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Where did it all go wrong for Kriss Kross? 90s teen hip-hop duo took the world by storm and toured with Michael Jackson before bust-ups with fellow rappers and flop album led to drug addiction and tragedy


The childhood friends from Atlanta were discovered in a local mall by then 18-year-old music producer Jermaine Dupri.

They also found themsleves embroiled in a beef with fellow rap groups Da Youngstas and Illegal (pictured in 1993) who branded the pair 'manufactured' due to mentor Jermaine writing their entire debut album Meanwhile Chris 'Mac Daddy' Kelly started his own independent record label in Atlanta but hit the headlines after his first public appearance in years after displaying bald spots - later reasurring fans he was not unwell but explained he had been suffering from alopecia. John Belushi, River Phoenix, Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist Hillel Slovak and Alice in Chains frontman Layne Staley all died from combining the two drugs.

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