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Kris Kross

Hip hop
Hip hop

Kris Kross is a Hip hop act. Their sound grew out of Das EFX, Joe Public, Aaliyah and Jermaine Dupri. Those roots explain a lot about how Kris Kross arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as DJ Kool, Naughty By Nature, MC Hammer, House of Pain and Heavy D & The Boyz, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Young Dro, Da Brat, Super Cat, Kris Kross Amsterdam and Nipsey Hussle, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 36 connections around Kris Kross, reaching back through Das EFX and forward to Young Dro. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Kris Kross was an American hip hop duo composed of rappers Chris "Mac Daddy" Kelly and Chris "Daddy Mac" Smith and formed by record producer Jermaine Dupri. They were the youngest hip-hop group to gain commercial success, charting releases by the age of 13. Smith and Kelly were discovered by Dupri in 1990, with whom they signed as the first act on his record label So So Def Recordings.

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Kris KrossDas EFXJoe PublicAaliyahJermaine DupriYoung DroDa BratSuper CatKris Kross AmsterdamNipsey HussleDeniro FarrarDJ EzassculMichael JacksonDJ KoolNaughty By NatureMC HammerHouse of PainHeavy D & The BoyzCoolioSkee-LoBiz Markie

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Kris Kross connections

Kris Kross grew out of Das EFX, Joe Public, Aaliyah and Jermaine Dupri, shares an orbit with DJ Kool, Naughty By Nature, MC Hammer and House of Pain, went on to shape Young Dro, Da Brat, Super Cat and Kris Kross Amsterdam. 36 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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