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Jermaine Dupri Mauldin (born September 23, ) is an American rapper and record producer. 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 Billboard and was supported by the t

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Jermaine Dupri

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 han själv , Dupri's debut studio skiva, Life in (), peaked at number three on the

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Jermaine Dupri Mauldin (born September 23, ) is an American rapper, songwriter, record producer, record executive, entrepreneur, and DJ.

Dupri got his start as a dancer for the hip hop group Whodini when he was twelve. He made an appearance in their music video for the song "Freaks Come Out At Night". In , he produced his first act- the female hip hop trio Silk Tymes Leather. He later formed the teen duo Kris Kross (Chris Kelly and Chris Smith) after meeting the boys at a local mall in The group's first album, Totally Krossed Out, was released in and went multi-platinum due to their singles "Jump" and "It's a Shame". He established his own record label called So So Def Recordings in Shortly after, he discovered female R&B group Xscape at a festival in Atlanta and signed them to the label. Their first album, Hummin' Comin' at 'Cha, went platinum. During the same year, on Yo! MTV Raps h