Chris Kelly of Kris Kross dies At 34

American oldies, kid rap group member Chris Kelly also known Kris Kross, who made one of the hit singles in the 90’s “Jump” is dead.

He was reported to have had a drug overdose and died at a hospital in Atlanta at the age of 34.

According to a spokesman for Fulton County police, “it appears it may have been a possible drug overdose”
According to Lester, police were called to Kelly’s home at around 4:30 p.m. Wednesday. He was transported to the south campus of the Atlanta Medical Center.

Investigator Betty Honey of the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s office said Kelly was pronounced dead at the hospital at around 5 p.m. Wednesday.
No official cause of death has been determined, pending an autopsy.

Kelly and Smith were introduced to the music world in 1992 by Jermaine Dupri after he discovered the pair in an Atlanta mall.

Their first, and by far most successful song, was “Jump.” The hit, off their multiplatinum 1992 debut album “Totally Krossed Out,” featured the two trading versus and rapping the refrain, the song’s title. The duo had surprising maturity in their rap delivery, though the song was written by Dupri. It would become a No. 1 smash in the United States and globally, and one of the most popular of that year.