Chris 'Mac Daddy' Kelly of '90s rap group Kris Kross likely died from an overdose, police have said.
Kelly was found dead in his Atlanta home earlier this week at the age of 34. According to Reuters police have now concluded his death was caused by a drug overdose.
Fulton County Police Department spokeswoman Corporal Kay Lester said, “Based on the information at the scene, we are concluding that it was a drug overdose.”
According to a police report a friend had told police that Kelly had been taking a mixture of heroin and cocaine the night before his death. There were no signs of foul play or trauma found in the autopsy.
A statement from Kelly's family read, “To millions of fans worldwide, he was the trendsetting, backwards pants-wearing one-half of Kris Kross who loved making music. But to us, he was just Chris - the kind, generous and fun-loving life of the party.”
