself Knows What The Situation Was On Why She Was Staying Out of A Hotel (If That Is TRUE). People Speak On Things That They DONT Know For Sure Based On 3rd Party Information. Some of You People Really Do Need to GET UR LIFE B/C Its Saddening How Cruel You Guys Can Be. Rest On Natina For GoD Knows BEST!!!
I’m Pissed that the question even was asked! It shouldn’t matter if she was or not, the issue is that she’s gone. The world is too damn nosey! She lost her life and people are wondering if she was homeless, DAMN DAMN DAMN, I don’t care if she was, I just want to send my prayers and condolences to her son and her family. R.I.P. Natina! LET’S GET OUT AND VOTE and make that news to talk about. Have a good day!
it really doesn’t matter if she lived in a motel, however it does matter when it comes to the police investigation. IJS!
the mother said she was in "transition" ok so while she was in "transition" she needed a place to live and that should have been with family but instead natina chose a hotel, the question is why? i mean i could see if it was a situation like the kardashians filiming a tv show while in new york so they rented a suite from a hotel, but this was not the case….the truth needs to come out and it needs to be alesson to others. was she on crack and was she a prostitute..thats what it sound like to me!
Poor Natina obviously had problems. The fact that she didn’t have custody of her own son speaks VOLUMES. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to see that she was going thru some thangs. My guess is that she was put out of a car somewhere along that road and started walking, or she was high as a kite. SOMETHING negative happened to put her on a dark road at 10pm at night in the boonies.
That damn entertainment industry turns people out real bad… check the story on Maia Campbell. So sad.