When Drugs Happen To Good People: Maia Campbell

Posted Mar 4, 2009 by SP in Misc | 6 comments

So, how many of you remember, Maia Campbell? The beautiful, sexy, talented, Maia from that show “In The House” with LL Cool J? If the ladies don’t remember, I’m sure the men do. She is one hot tamale, and I seriously had faith in her. I really thought she was going to go far in the industry.

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Far in the industry until tragedy struck. Her mom, famous author, Bebe Moore Campbell died of brain cancer in 2006. What’s worse is that Bebe died a day after her daughter’s birthday. She died on November 27 and Maia was born on November 26, 1976.

While I’m not sure if that’s what triggered her drug addiction, I can only imagine that that didn’t help either. I don’t know her personally, therefore; I don’t have facts. Who knows when it all came crumbling down for her?!?! If I don’t hear from the horse’s mouth, then I will speak vaguely.

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I read from several media outlets a few years ago that she was prostituting, not only to make ends meet, but to feed her drug addiction problem. Well, I also read media take-out this morning and stumbled upon a shocking news. She is now in Venice, CA. You know…the beach?! Begging for money and meth. In addition, she was pleading for someone to help fix her hair. This is just really sad. It makes me want to drive up to Venice (only 10mins away from me), and talk to her. Possibly offer her help.

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One of her their readers said the following, “She said she was sleepin on venice beach, and needed someone to do her hair, my boy said she was walking up and asked him where the weed was, and than came back and asked for someone to do her hair.

As we’re seating there she’s trying hard to eat some tacos she ordered, shaking and shit like she had to go pee…she asked who had a car, I said I did, and she asked if me and my stud home girl (we both look like cute boys) did we wanna go shopping . We both said yeah, but she asked me to take her to her “cousins” house first, somewhere on [ADDRESS REDACTED]. Anyway, she’s jumpin’ around and gettin happy in the back seat as we’re pullin up, no doubt getting’ her fix. She runs to the car tryna fix her shit, and I had to kick her ass out, like..”Bitch we only smoke kush in here!!!’

She started talking to me, telling me about her moms, and kids, and how her husband told on her, most likely tryna help her, i let her use my phone while we we’re in the car and she called i think her grandma, and her dad, but i shouldnt have let her do that kuz she had some big ass bumps and shit on her lips.”

“She started talking to me, telling me about her moms, and kids, and how her husband told on her, most likely tryna help her, i let her use my phone while we we’re in the car and she called i think her grandma, and her dad, but i shouldnt have let her do that kuz she had some big ass bumps and shit on her lips.

Got inside, she couldnt buy sh*t, kuz she didnt have a id for her credit card, all the while stealing shit to put on, something we didnt find out till later…

While in the mall, she goes to the bathroom a the food court and fills the bathroom ceiling of meth smoke, like it was koo … my friends came back and told me what she was doing, and i really got pissed the fuck off and ran to the bathroom sticking my head in yelling her government name, since she asked us to call her genisis …

Leaving the mall, my homeboy was in the backseat tryna spit that pimp shit, she really wasn’t hearing it kuz she was running outta drugs,, but i told her i wasnt taking her ass anywhere else if she didnt wash her ass, kuz she was smelling reaaaalllly bad, like a bum yo!!, i had to wipe off my seats, they’re cream leather, and you could see the fucking dirt where she sat.

When she got out from showering at another homeboys house, only taking 3 mins or so, she honestly looked better, her hair was wet and curly, she put on make-up, and i gave her a shirt of my girlfriends out the trunk, I realllly saw maia than, and we all jus stopped and looked at her and it got kinda uncomfortable, and than she asked us to stop, and said she was ready to go.”

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Excerpt and cracked out pictures from Media TakeOut.

http://www.mediatakeout.com

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Zainab

This wasn't in reply to anyones comment. I was just sharing:)

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Saymama

How very sad. Some of her ex-cast mates should rally round and make it a point to help her. I'm so sad to hear this. Would never have imagined her to fall by the way side this way. I guess never say never they say..

kemi

i loved her on the ll cooj show. i think she has been have problems for years. i hopegod will bless her soul. flakes, pls go there to talk to her

AMINA

SHE WAS THE SAME GAL IN THE OLD TYRESE VIDEOS OF LATELY AND SWEET LADY..THIS IS SAD AND TRAGIC.MAY GOD HELP HER GET ON D RIGHT PATH!

Debbie

This is so sad - and scary! What triggers such a downturn if events? Did her friends and family miss the signs? Or did she hide it too well? I don't know Maia and I have never seen the LL Cool J show, but as a fellow human being I feel for her. The mystery to me is; when they are sliding down the slippery slope that can bring a person to this, what's the inner dialogue? Why can't they ask themselves where this will lead? What are the people around them saying,people who care - and why don't they listen - and how do they justify the next fix? I'm a self-confessed control freak (can you tell) but I'm happy to say that at least it's saved me from waking up surprised in a nightmare life - and wondering how I got there. I always try to see waaaaay down the line before taking the next step. Mum used to say 'relax, you'll go grey early' she was wrong on that one. My prayers go out to Maia. I pray that some day before it's too late, she wakes up and decides to turn her life around. I pray also that the people around her continue to love her regardless.

Listen, I know first hand what both losing a mom ( which is one of complete pain) and as a result fighting addiction is like. It is no joke!. Yes, the loss of a mother for some can take you down a road and to a place in your life to would have never...ever...ever...ever imagined for yourself. For some the simple thought of losing your mother is hard to imagine...then there are those who have to actually live it ....daily. Everyone does not.... saddly have a support system , everyone does not have the strength to over come at that very moment the loss, lonely , empty, scared, and severe pain from losing a mother ( or father) Everyone handles things in such different manners, and for some they are under temporary insanity and have a tendency to believe that resorting to drugs will ease their pain...in fact for some it does again....temporarly. The problem there lies the truth the pain and loss must be dealt with...clean& sober. Until then you are fighting a no end battle...a careless cycle , one that will continue& continue& continue as long as you continue to cover up your pain with drugs and whatever. I sincerely pray for her...her sanity , her spirit and soul. This is a looonely road shes traveling, one that could end in death. This is one heavy ...dark and sad place to be in ....Please pray for her and any other soul you may know who is walking this very serious journey.....take care.