28 Facts About Jermaine Dupri

1. Jermaine Dupri has never been married but has had an interesting dating history.

2. Jermaine Dupri was once known to be one of the wealthiest in the industry.

3. Jermaine Dupri had a major breakthrough in the year 1993 when he created his own So So Def label.

4. Jermaine Dupri made his debut as a producer in the year 1990 with a female hip hop trio called the Silk Tymes Leather.

5. Jermaine Dupri said it was like a hip-hop version of The Wizard of Oz, starring himself as the Wizard.

6. In 1998, Jermaine Dupri stepped out from behind the curtain, front and center, to release his own record.

7. Jermaine Dupri started in the business at an early age, discovering and promoting the young rap duo Kriss Kross while he was still a teenager himself.

8. The Daily Mail reports that Jermaine Dupri purchased it in 2005 for $3.2 million.

9. Jermaine Dupri was born in 1972 to Tina Mosley and Michael Mauldin.

10. Jermaine Dupri has an estimated net worth of $2 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth.

11. Jermaine Dupri told the Hollywood Reporter that his studio was worth $2.5 million and his music catalogue a whopping $20 million.

12. Jermaine Dupri has another daughter, Shaniah Mauldin, with  a woman named Pam Sweat.

13. Jermaine Dupri has dealt with financial issues for most of the 2000s.

14. Jermaine Dupri went on to discover artists like Da Brat and Xscape, who released platinum albums of their own.

15. Jermaine Dupri has made the bulk of his fortune from his music career.

16. Jermaine Dupri took a lot of heat for accepting the call to be a part of the Super Bowl festivities.

17. Jermaine Dupri met much criticism after he partnered with the Super Bowl host committee to produce a series of free concerts at Centennial Olympic Park, located a couple of blocks from where Super Bowl 53 will be held at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium.

18. Jermaine Dupri stepped on the scene with So So Def records,  pushing ATL rap into mainstream markets with teen-friendly groups like Xscape, Da Brat and Kris Kross.

19. Jermaine Dupri acknowledged his issues with the league's treatment of Kaepernick but wants to provide a platform for Atlanta artists.

20. From that initial snub, Jermaine Dupri said his "mind started spinning" on how to get as many artists from Atlanta involved with the huge platform.

21. Jermaine Dupri is vegan and has promoted the plant-based diet through PETA.

22. Jermaine Dupri returned for her ninth album, Discipline in 2008, producing the single "Rock With U".

23. In early 2006, Jermaine Dupri signed both Dem Franchize Boyz and Daz Dillinger to his label So So Def after transferring it from Arista Records to Virgin Records.

24. In 1998, Jermaine Dupri was involved in the release of Destiny's Child's eponymous debut album.

25. Jermaine Dupri established his own record label called So So Def in 1993.

26. Jermaine Dupri made an appearance in their music video for the song "Freaks Come Out At Night".

27. Jermaine Dupri got his start as a dancer for the hip hop group Whodini when he was twelve.

28. Jermaine Dupri was born in Asheville, North Carolina and was raised in Atlanta.