At first glance, there’s not really much to the video for Kriss Kross’ “Jump,” though it’s a song and video that changed their lives, along with their producer, Jermaine Dupri. Famously, the royalty ...

In The Number Ones, I'm reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart's beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. Those first ...

RIP Chris Kelly. The "Kris" of Kris Kross passed away yesterday. The duo scored big with 'Jump' in 1992 when Kelly was just 14 years old. Though none of the duo's subsequent work matched the success ...

When their debut single “Jump” was released in February 1992, Kelly and Smith instantaneously put the world on notice. Rocking their patented backward pants look in the song’s music video, the duo was ...

On this day in Hip-Hop history, Atlanta duo Kris Kross made their explosive debut with Totally Krossed Out, an album that became a defining moment in early ’90s rap and youth culture. The album ...