- Chris Kelly, From '90s Rap Duo Kriss Kross, Dead At 34 : MSN News

Chris Kelly of the '90s rap duo Kris Kross has died, confirms the Associated Press. He was 34.



Kelly, pictured on the left, was reportedly found unresponsive in his Atlanta home on Wednesday. The official cause of death has yet to be determined, and an autopsy is scheduled for Thursday. But a Fulton County police spokeswoman tells the AP, "It appears it may have been a possible drug overdose."



Kris Kross was best known for the infectious hit "Jump" from their 1992 debut album, "Totally Krossed Out," and their trademark backwards clothes. 



The duo consisted of Kelly, known as Mac Daddy, and Chris Smith, called Daddy Mac. They were discovered at an Atlanta mall by producer Jermaine Dupri, and were just 13 when "Totally Krossed Out" exploded onto the charts.



Soon, they were touring with Michael Jackson and starring in their own video game. Unfortunately, the group's next two studio albums failed to match the multiplatinum success of their debut, although they had additional hits with songs such as "Warm It Up," "Alright" and "Tonite's tha Night."



Kelly and Smith reunited in February for a 20th anniversary concert celebrating Dupri's So So Def Recordings. On Wednesday night, the label released a statement with Kelly's mother, Donna Kelly Pratte:

"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. 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."

Dupri also issued a statement:

"To the world chris was Mac Daddy but to me, he was a son I never had, as much as you may think I taught him, he taught me, god has blessed me to be in the presence of so many naturally talented people, and chris was one. his understanding of what we set out to do, from day one was always on point. his passion for the music, his love for doing shows, his want to better than everyone else, was always turnt up. when I think about it I spent more time with chris than damn near anybody in my whole life, so you can imagine how bad this hurts. I will always love you chris, and I will never let the world forget you, may god bless your soul."

Another Fallen soilder. R. I. P., you will be missed.

-10 Random Sam Spits The Truth Facts Moment!-

1. Working a campus job really gives me some insight, and overall peace. College students: I highly recommend you consider it if you already haven't.

2. I feel like my consumption of pizza, specifically, has gone up dramatically with being in school. Yuck.

3. My nail broke. Blowin' meee.

4. I have a dreadful ten page paper that needs to be handed in soon that I haven't even started yet.

5. But if you already know the assignments that need to be handed in, at least niggas ain't really gotta attend class cause it's the end of the semesterrrr :) Ayyy.

6. I'm the biggest procrastinator you will ever meet.

7. I enjoy texting to an extent. I get just as tired of it as anyone else after a while. For all those that get a kick outta blowin' my shit up.

8. It's music time, anytimeee.

9. I probably spend like, hella time on the computer. If you could guess by how much I write.

10. Currently: I do want some more sneakers foreal... and hats! Lots of em'!! Lol.

-REVAMPING TIME-

BBBBLLLLLAAAHHHHHHH.

Is my introduction for all you bloggers and blog readers.

Yup. I'm talkin' to you.

The juices in my head are flowing once again. And once again I'm starting to realize how much I really miss writing, blogging, and picture surfing for dope flicks for ya'll lol.

My apologies for the time spent away. School is hectic: As usual. Thank God the semester is finally coming to an end, but even so, there's still sooo much work that I need to get done and I just really need to do it.

But as usual: Everything usually gets done in due time.

So, hmmm, what to say...

Looking back at my blog, (having not been able to write anything for a while) I see that I've gotten hella more views, and that's always a good sign. I plan on seriously revamping, as you can see by my title of this post, my blog for the summer and in general because it's been a really long time since I've really done any construction to my site. As far as my two other blogs go, (The Ken & Barbie Chronicles pages) I will be handling those pages more efficiently and more often, cause those pages have also recieved some attentioin as well, which I am sooo happy to see :)). So I would love very much so to keep that up, and going.

So, plan issss : New blog banner, new side images for the page, and more dope post, as usual, on all three pages.

The essentials to any blog really.

So stay tuned for those tweaks and more! :). Thanks to all you guys that stood by Sam Spits The Truth, even in my absence lol. This is what keeps it moving.

Peace.

Remember? : Cymphonique - Lil Miss Swagger

This was my song though.

+Him Or The KIDS?

So I was watching the Jeremy Kyle show this morning and I actually haven't been watching this show for the longest time, but he does manage to come up with some pretty interesting stories.

On the show there was a women who chose her boyfriend over her children, to the point where he would tell her to kick them out and she would obey him and do just that.

Now the question is: Why do some women tend to choose the men in thier lives over their own kids?

In some cases. women who grow up without father figures are more proned to obey their boyfriends and their husbands. They are afraid of losing the only male figure that they have in their lives and sometimes will even go as far as turning their backs on their own kids just to keep that person around.

Although it is understandable, in the sense that women that do this have been through some type of phycological abuse, it is certainly not ok.

On the show, the girl that was speaking about her mother was willing to give her another chance to be a better person.

Would you have given your mother a second chance to accept you, even though you did nothing to deserve the rejection in the first place?

In most cases, people choose not to associate themselves with that, even though that is their parent.

I think this was probably one of the first real episodes I've seen (as far as this show goes) where the child wanted her mother to be part of her life more then the mother wanted to be a part of her childs life. And that's honestly a little sad.

No parent should choose a relationship over their kids. Especially if that relationship is mentally or physically abusive. Not only to the mother, but to the kids as well.

If you are in an abusive relationship and you're unsure how to get out of it and you find yourself making drastic decisions about your kids, as the mother in this episode did, you might want to consider talking to a counselor about issues in your past. Solving issues in ones past, gives the answers to a better future.

And a better relationship with your children.

Which One Stands Out To You?

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:THIS JUST IN

My mother called me today from work and told me to turn on the television and when I did, I saw that there was shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, in Conneticut. At first, the news revealed that 18 children were killed. Later on though, the number changed to 20 and make that 26, counting the other adults that were killed as well.

The name of the shooter is Ryan Lanza.... And they have yet to identify his body, but they know that he killed himself after killing all those innocent people.

The president made an announcement about the incident. Even Obama was choked up to say that a majority of the people killed in the event were little kids.

Wow....

Getting killed. Just by going to school.

It's completely shocking and horrific to hear something like that.... I'm sure it cut a lot of people off guard and it was totally unexpected.

May all of those precious kids and their families find peace and may God stay in all of their hearts. My heart goes out to all of them.

If you are not aware of this news or anything that has happened up to this point; I URGE you to inform yourself.

Turn to your local news channel or look online for more information on the shooting and open your mind to the devastating things that are occuring in the world that we live in.

Be safe. Be smart.