Chris Kelly, best known as “Mac Daddy” of ’90s Hip Hop duo Kriss Kross, has reportedly died.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that Kelly was found unresponsive in his home on Wednesday (May 1) afternoon.
Kelly was transported to Atlanta Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
Kriss Kross was a child Rap duo consisting of Kelly and Chris “Daddy Mac” Smith. Kriss Kross landed a smash hit with 1992’s “Jump,” which featured the group’s trademark backwards outfits.
The former So So Def act reunited to perform at the label’s 20th anniversary all-star concert in Atlanta.
Kelly revealed in a January 2013 interview with Yahoo! that he had gone to school to be a music engineer. “I just wanted to do something different,” he explained. “Get more on the technical side of things than just being an artist, and produce. I just wanted to be [the] all around best I could be as far as doing everything.”
Kelly was 34 years old.
HipHopDX would like to offer its condolences to the friends and family of Chris Kelly at this time, and will update you as this story develops.
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Damn. RIP.
RIP bro. smh
RIP brother…Is this the one related to Da Brat, her brother?
Naw,fam. Him and Da brat were just good peoples…
Damn. R.I.P. Brother. A classic artist from when Hip-Hop was fun and fans were a little less cynical. Respect
Co-sign.
RIP…Jump, Jump!!!
RIP Mac Daddy
R.I.P
this is wiggity wiggity wiggity wack.
That’s no way to talk about 50 Cent’s new album.
RIP,Homie
R.I.P. I’m gonna go play “Jump” for my 1 year old daughter right now and show her how we used to have fun back in the day… Rest up “miggity miggity miggity Mack Daddy”
Damn. This is the first time I’ve really been like…..DAMN, a good hip hop artist I grew up on died. I still remember the day when Jump, Jump came on TV.
Damn yo….. I remember just like yesterday when i saw these niggas perform on in living color back in the early 90’s
R.I.P. Bro!
Mac Daddy was a dope Emcee way better than a lot of these fuck niggaz nowadays R.I.P !!!
R.I.P. to the Miggity Miggity Mac!!!
I could neither talk nor walk when this dude and Daddy Mack were on top of the world. Just listening to them lets you know how fun the 90s was. I just saw these dudes on a 90s one hit wonder special on VH1 not too long ago. Dang. God bless him and his family. Much love. GODBtESS
RIP. 🙁
I grew up with his music.
Black tux on backwards? Too soon…?
RIP
hehe.
i think mac daddy would both appreciate and expect that joke to be made
Too damn young.
Was it an overdose or suicide?
hmmm. they are saying drug overdose suspected. i though it would have been cancer or some shit cause i know he had been pretty sick for years
Kriss Kross had us teens rockin our pants backwards for 2 years 92-94 LOL!
And am talking bout Nairobi, Kenya. EAST AFRICA. We loved that shit and he was waaaay better than most rappers coming outta ATL nowadays.
Damn R.I.P
RIP
sad news cause Birman told me he wanted to sign Kris Kross to YMCMB… damn da world wont hear that classic album. it’s a big loss for the YMCMB Empire. swag
Life has some highs and many lows for most, many of are highs are as kids that we don’t or can’t realize, would have been nice if his adult dream would have been realized but some dreams do just that…RIP
just got my nails done haaaa lets find busta rhymes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyypodfilro
REST IN PEACE
rip
RIP TO A REAL NIGGAS. THAT YOUNG RICH AND DANGEROUS WAS A SLEPT ON ALBUM
had to listen to jump 5 times this morning. RIP
Dang, RIP to the homie. Y’all should checkout thegrandreport, they usually have some good stuff on there
Young rich and dangerous was a hiphop classic imagine if those boys did songs with outkast.man R.I.P Mac Daddy!!!
When i heard the news i jumped out of my seat !
Man…I grew up on jump and shit…I feel for the people around him,that shit hurts…specially when itsunexpected.
soundcloud.com/dalaryius….dalaryius.bandcamp.com…..@dalaryius13…….BWWWAAAUUHH….#RAPALBUM
R.I.P. to the homie. Thanks for your contributions fam. One.
illogic ft Blueprint – Favorite Things
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNGwvwt1fVY
MAn… Bout to go airbrush some over-Alls. These dudes coined many long lasting styles as young teens.. (R.i.p.)
So that’s basically almost all the stars in the Michael Jackson Jam video who have now past away a part from Michael Jordan and the other member of Kriss Kross. Watching that video now would just seem so strange.
all I can say is WOW!!!! please don’t let it come out that someone murdered him cause killing ppl like that and killing in general NEEDS TO FUCKING STOP!!!!! use your fists I’m sick of the ppl acting tough with guns ANYBODY CAN SHOOT ANYBODY man up and use your hands COWARDS!!!!!!!!
Sorry got carried away in my rant on guns but….
Thanks for the awesome memories and the swag you guys help me develop when I was a Kid “Totally Krossed Out” will always be one of my favorite albums R.I.P Big Homie you will be missed.
Damn it man! They just did a reunion performance 2 or 3 months ago!
Every time I make a best of mixed cd of an artist for my car, the artist passes. I actually disliked Kriss Kross when I was a kid because “Jump” was overplayed along with Hammer and Vanilla Ice. It wasn’t until the 2000s when Kriss Kross was long gone that I listened to them and actually appreciated them compared to all of the wackness that was coming out. They were hot too until their late teens but people couldn’t accept them as cussing/sex-minded grown-ups so they faded. These were some of my favorite joints of Kriss Kross-
Jump
Warm It Up
I Missed the Bus
I’m Real
Tonight’s the Night Remix feat Redman
Live And Die For Hip Hop feat. Da Brat
and my all time favorite summer jam- Alright feat. Supercat
RIP my homie. Even as kids, Kriss Kross, Da Youngsta’s, Illegal and Chi-Ali is 1 million times better than a lot of these corny muthafuckas today.
That’s pretty young to check out. RIP.
Rest In Piss, bitchnigga.
R.I.P my brotha..another hiphop legend gone to soon…warm it up chris..
RIP
niggas had the classroom bumpin in grade 1.
hiphopbaby76
Wow….Kriss Kross was my fav group back in the day….i have all their music….young rich n dangerous was n is my fav cd….Rest my brother it’s been a rugged road, Jehovah will watch over you know.
“Rest my brother it’s been a rugged road, Jehovah will watch over you know”
A rugged road? lol He made millions. If anything he should have been living on easy street next to Charlie Sheen.