For nineties kids, the utterance of Kriss Kross brings back elementary school memories of the pre-teen rap duo wearing backwards overalls singing the anthem, "Jump,"--with youngsters around the country jumping to their hearts content. Now, the now 32-year-old duo of Chris "Mac Daddy" Kelly and Chris "Daddy Mac" Smith have announced they will reunite for one night in February.
Spin Magazine reported that the duo will perform at Jermaine Dupri's So So Def All-Stars 20th Anniversary Concert at Fox Theatre in Atlanta on Feb. 23.
It has been more than 20 years since the top-charter "Jump" was heard. Spin reported that after making three albums together the duo broke up in 1998. Jump was co-written by Jermaine Dupri.
Kelly and Smith were discovered in 1990 by Jermaine Dupri, then 18, in an Atlanta Shopping mall. With Dupri they signed a deal with Ruffhouse records and then recorded their first album, "Totally Krossed Out" which was produced by Dupri.
Other performances at the concert will include once popular acts such as Da Brat and Bow Wow.
Back in 2000 it was reported that the duo was going to record a fourth album produced by Jermain Dupri, MTV reported. The album however, never occurred. Kriss Kross' other popular songs included "I Missed The Bus" and "It's a Shame."The Source reported that the day of the concert's events will include a VIP dinner, pre concert reception then the reunion concert.
Tickets are set to go on sale January 19th and can be purchased via Ticketmaster.
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