O tun je alatileyin igba pipe ti Longy School of Music .Rey ku nipa ikolu okan ni Osu kejila ojo 21, odun 1996 ni Cambridge, Massachusetts.Awon iwe ti a gba Gbigba Litireso Awon omode de Grummond ni Hattiesburg, Mississippi, ni die sii ju awon apoti oodunrun ti awon iwe Rey ti o wa ni 1973 si 2002.. 
Ó jẹ́ ọmọ òṣèrébìnrin Funmi Martins, tí ó kú nípa àrùn ọ̀kan ní ọdún 2002.Iṣẹ́ rẹ̀ mide Martins bẹ̀rẹ̀ iṣẹ́ rẹ̀ lẹ́yìn ikú ìyá rẹ̀ ní ọdún 2002. láti ìgbà náà, ó ṣe àfihàn nínú fíìmù àgbéléwò lórísisi, ó sì ṣàjáde àwọn eré lórílórí.Ìgbésí ayé rẹ̀ Martins Martins ọmọ Funmi Martins.. 