Jermaine Dupri Maulidin (born September 23, 1972), better known by his stage name Jermaine Dupri or J.D., is an American record producer, rapper and Grammy winning songwriter.
Dupri discovered the child rap duo Kris Kross in 1991 at a mall in Atlanta, Georgia. Dupri worked on various other Mariah Carey songs including Always Be My Baby in 1996. So So Def, a label specializing in Southern hip hop, Contemporary Soul, and R&B; music, was originally ...
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Jermaine Dupri Maulidin (born September 23, 1972), better known by his stage name Jermaine Dupri or J.D., is an American record producer, rapper and Grammy winning songwriter.
Dupri discovered the child rap duo Kris Kross in 1991 at a mall in Atlanta, Georgia. Dupri worked on various other Mariah Carey songs including Always Be My Baby in 1996. So So Def, a label specializing in Southern hip hop, Contemporary Soul, and R&B; music, was originally distributed through Arista Records and Sony Music Entertainment. He appeared on a special "Hip Hop Stars" edition of The Weakest Link, being the first one voted off. JD became involved in a dispute against Eminem and Dr. Dre in 2002. This beef is mainly between Dr Dre and Jermaine Dupri, but Eminem has stuck up for Dre, and along with Xzibit, joined the beef against Jermaine Dupri. It started when Jermaine Dupri claimed that he was the best producer in the game, better than Dre and Timbaland during an interview with XXL magazine. Dre...
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