{"id":213218,"date":"2025-07-12T10:00:21","date_gmt":"2025-07-12T08:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/?p=213218"},"modified":"2025-07-12T10:02:06","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T08:02:06","slug":"joe-and-jada-w-jermaine-dupri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/joe-and-jada-w-jermaine-dupri\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe and Jada w\/ Jermaine Dupri"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TZmZksCj2qk?si=FHmRVllCMVd15JyF\" width=\"100%\" height=\"500\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Fat Joe and Jadakiss are joined by legendary Atlanta producer and founder of So So Def Recordings, Jermaine Dupri. Jermaine discusses his early days as a dancer in middle school and how dance competitions helped pave the way for him into the music business. Jermaine continues on to discuss how he made his way up in the business and how he discovered Kris Kross, Lil\u2019 Bow Wow, and Da Brat, why he told Left Eye Lopes and TLC to sign with another label, they way he approached working with Usher on his album \u2018My Way\u2019 and the the track \u201cConfessions Pt. 2,\u201d working with Mariah Carey on \u201cAlways Be My Baby\u201d and \u201cWe Belong Together.\u201d Next, Jermaine discusses his past relationship with Janet Jackson, working with L.A. Reid and how Ray Charles and Quincy Jones led him to his vegan lifestyle. 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