Chris Kelly, member of the rap group Kris Kross, is dead, an investigator with the Fulton County Medical Examiner's Office confirmed to the Huffington Post. Kelly was 34.
The Medical Examiner's Office said it could not provide more details about the circumstances of his death at this time.
An unnamed source told CBS Atlanta that Kelly was found dead at his Atlanta home.
R.I.P. Chris Kelly! Here's my favorite Kriss Kross song and the last time I saw him publicly:
***UPDATE***
Hip Hop Wired:
My Fox Atlanta reports that Kelly was found unconscious in his Atlanta home this afternoon. After being taken to the hospital, he was pronounced dead at around 5:30 p.m at the Atlanta Medical Center.
“It is with deep sadness that we announce that our beloved Chris Kelly has passed away on May 1. To millions of fans worldwide, he was the trendsetting, backwards pants-wearing one-half of Kris Kross who loved making music,” his mother, Donna Kelly Pratte said in a statement sent to Hip-Hop Wired. “But to us, he was just Chris – the kind, generous and fun-loving life of the party. Though he was only with us a short time, we feel blessed to have been able to share some incredible moments with him. His legacy will live on through his music, and we will forever love him.”
Kelly, along with his partner in rhyme, Chris "Daddy Mac" Smith, shot to fame in 1992 as Kris Kross. The duo's biggest hit was "Jump," a Jermaine Dupri produced and Jackson 5 sampling party jam that sat at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for eight weeks. Recently, Kriss Kross reunited on stage to celebrate the 20th anniversary of So So Def Records.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that Kelly's death is being treated a drug overdose. An autopsy is schedule for Thursday (May 2) morning.
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