They had a son named Tren Brown age 18.
(2001 - 2003) (divorced) (1 child)
Kurupt's following solo album for Artemis Records, Space Boogie: Smoke Oddessey, fared better, with production from Daz and up-and-coming producer Fredwreck; his then-fiancee, the late Natina Reed, provided the hook for the single "It's Over."
During "the early 2000s", Reed became engaged to Kurupt though the couple never married and separated. They had planned to be married in the spring of 2001, and rescheduled it to 2002 or 2003 due to conflicts with their work schedules. Rapper Foxy Brown, Kurupt's former fiancée, dissed Reed on her track "730" in the lyrics: "Some hos is always yappin' — especially pop-star bitches with the soft image." and "So what I'm not with him / Bitch he's off limits" and "garbage." Reed responded that Brown "needs to move on and get over him" and advised that they focus on their respective careers. Reed said the following:
You can't chase something that doesn't chase you back [...] I don't spend a lot of time thinking about what people think about me. It's petty — it's like people never grow up in this game. You watch Biggie and all that shit that [he] and Pac went through, and people still don't get the message. They still want to start the wars and create fires.
— Natina Reed, MTV News
Reed became pregnant with Kurput's child during the recording of Blaque Out; she said that the album's limited release was the result of her pregnancy and the label's uncertainty on the group's future. In 2002, she gave birth to her son, Tren Brown. Reed's father said that being a mother was "one of her most treasured roles". Following Lopes' death in an automobile accident in La Ceiba, Honduras in 2002, Reed was interviewed as part of a BET Tonight episode about her life. Reed said that she lived with Lopes three months before her son's birth and Lopes took care of her during her pregnancy. Tren, who had lived with Kurupt four years prior to Reed's death, remained with his father. Reed's father said that he planned to create a foundation to help Tren.
