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Chris Kelly of the 90′s hip-hop group Kris Kross has been pronouced dead.

According to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the rapper was discovered unresponsive at his home and later taken to the Atlanta Medical Center where he was declared dead around 8 p.m. today.

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Further details, including the cause of death, have yet to be released. An autopsy is scheduled for Thursday morning.

Kelly, also known as “Mac Daddy,” was 34 years old.

We send our condolences out to his family and his fellow group mate Chris “Daddy Mac” Smith.

The So So Def Records recording artists were best known for their 1992 hit “Jump.”

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