Chris Kelly, one half of the popular 90’s rap duo Kris Kross, died yesterday in Georgia at the age of 34.
FOX 5 Atlanta reports that Kelly was found unconscious in his Atlanta home Wednesday and was transported to the Atlanta Medical Center where he was pronounced dead at 5:30 p.m. EST.
The cause of death remains open but a Fulton County police spokesman said, “It appears it may have been a possible drug overdose.”
“Mac Daddy” Kelly and his rap partner Chris “Daddy Mac” Smith shot to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart with their 1992 song ‘Jump,’ where it remained for eight weeks.
Kelly and Smith, famous for wearing their clothes backward, were discovered in an Atlanta shopping mall in 1990 by music producer and rapper Jermaine Dupre, who was 19 at the time.
With ‘Jump’ remaining popular throughout 1992, they hooked up with Michael Jackson for a stint on his Dangerous World Tour.
The group split after their third album to pursue solo careers but they reunited in February 2013 for the So So Def’s 20th Anniversary concert.
We’ve included a video featuring their hit ‘Jump’ below … enjoy!
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