Life in 1472 jermaine dupri biography

American rapper (born )

Jermaine Dupri Mauldin (born September 23, ) is an American rapper and record producer.^[4][5] Raised in Atlanta, Georgia as the son of Columbia Records executive Michael Mauldin, he began his career in music production at the age of nine. He discovered the teen hip-hop duo Kris Kross in Dupri wrote and produced their single "Jump," which peaked atop the Billboard Hot and was named the 23rd most successful song of that decade. He established his own record label, So So Def Recordings, in a joint venture with Columbia the following year.

Dupri has since signed artists including Xscape, Bow Wow, Da Brat, Jagged Edge, Dem Franchize Boyz, YoungBloodZ, and Anthony Hamilton to the label. Meanwhile, he worked with Mariah Carey, Usher, Monica, and Nelly to produce a total of 11 chart-topping singles on the Billboard Hot As a recording artist himself, Dupri's debut studio album, Life in (), peaked at number three on the

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Jermaine Dupri

After discovering rap duo Kris Kross at an Atlanta mall in , thenyear-old producer Jermaine Dupri helped write their massive single “Jump,” and “Warm It Up,” which he wrote by himself—with both songs appearing on their multi-platinum album Totally Krossed Out. Since then, he has established his So So Def Recordings record label (its roster has included Kris Kross, Bow Wow, TLC and Usher) and contributed to songs recorded by Lil’ Kim (“Not Tonight”), Xscape (“Just Kickin’ It”), Da Brat (“Funkdified”), Destiny’s Child (“With Me,” on which he was also featured), Bow Wow (“Let Me Hold You”) and most notably, Usher (“You Make Me Wanna,” “Nice & Slow,” “My Way,” “Burn,” “Confessions Part II” and "My Boo”) and Mariah Carey (“Always Be My Baby” and the smash hit “We Belong Togethe

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The Life and Times of Jermaine Dupri

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"I read that Kanye said his goal was to be a big producer like Jermaine Dupri and he'd reached that goal. I don’t know if he has! He’s a big star but inom think he’s jumping the gun to say he’s reached my stature. Babyface told me, 'You’re ingenting till u can do it multiple times'. Kanye's gotta have that conversation with Babyface!" - Jermaine Dupri

"I didn’t know what to expect from JD. I thought he would be kinda flash, 'Mr Money-Aint-A-Thing'. But he was actually ganska shy." - Rodney P

:: Born on 23 September

:: He started out life in the entertainment field as a dancer for rap group Whoodini.

::  saw Jermaine Dupri become the youngest producer ever to get in the top with 'Silk Tymes Leather'.

:: In (aged 19) he founded the record label 'So So Def' with the multi-platinum selling Kriss Kross.

:: In he released his first Jermaine Dupri album 'Life in ' which featured bi