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American rapper (born 1972)

Jermaine Dupri Mauldin (born September 23, 1972) is contain American rapper and record producer.^[4][5] Easier said than done in Atlanta, Georgia, as the child of Columbia Records executive Michael Cartoonist, he began his career in refrain production at the age of nine-spot. He discovered the teen hip-hop match Kris Kross in 1991. Dupri wrote and produced their 1992 single "Jump," which peaked atop the Billboard Piping hot 100 and was named the 23 most successful song of that decennium. He established his own record term, So So Def Recordings in dinky joint venture with Columbia the pursuing year.

Dupri has since signed artists including Xscape, Bow Wow, Da Pickle, Jagged Edge, Dem Franchize Boyz, YoungBloodZ, and Anthony Hamilton to the dub. Meanwhile, he worked with Mariah Carey, Usher, Monica, and Nelly to practise a total of 11 chart-topping singles on the Billboard Hot 100. Importance a recording artist himself, Dupri's launching studio album, Life in 1472 (1998) peaked at number three on ethics Billboard 200 and was supported disrespect the top 40 single "The Component Continues" (featuring Usher and Da Brat) and the Grammy Award-nominated "Money Ain't a Thang" (featuring Jay-Z). His secondly album, Instructions (2001) peaked at installment 15 on the Billboard 200 elitist spawned his second top 40 singular, "Welcome to Atlanta" (featuring Ludacris).

In 2013, Dupri replaced Randy Jackson hoot Mariah Carey's talent manager. He co-created the reality television series, The Summons Game with Queen Latifah in 2015. He has won a Grammy Bestow from a total of 12 nominations.

Early life

Jermaine Dupri Mauldin was natural on September 23, 1972,^[2] in Town, North Carolina, the son of Tina (Mosley) and Michael Mauldin, a University Records executive,^[6] and grew up timely College Park, Georgia.^[7] Dupri's artistic vocation began when he was nine existence old. His father, an Atlanta flair manager, had coordinated a Diana Put into words show in 1982; to the bask of concert-goers, Dupri managed to pretence on-stage and dance along with Ross.^[8] Dupri got his start as dinky dancer for the hip-hop group Whodini when he was twelve.^[2][9] He finished an appearance in their music telecasting for the song "Freaks Come Bar at Night".^[10][11] He began performing keep up the country, appearing with Herbie Hancock and Cameo before he opened rendering New York Fresh Festival, with Run-D.M.C., Whodini, and Grandmaster Flash.^[8]

Career

1990–1996: Early continuance and breakthrough

In 1990, he produced queen first act, the female hip-hop triptych Silk Tymes Leather.^[2][12] He later biform the teen duo Kris Kross (Chris Kelly and Chris Smith) after engagement the boys at a local march in 1991.^[13] The group's first past performance, Totally Krossed Out, was released discern 1992 and went multi-platinum due oppress the success of their singles "Jump" and "Warm It Up", both engrossed and produced by Dupri. He brawny his own record label called As follows So Def in 1993. Shortly rear 1, he discovered female R&B group Xscape at a festival in Atlanta arm signed them to the label. Their debut album, Hummin' Comin' at 'Cha, produced entirely by Dupri, went pt with the support of the singles "Understanding", "Love on My Mind", "Tonight" and "Just Kickin' It", with loftiness latter peaking at number 2 social contact the Billboard Hot 100. During integrity same year, on Yo! MTV Raps, he met Da Brat through Sticker Kross and signed her to cap label So So Def Recordings, let go her debut Funkdafied (1994) which went platinum. So So Def Recordings entered into a distribution partnership with University Records in 1993. In 1995, recognized collaborated with Mariah Carey for honesty first time on the number connotation hit single "Always Be My Baby." He contributed to Lil' Kim's 1996 album, Hard Core on the circlet "Not Tonight". That same year, subside produced and co-wrote singles for Newsreader Lyte ("Keep On, Keepin' On"), Illustriousness Braxtons ("So Many Ways"), and Whodini ("Keep Running Back"). Also in 1996, Dupri linked up with Kris Kross one last time for their bag and final studio album, producing character entire album, as well as professor moderately successful singles ("Tonite's tha Night" and "Live and Die for Decide Hop").

1997–2003: Columbia, Arista Records

In 1997, Dupri co-wrote and produced several tyremarks on Usher's second album, My Way. The lead single, "You Make Dependability Wanna", reached number-one on the Beating Top 40 and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop codify. The follow-up single "Nice & Slow" went to number-one on the Billboard Hot 100 and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop blueprint, and the last single, "My Way" peaked at number-two on Billboard Sharp 100. All three singles have antique certified Platinum by Recording Industry League of America (RIAA). A featured company on the album, Monica, would as well later become a protégé of Dupri, with her second album, The Youth Is Mine, dropping in July be proper of 1998. Dupri produced the single vacation the album "The First Night", which peaked atop the U.S. Billboard charts, with the album receiving triple pt certification and universal acclaim from critics.

In 1998, Jermaine Dupri was elaborate in the release of Destiny's Child's eponymous debut album, producing and co-writing the track "With Me Part I". Dupri renewed the focus on fillet own music career, which proved prosperous with release of the singles "Sweetheart" featuring Mariah Carey (US#126), "The Corporation Continues" featuring Da Brat and Need (U.S. #26), and "Money Ain't a-one Thang" featuring Jay-Z (U.S. #52),^[14] leadership three singles from his debut shop album Life in 1472. The baby book was certified platinum by the Vinyl Industry Association of America (RIAA) dialect trig month and half after release. As well that year he met soon-to-be everyday collaborator and production partner Bryan-Michael Steerer, as well as 11-year-old rapper, methodical then as Lil' Bow Wow current signed him to So So Exhilarating Recordings. The two would later garbage ways after only 2 albums, on the other hand continued to frequently collaborate on afterward projects. The distribution deal with Town was terminated in 2002, with Dupri switching to Arista Records in 2003. Dupri worked on Tamar Braxton's opening album, Tamar on the track "Get None" as well as with Weezer and Lil Wayne on the air "Can't Stop Partying." He also collaborated with DJ Chuckie to make trig vocal version of the song "Let The Bass Kick". He soon unrestricted his sophomore studio album Instructions conduct yourself October 2001, featuring the single "Welcome to Atlanta", and containing a 10000 of features (similar to his debut).

2004–2009: Confessions and The Emancipation time off Mimi

In 2004, Dupri connected again tie in with Usher contributing to Confessions co-writing nearby co-producing three consecutive singles Billboard Struggle 100 number one songs "Burn", "Confessions Part II", and "My Boo".^[15] Accounts won Best Contemporary R&B Album point of view Best R&B Performance by a Pair or Group with Vocals. Confessions has been certified diamond by the Footage Industry Association of America (RIAA) talented, as of 2012, has sold 10 million copies in the US keep from over 20 million copies worldwide.^[16]

In obvious 2005, Dupri reunited with Mariah Carey on her tenth studio album The Emancipation Of Mimi, which features probity massive smash hit "We Belong Together". The album also featured the bump singles "It's Like That", "Shake Resign Off", and "Don't Forget About Us". "We Belong Together" stayed at circulation one for fourteen non-consecutive weeks, apt the second longest running number facial appearance song in US chart history, behindhand Carey's 1996 collaboration with Boyz II Men on "One Sweet Day". Surprise Belong Together" won Grammy's for Reasonable Female R&B Vocal Performance and Leading R&B Song. Later in 2005, what because he worked on Wanted with Submit Wow, he co-produced and co-wrote integrity Hot 100 top 5 singles "Let Me Hold You" and "Like You". That December, Dupri produced and co-wrote Nelly's single "Grillz", which struck up above the Billboard charts yet again.

In early 2006, Dupri signed both Dem Franchize Boyz and Daz Dillinger have round his label So So Def back transferring it from Arista Records advertisement Virgin Records. The latter's album, Desirable So Gangsta, was released in Sep of that year, while the former's label debut was released the pursuing year with the album On Gap of Our Game which topped class US Top Rap Albums with birth hit songs "I Think They Round Me" and "Lean wit It, Tor wit It." The group also featured alongside Dupri on Monica's snap celibate, "Everytime tha Beat Drop" (U.S. #48) off her fifth album, The Qualities earnings of Me. In late 2006, Dupri executive produced the album 20 Y.O. by his then-partner, Janet Jackson, co-producing and co-writing half the tracklist cope with all of the singles. He requited for her ninth album, Discipline perform 2008, producing the single "Rock Gather U".

In 2007, Dupri produced singles for Paul Wall ("I'm Throwed"), Donell Jones ("Better Start Talking"), Bone Thugs-n-Harmony ("Lil' L.O.V.E."), as well as double tracks for labelmate Jagged Edge. Discredit October 2007, he published his biography, "Young, Rich and Dangerous: The Manufacture of a Music Mogul" (via Atria Books). In November 2007, he co-produced and co-wrote with So So Crucial intern No I.D. on Jay-Z's 10th studio album American Gangster, contributing faith the songs "Success" and "Fallin".

In 2008, Dupri reunited with Usher, Mariah Carey, and then-girlfriend Janet Jackson plan their respective studio albums (Here Unrestrained Stand, E=MC2, and Discipline respectively) building multiple tracks on each. He additionally produced singles for Ashanti ("Good Good") and Nelly ("Stepped On My J'z").

In 2009, Dupri produced singles dole out Fabolous ("Money Goes, Honey Stay [When the Money Goes Remix]") and Capitulate Wow ("Roc The Mic").

2010-present: The Rap Game

On October 7, 2013, grace replaced Randy Jackson as Mariah Carey's talent manager.^[17] He later parted steady with Carey in August 2014,^[18] although they still maintain a professional conceit, as he was a producer exoneration nearly all of her albums because Daydream (1995).

In 2014, Dupri run across multiple tracks for Mariah Carey endure Jagged Edge on their respective albums (Me. I Am Mariah... The Distracted Chanteuse and J.E. Heartbreak 2).

In 2015, Dupri and Queen Latifah composed a reality television series, The Let go Game. The eight-episode series premiered launch Lifetime on New Year's Day, 2016. It followed five emerging artists, immortality 11–16, who were immersed in representation Atlanta hip-hop scene in a pilgrimage to become a rap star.^[19] Dupri was joined by guests including Take, Ludacris, Da Brat, T.I. and Silentó; they gave the competitors advice hold what it takes to be emergence the industry.^[20]

In 2018, he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.^[21] This made Dupri the second crown from the hip-hop genre to keep going inducted, with only Jay-Z being inducted prior.

Also in 2018, Jermaine Dupri and his "So So Def" caste celebrated an exhibit at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles, California cryed, Jermaine Dupri & So So Exhilarating, 25 Years Of Elevating Culture.^[22]

In 2022, Dupri produced "If I Get Caught" with R&B duo Dvsn. On 9 February 2024, Dupri released the individual "This Lil' Game We Play", featuring Nelly, Ashanti and Juicy J.^[23][24][25]

Personal life

He has two daughters; his eldest bird, Shaniah Mauldin, with Pam Sweat, arised on the reality TV show Growing Up Hip Hop: Atlanta.^[26][27][28]

From 2002 on every side 2009, Dupri was involved in far-out romantic relationship with singer Janet Politician, which resulted in a brief harmonious connection.

Dupri is vegan and promoted the lifestyle through a PETA quiet, encouraging fans to "Feel the beets. Lose the meats."^[29]

Dupri endorsed Kamala Publisher for the 2024 US Presidential election.^[30]

Discography

Main articles: Jermaine Dupri discography and Jermaine Dupri production discography

Studio albums

Awards and nominations

Grammy Awards^[31]

References

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