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Jermaine Dupri (born '''Jermaine Mauldin''' on September 23 , 1972 in Asheville, North Carolina ) is an American Record Producer and Rapper . EARLY LIFE He grew up in the College Park community of Atlanta. (He took his mother's maiden name as a teenager.) Dupri was introduced to the music business at an early age by his father, a concert promoter and manager of rap and R&B groups. Starting out as a teenage Breakdancer for artists such as Diana Ross and Cameo , Dupri became the youngest charting producer in the history of music at age 14. Dupri went on to produce a number of hits for artists such as TLC , Jay-Z , and Ludacris . MUSIC CAREER Dupri is founder, president and CEO of his own label, So So Def Records , which has been the home to artist such as Da Brat , Jagged Edge , and Xscape . Juvenile rap acts such as Kris Kross and Bow Wow have been some of his biggest successes; Dupri earned significant amounts of Songwriting Royalties by Ghostwriting for such acts. In addition, Dupri has pursued a recording career of his own, which has resulted in hits such as "Money Ain't A Thing" ( 1998 , with Jay-Z), " Welcome To Atlanta " ( 2001 , with Ludacris ) and "Get Your Number" ( 2005 , with Mariah Carey ), and "Gotta Getcha" featuring Johnta Austin . So So Def, a label specializing in Southern Hip Hop , R&B , and Bass Music , was originally distributed through Sony Entertainment / Columbia Records . In 2003 , Dupri was appointed president of Arista Black Music and moved So So Def and its artists there. In 2004 , Dupri was appointed Executive Vice President of Urban Music at Virgin Records and moved So So Def over to Virgin. Meanwhile, Dupri also expanded his business ventures, buying into Chicago-based distillery 3 Vodka and opening his own boutique restaurant, ''Cafe Dupri''. In 2004 and 2005 , Dupri worked with R&B singers Usher and Mariah Carey on their releases, '' Confessions '' and '' The Emancipation Of Mimi '' (the top-selling albums of 2004 and 2005) respectively. He produced some of the biggest hits of those years including " Burn ", "Confessions, Pt. 2" and the remix featuring Kanye West , Shyne , and Twista , and " My Boo " with Usher and " It's Like That ", " We Belong Together ", " Shake It Off ", " Get Your Number ", and " Don't Forget About Us " with Carey. He produced the hit track "Radio" for young R&B sensation Jarvis , but didn't release the album because his label was in transition with the distributor. He has also scored hit singles with J-Kwon ("Tipsy"), Dem Franchize Boyz and many more. Dupri's 2005 single, "Gotta Getcha" featuring Johnta Austin , is featured on the July 2005 release ''Jermaine Dupri presents...Young, Fly & Flashy, Vol. 1''. The album is a compilation of tracks produced by and featuring Jermaine Dupri. So far, "Gotta Getcha" has peaked at #60 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. The controversial music video for the song features his girlfriend, singer Janet Jackson , in a x-rated peep show club. Dupri is also working with Jackson on her new album titled '' Twenty Years Old '', scheduled to be released in July, 2006 . Dupri continues to produce and deliver guest appearances for today's hottest artists. He has worked from many of the major artists ranging all the way from Jay-Z ("Money Ain't A Thang"), Ludacris ("Welcome To Atlanta") to Warren G ("Havin' Thangs"). His current roster as of April 2006 includes Young Capone, Dem Franchize Boyz, Da Kid Slim, Daz (aka Daz Dillinger & Dat Nigga Daz), T. Waters, and Johnta Austin. He plans on dropping Daz's album, tentatively titled "So So Gangsta," late in 2006. Daz's album is to include production by Dupri, Scott Storch and Daz. FEUDS Dupri had a minor feud with famous hip-hop producer Dr. Dre in 2002. In an interview, Dupri claimed that he did more complete work on production than either Dre or Timbaland . Dre proceeded to diss Dupri on Eminem 's track "Say What You Say" from '' The Eminem Show '', namely with the lines, "Over 80 million records sold/And I ain't have to do it with ten or eleven-year olds." The song ends with a recording of Timbaland saying, "Yo, this Timbaland/Tell him I said he can suck Dupri replied to the Dr. Dre, Eminem, and Xzibit disses with an underground track called "JD's Reply" which he leaked to the internet. On the track, he implies Dr. Dre is a homosexual and calls him a "gayass mark." Dupri states that Dre is not doing any work in the studio and other producers are ghost-producing for him and makes remarks referring to Dre using the same style of beats on his production. Dupri talks about how he was making tons of money as a teenager. At the end of the track, he says, "If you come at me again, I'm gonna come back at you three times harder." He compares Eminem to a character in Disney World. DISCOGRAPHY Albums Compilations
Singles Songs listed here are chart singles on which Dupri was namechecked, either as the main or featured performer. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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