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Kris Kross was an American teenage rap duo of the early 1990s comprising Chris "Mac Daddy" Kelly and Chris "Daddy Mac" Smith. The duo are best known for their 1992 hit "Jump", which was #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for eight weeks and was certified double platinum as a single. They were also known for their fashion styling, which consisted of wearing their clothes backwards. The duo is best known for their rabid fans that consistently mimicked the backwards style of dress Daddy Mac and Mac Daddy made so famous.Atlanta natives Kelly (born August 11, 1978) and Smith (born January 10, 1979) were childhood friends, discovered in 1990 by 18-year-old Jermaine Dupri at an Atlanta shopping mall.Dupri thought the two "looked like a rap group" and proceeded to groom them as such.
Their Dupri-produced debut album, Totally Krossed Out, was released in 1992 and sold four million copies in the US. It included the hit single "Jump", which topped the Billboard Hot 100 for eight weeks.
The duo landed a spot on Michael Jackson's 1992 Dangerous World Tour, as well as a cameo appearance on Jackson's "Jam" music video. The music videos from their own album also experienced major success. The video for "Jump", directed by filmmaker Rich Murray went to No. 1 on MTV and sold over 100,000 copies as a vhs 'video single' and the video for their followup single "Warm It Up", also directed by Murray won a Billboard video award for "Best New Artist". In addition to this, they also made appearances in the music videos for Run-D.M.C.'s "Down with the King" and TLC's "Hat 2 Da Back". They were also featured in an episode of A Different World, and the closing musical act on 29 May 1992 episode of In Living Color.
In 1992, a video game directed by Denis Dyack was released starring the pair titled Kris Kross: Make My Video. It was released on the Sega CD system, and consisted of the player editing together the group's music videos to a few of their hit songs—using portions of the original music videos, stock footage, and general video animation effects. Players were prompted before each edit session to make sure to have certain footage compiled into the video. The game was released only in the United States to poor sales figures and dismal reviews. It was ranked 18th on Electronic Gaming Monthly's list of the "20 Worst Games of All Time".
Kris Kross made a cameo appearance in Ted Demme's 1993 film Who's the Man?, which starred Ed Lover and Doctor Dré of Yo! MTV Raps fame.
Their second album, Da Bomb (1993), was certified platinum, and spawned the hit "Alright", although it failed to match their earlier success. Most of their songs had been directed at rivals Da Youngstas, Illegal and Another Bad Creation. A third album, Young, Rich & Dangerous, was released in early 1996 and was certified gold. It spawned the two hits "Tonite's tha Night" and "Live and Die for Hip Hop".
Nowadays, Chris Kelly runs his own indie label, C.CO. Records, which is based in Atlanta and focuses on developing underground hip-hop and R&B acts. Though rumors had been circulating that he was diagnosed with cancer (based on photos taken of him with several patches of his hair missing), Kelly has gone on the record as saying he suffers from alopecia, a condition that causes hair loss.
Chris Smith also works in music; he has completed an album of original material titled Urbane Expressions, yet to be released. Smith also says he's finished a book of the same title, which includes original poetry, photos, artwork, and short stories.
Album "Da Bomb" (1993)
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GANGSTA// lol
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@HARRIS2820 i agree with u no skinny jeans or mowahks lol
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Wheres Sean Paul???
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daymm wish we wore gear like their clothes till these days...madd baggy and swaggin
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supercat must be blind
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nigger shit
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NO SKINNY JEANS OR MOHAWKS. miss the 90's.
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@FATLAYNE shut up
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Excellent. Love it, specially the Supercat part is awesome.
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this shit sucks...sounds like some dre/snoop rip off shit
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Aloves0strong 4 months ago 54
Absolutely the very best tune by Kris Kross (in my opinion). Great quality on the vid too. Thanks @1990spaceghost.
telekingkong 4 months ago 21