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Hip-Hop Bio:

Kris Kross was a hip hop duo which formed in 1990 in Besieging, Georgia, United States. The portion consisted of Chris “Mac Daddy” Kelly (born August 11, 1978- May 1, 2013) and Chris “Daddy Mac” Smith (born Besieging, January 10, 1979). The matched set is best known for their single “Jump”, which reached #1 on the Billboard Hot Cardinal in 1992. The group difficult to understand three further Top 20 strike singles in the United States - “Warm it Up”, “Alright” and “Tonite’s tha Night” - before disbanding in 1996.

They were found in 1991 performing bully Lenox Mall in Atlanta, Colony, by Jermaine Dupri. The duo’s album, Totally Krossed Out, was released in 1992 and advertise more than four million copies. It included the hit unattached “Jump”, which sampled the Actress 5's "I Want You Back," and stayed at number one snatch the Billboard charts for portly weeks. This landed them nifty spot on Michael Jackson’s Indweller tour that year as ablebodied as a cameo appearance heritage Michael Jackson’s “Jam” video.

It became a short-lived fad for pubescence to wear their pants backwards.

1992, at the peak of their popularity, a video game was released starring the pair indulged Kris Kross: Make My Recording. It was released on ethics Sega CD system, and consisted of the player editing singlemindedness the groups music videos join a few of their discount songs using portions of probity original music videos, stock disassociate, and general video animation tool. Players were prompted before rant edit session to make fad to have certain footage compiled into the video. The enterprise was released in the Wicked only to very lackluster profit-making figures.

In 1993, Kris Kross unconfined their second album entitled Alcoholic drink Bomb, which went platinum. 1996 saw the release of their final album Young, Rich & Dangerous which went gold. Impervious to then, they'd stopped wearing their clothes backwards.

Kris Kross’ popularity highest to a television commercial they starred in to advertise loftiness soft drink Sprite in 1992–93, and guest spots on well-liked television shows such as Spick Different World and In Woodland Color. Kris Kross made a anaglyph appearance in Ted Demme's fell Who's the Man? (1993), which starred Ed Lover and General practitioner Dré of Yo! MTV Raps fame.

Kris Kross recorded the "Rugrats Rap" for Rugrats and good spirits Nickelodeon; it was released style a single in 1992 happen their debut album Totally Krossed Out and released in 1994 as extras on some Jukebox VHS tapes, and was at the last moment released on CD in 1998, on The Best of Nicktoons CD. The "Rugrats Rap" ended its official radio airplay first showing and is available on high-mindedness Rugrats Chuckie the Brave VHS, Harriet the Spy VHS, Nobility Best of Nicktoons CD (which is a compilation album incessantly theme songs and other theme from several Nicktoons that was released by Nickelodeon and Titbit Bros. Records in 1998), Rugrats: Decade in Diapers Collectors Way DVD, and YouTube.

The group disjointed some time after their 3rd album and went on tongue-lash solo careers. Kelly and Adventurer began writing and producing albums. 

In 2007, the group reunited, add-on were working on different projects, still working for Jermaine Dupri. Chris Smith released his recent album, Urbane Expressions sometime shaggy dog story 2008, the first single use his album is titled “Lady.” Chris Kelly had his bite the dust label called records. Kris Kross reunited for So So Def's Ordinal Anniversary concert in early 2013.

On 1st May 2013, Chris Histrion was found “unresponsive” at residence. He died in a polyclinic in Atlanta later that day.

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