POLICE SAY "CHRIS KELLY" OF ICONIC RAP GROUP "KRISS KROSS" HAD "SPEED BALLS" IN HIS SYSTEM

IT NOW BEING REPORTED THAT CHRIS KELLY HALF OF THE RAP GROUP DUO "KRISS KROSS" HAD AN EXTENSIVE DRUG ABUSE PROBLEM. POLICE ARE SAYING AT HIS TIME OF DEATH HE HAD A MIXTURE OF HEROIN AND COCAINE KNOWN ON THE STREETS AS "SPEED BALLS". CHRIS MOTHER "DONNA KELLY PRATT" AND UNCLE SPOKE TO POLICE ABOUT CHRIS'S EXTENSIVE HISTORY SAYING THAT SHE BROUGHT HIM HOME TO GET HIM SOBER.

TMZ REPORTS:

"Kris Kross" rapper Chris Kelly had been using a combination of cocaine and heroin the night before his death, this according to the police report obtained by TMZ. 

According to the report, paramedics initially responded to Kelly's Atlanta home around 3 PM EST -- after his mother called 911 asking for medical assistance. 

When help arrived, paramedics found 34-year-old Kelly lying on the living room couch -- unresponsive and with "no life signs." The medics attempted to revive Kelly, to no avail. 

Kelly was immediately transported to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead a few hours later. 

After the death, cops spoke with Donna Kelly Pratt -- Chris' mother -- who told police ... the night before Kelly's medical emergency, he had taken a mixture of heroin and cocaine -- commonly known as "speedballs."

Donna told police she had personally taken Kelly home to recover from the drug use ... just as she had done several times before.  Donna told cops Kelly had felt nauseous all morning before passing out. 

According to the report, Kelly's mother and Kelly's uncle both told investigators the rapper had an "extensive history of drug use."

Hours before Kelly passed out, he had a phone interview with The Streetz Morning Grind radio show in ATL ... and sounded like he was in bad shape. 

In fact, Kelly made reference to his hard-partying ways, which seemed to upset the DJ, who was personal friends with the rapper. 



THIS IS VERY SAD DEAD AT 34.... DRUGS ARE NOT A JOKE OR ANYTHING TO PLAY WITH!!!!