Smith founded and operates Urbane Muse, an Atlanta-based art and lifestyle brand. As it turns out, the former recording artist is also a gifted visual artist with a knack for sketching hauntingly realistic portraits, among other creations.
As an adolescent superstar, Smith and his bandmate, Kelly, made a lasting impact on pop culture. Their first and most remembered single, Jump went straight to the top of the Billboard Hot , and stayed there for an impressive eight weeks. At the time, that was the longest run at number one for any rap song.
This was enough to push the album to multi-platinum status. People took notice. It did very poorly in sales, and the critics tore it apart. The young Chrises saw another success with that album — it went platinum. It was certified gold, and selling around , copies worldwide. After that, they did record another album with new record label, Judgement Records.
But, sadly, this 25 track album was never released. Kris Kross disbanded, moving on to sparse solo careers and relative obscurity. Each of them went into production, and song writing. He released two new rap singles. One such song, Lady, called for an end to the rampant misogyny and sexism in hip hop and rap culture. The album, Urbane Expressions, was released after the singles came out, and was again produced by Jermaine Dupri. Sadly, we will not be getting a Kris Kross reunion anytime soon.
His former band mate, Chris Smith, was devastated. It will never be the same. The world is different for me. You start looking at things really differently. He launched the website Urbane Muse to showcase his paintings — and to cover his other passions, including music, design, film and culture.
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