Released: March 17, 1992

Songwriter: Jermaine Dupri

Producer: Jermaine Dupri

Announcer 1:
Ah yeah. S times L in the house for the nine-oh season

Announcer 2:
Hey! Well, that was Silk Tymes Leather's world premiere
And, uh, this is Skeeta Rock
Ya don't stop at the hip-hop barber shop suckin' on a pork chop

Rapper 1:
Bap bap!

Announcer 2:
And also sittin' on the couch, we got a new R&B group on Ruffhouse Records named Kris Kross

Rapper 1:
Wait, first of all, homeboy...

Rapper 2:
We're not R&B, buddy boy!

Annoucer 2:
Excuse me. What's happenin', baby?

Rapper 2:
We're a rap group!

Rapper 1:
Hey, I ain't your baby!

Announcer 2:
Something very interesting about ya'll, I'll say it
What's up with these backwards jeans, baby?

Rapper 1:
Totally krossed out look, homie. Y'know. Every day

Announcer 2:
Y'all kinda look like Kris... ABC to me

Rapper 1:
ABC? That's another bad idea, buddy!
That's another one of your bad ideas

Announcer 2:
Well, how y'all... How y'all feel about bein... How y'all feel when people ask y'all do y'all look like AB... y'all look like ABC?

Rapper 1:
Well, if you wanna know how we really feel, you just roll on to that next song

Rapper 2:
Hit me, one!

Rapper 1:
'Jump'

Announcer 2:
Wait, so what you gonna do is, uh, Kris Kross, and we, uh, on the thang

Rapper 1:
Peace!

Kris Kross

Kris Kross was a 1990s chart-topping platinum-certified American rap duo comprised of Chris “Mac Daddy” Kelly and Chris “Daddy Mac” Smith.

One day in 1990, pre-teens Smith & Kelly were at an Atlanta mall trying to get an autograph from the short-lived trio Silk Tymes Leather when producer Jermaine Dupri was impressed with the boys' look, so he exchanged phone numbers with them. Dupri then spent two years writing music for the group, teaching them to rap, and trying to land them a record deal.

After being turned down several times, eventually Ruffhouse Records signed the duo after hearing “Lil Boys In Da Hood” because they liked the unique perspective of young rappers talking about the ghetto and gang violence.