Jermaine is 44, Happy Birthday!
Jermaine Dupri Mauldin, known as Jermaine Dupri or JD, is an American hip hop recording artist, record producer, songwriter and rapper. He was born in Asheville, NC and was raised in Atlanta, Georgia.
Jermaine is 44, born on September 23, 1972.
Born in Asheville, North Carolina, JD got his start early on at the age of ten years old. His father, Michael Mauldin, who was a manager, coordinated a Diana Ross show in 1982 and during the concert Dupri managed to get on-stage and dance along with Diana Ross.
He began performing around thecountry with Herbie Hancock and Cameo at the New York Fresh Festival along with Run-D.M.C. Dupri also was a dancer for the Legendary rap group Whodini at 12.
His production career began in 87, when he produced for the trio Silk Tymes Leather. Two years later, he formed his own production company and named it So So Def; by 1991 Dupri had discovered his first platinum act. After seeing the rap duo Kris Kross performing in a local mall, he signed them and prepared the duo’s first album, Totally Krossed Out. That’s when JD would establish his record label called “So So Def Recordings” and produced tracks on TLC’s first two albums.
During 1993-1994, Dupri debuted two of his new So So Def acts, Xscape and Da Brat. Both debut albums went platinum, and by the end of 1994, he had become one of the most respected R&B producers in the business. Dupri’s next major success came in 1997, when he took over the production for a sophomore album by a suave teenage R&B singer named Usher. The album, My Way, became one of the biggest of the year.
Taking notes from fellow super-producer Sean “Puffy” Combs who debuted a solo project in mid-1997, Dupri recorded his solo project in 1998 called, Life in 1472.
Dupri is one of the most recognized and successful producers to this day.
Today we salute and wish a happy birthday to Jermaine Dupri!
Jermaine Dupri's Awards
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), Rhythm and Soul Music's Songwriter of the Year, 1997, 1999, 2000, and 2001; National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, Heroes Award, 2003; ASCAP Golden Note Award, 2005.
Famous Works
- Selected discography
- Solo albums
- Life in 1472 So So Def, 1998.
- Instructions So So Def, 2001.
- Green Light Arista, 2004.
- As producer
- (Immature) On Our Worst Behavior Virgin, 1992.
- (TLC) Oooooohhh...On the TLC Tip La Face, 1992.
- (Kriss Kross) Totally Krossed Out Ruffhouse, 1992.
- (Kriss Kross) Da Bomb Ruffhouse, 1993.
- (Xscape) Hummin' Comin' at Cha Columbia, 1993.
- (Shanice) 21...Ways to Grow Motown, 1994.
- (Da Bush Babees) Ambushed Reprise, 1994.
- (Da Brat) Funkdafied So So Def, 1994.
- (El DeBarge) Heart Mind & Soul Warner Bros., 1994.
- (Mariah Carey) Daydream Columbia, 1995.
- (Xscape) Feels So Good So So Def, 1995.
- (Xscape) Off the Hook So So Def, 1995.
- (Sean LeVert) Other Side Trevel/Atlantic, 1995.
- (Da Brat) Anuthatantrum Columbia, 1996.
- (MC Lyte) Bad as I Wanna B Eastwest, 1996.
- (Lil' Kim) Hard Core Undeas/Big Beat, 1996.
- (MC Lyte) Lyte of a Decade Elektra/Asylum, 1996.
- (Aaliyah) One in a Million Blackground, 1996.
- (Whodini) Six So So Def, 1996.
- (Kriss Kross) Young, Rich, and Dangerous Ruffhouse/Columbia, 1996.
- (Mase) Harlem World Bad Boy, 1997.
- (Jagged Edge) Jagged Era So So Def, 1997.
- (Usher) My Way La Face, 1997.
- (Monica) Boy is Mine Arista, 1998.
- (Tamia) Tamia Qwest/Warner Bros., 1998.
- (Jay-Z) Vol. 2: Hard Knock Life Roc-a-Fella, 1998.
- (Xscape) Traces of My Lipstick So So Def, 1998.
- (TLC) FanMail La Face, 1999.
- (Jagged Edge) Ballads So So Def, 1999.
- (Master P) Only God Can Judge Me No Limit, 1999.
- (Mariah Carey) Rainbow Columbia, 1999.
- (Ludacris) Back for the First Time Def Jam, 2000.
- (Lil' Bow Wow) Beware of Dog So So Def, 2000.
- (Chanté Moore) Exposed MCA, 2000.
- (Jagged Edge) J.E. Heartbreak So So Def, 2000.
- (C-Murder) Trapped in Crime No Limit, 2000.
- (Da Brat) Unrestricted Columbia, 2000.
- (Tyrese) 2000 Watts RCA, 2001.
- (Lil' Bow Wow) Doggy Bag So So Def, 2001.
- (Cappadonna) Yin and the Yang Sony, 2001.
- (Usher) 8701 La Face, 2001.
- (B2K) B2K Epic, 2002.
- (Mariah Carey) Charmbracelet Island, 2002.
- (Tyrese) I Wanna Go There J-Records, 2002.
- (Deborah Cox) Morning After J-Records, 2002.
- (Monica) After the Storm J-Records, 2003.
- (Bone Crusher) AttenCHUN! So So Def, 2003.
- (Anthony Hamilton) Comin' from Where I'm From Arista, 2003.
- (Jagged Edge) Hard Sony, 2003.
- (Da Brat) Limelite, Luv & Niteclubz Arista, 2003.
- (Murphy Lee) Murphy's Law Universal, 2003.
- (Usher) Confessions Arista, 2004.
- (Fantasia) Free Yourself J-Records, 2004.
- (J-Kwon) Hood Hop So So Def, 2004.
- (Tamia) More Elektra, 2004.
- (Nelly) Suit Universal, 2004.
- (Shawnna) Worth tha Weight Def Jam, 2004.
- (Brooke Valentine) Chain Letter Virgin, 2005.
- (Mariah Carey) Emancipation of Mimi Island, 2005.
- (Faith Evans) First Lady Capitol, 2005.
- (112) Pleasure & Pain Def Soul Classics, 2005.
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