Kelly died at an Atlanta hospital at the age of 34, a Fulton County Medical Examiner's spokesperson said on Wednesday.
"The Fulton County Police told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that Kelly's death is being investigated as a possible drug overdose," reported Billboard.com.
Dumonder Dawson, an investigator for the medical examiner's office, said Kelly died on Wednesday evening. He declined to discuss the cause of the rapper's death.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution newspaper reported that Kelly was found unresponsive at his home and that an autopsy was scheduled for Thursday morning.
Atlanta native Kelly and Chris Smith made up Kris Kross, which was best known for the 1992 hit single Jump. – Additional reporting by Reuters
Five things you might not have known about Kriss Kross:
- The group were discovered in 1990 by producer Jermaine Dupri;
- The Jump music video sold over 100 000 VHS copies;
- Kriss Kross made cameos on US sketch show In Living Color and sitcom A Different World;
- Besides appearing in Michael Jackson's Bad video, the duo went on tour with Jackson in 1992;
- The rappers reunited in 2013 to perform at So So Def's 20th Anniversary.