Kris Kross is tagged as: hip-hop, rap, 90s, hip hop, pop Kris Kross was a young rap duo of the early 1990s most famous for wearing their clothes backwards. The two members of Kris Kross were Chris (Mack Daddy) Kelly (born May 1, 1978 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA) and Chris (Daddy Mack) Smith (born January 10, 1979 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA). They were found in 1991 performing at Lenox Mall in Atlanta, Georgia, by Jermaine Dupri. The duo’s album, Totally Krossed Out, was released in 1992 and sold more than four million copies. It included the hit single “Jump”, which stayed at number one on the Billboard charts for eight weeks. This landed them a spot on Michael Jackson’s European tour that year as well as a cameo appearance in Michael Jackson’s “Jam” video. It became a short-lived fad for youth to wear their pants backwards. 1992, at the peak of their popularity, a video game was released starring the pair entitled Kris Kross: Make My Video. It was released on the Sega CD system, and consisted of the player editing together the groups 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 ... Read More About Kris Kross Biography... Send Kris Kross ringtones to your cell |
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