New England Sun-Times

By ANTHONY CASTELLANO    Chris Kelly, one half of the '90s rap duo Kris Kross, has died of a possible drug overdose, Georgia authorities said. Kelly, 34, was pronounced dead Wednesday night at the Atlanta Medical Center, Clint Harbin, an investigator with the Fulton County Medical Examiner's Office, told ABC News Radio. Authorities are investigating the circumstances surrounding his death and an autopsy is expected to be performed later today. "It appears it may have been a possible drug overdose," said Cpl. Kay Lester, a spokeswoman for the Fulton County police, according to The Associated Press. Kelly (known as "Mac Daddy"), along with Chris "Daddy Mac" Smith, the backward-pants-wearing mini-rappers, rose to fame with their song "Jump" from their 1992 album, "Totally Krossed Out." "Jump" hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and remained there for eight wee...

By Lauren Nostro   After pressure from the true HipHop community, including a direct attack on Lil Wayne from the Universal Zulu Nation's Minister of Information, Quadeer "M.C. Spice" Shakur, Lil Wayne has finally addressed his controversial lyric from Future 's " Karate Chop (Remix) " referencing Emmett Till ,  a 14-year-old African American boy who was beaten and killed in 1955 for whistling at a white woman in Mississippi.  The lyric, " “ Beat the pu**y up like Emmett Till, ” was pulled by Epic Records from the remix in February. The Till family, however, has pushed for Mountain Dew to drop Li l Wayne . Wayne finally issued the family a written apology which you can read in full below: "Dear Till Family: As a recording artist, I have always been interested in word play. My lyrics often reference people, places and events in my music, as well as the music that I create for or along...

What would Jesus do? Certainly not what these church folks did! A drunk man filled with the unholy spirit slammed his head on the ground after he was booted from a Harlem church, leaving him near death in an intensive care unit, police said. The drama kicked off Sunday when 42 year old John Strother stumbled into a gospel performance at The Tabernacle of Deliverance For All People. As a soloist gave a rousing performance of “Anointed Man,” Strother stepped onto the stage and gave the singer a drunken embrace, the Rev. Joseph Bright said. “He jumped onto the pulpit and embraced him,” said Bright, 79. “It was out of order — but not unheard of. We thought he was getting the spirit.” But it quickly dawned on Deacon James Patterson, 49, that Strother wasn’t feeling spiritual. After bothering a member of the congregation, Strother got on stage and wrapped his arms around the soloist again.       “First he hugged the singer. Then he hugged the missionary....

A Chicago woman is being held on bail after she allegedly ran over her ex-boyfriend’s new girlfriend Thursday in Park Forest, prosecutors said. Alexius Keys, 20, was ordered held in lieu of $750,000 bail on an attempted murder charge in a Cook County Bond Court hearing Sunday. Police were called after Keys saw her former boyfriend driving with his new girlfriend, according to court documents. After seeing the couple, Keys rear-ended their vehicle, causing them to stop and get out, Assistant State’s Attorney Anthony Gattuso said. At that point, Keys drove in reverse across a lawn and hit the woman, Gattuso said in court. She ran the woman over and dragged her several feet under the vehicle, Gattuso said. The woman suffered a broken arm, back fractures, a bruised lung, rib fractures and had a layer of skin scraped from her lower back and butt, he said. Keys collapsed during her bond hearing, then was taken out of court as she shouted, “I love y’all” and “forgi...

By Susan Candiotti and Ben Brumfield, CNN (CNN) -- Russia intercepted a communication between the mother of the accused Boston Marathon bombers and someone who may have been one of her sons "discussing jihad" in 2011, according to a U.S. official with knowledge of the investigation. This source described the conversation as vague. The Russians turned over the intercept to the FBI in the last few days, the official said. This source was not aware of a reason for the delay and did not offer an opinion about whether it would have given the FBI enough reason to justify a closer look at Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the oldest of the two brothers. U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder was asked abut the report while attending the White House Correspondents Dinner Saturday. "That's an ongoing matter," Holder said. "I can't really comment on that." CNN has previously reported that the FBI has said that it conducted an investigation...

By Latifah Muhammad   It was only a matter of time before DMX came for Oprah Winfrey . X alleges that the talk show queen's OWN network tricked him into over-sharing on an episode of Iyanla Fix My Life , and he's not keeping quiet about it. TMZ reports that X is still unhappy with his portrayal on the show, which had him looking more like a mentally unstable drug addict than a man seeking sobriety. During a tense sit-down with Iyanla Vanzant, the 42-year-old was asked about his drug problems, but claims that the topic was never supposed to come up. X was under the impression that he'd be talking about his addiction to women, not substances. "Iyanla set the whole thing up to make me look bad for ratings," he said."That lady is toxic… My last words to her were that she can suck my d--- and she still can." The Ruff Ryder is looking into his legal options, threatening that OWN must remove the epis...