Kris Kross

Kris Kross was an American rap duo from the 1990s. Kriss Kross was one of my very first cassette tapes, I loved them! They had the silliest names Chris "Mac Daddy" Kelly and Chris "Daddy Mac" Smith, cracks me up so original. I became fascinated by them because of their music mostly but also because of their unique fashion style, they wore their clothes backwards, how odd I found this as a little girl. I thought it was so cool I actually wore my clothes backwards one day to school, I learned its very hard to go to the bathroom when your pants are on backwards.

Most people know Kris Kross by their hit 1992 song "Jump", it was number one on the Billboard hot 100 for eitght weeks and was certified double platinum as a single. My favorite song by them was "I Missed the Bus", haven't heard this song in a long time. It is definitely old school rap, love it!

Kris Kross brings back so many memories for me as a kid. It is actually a big surprise my mom even let me listen to them, she was very strict on what I could listen to, at least when it came to rap. The thing about Kris Kross is they did sing rap but it was clean, no swear words, which in today's world it is hard to find a rap song with no cuss words in it. The memory that sticks out the most in my mind was meeting my best friend, she too loved Kris Kross, together we wore out clothes backwards to school and jumped around a lot. Kris Kross will always have a special place in my heart, it brought together a friendship that will last forever, and I have much respect for them for being ok with not using swear words in their music.