Jermaine Dupri, songwriter, rapper and mogul - a man that built a career over multiple years creating and producing music for some of the top superstars of our time - is proud to announce that his social media network, Global 14, has officially reached the 50,000 member mark. Created by Dupri, the network is a home for all like minded people. "If you love music, love to make music, movies,cars,girls, fashion,production, and tech,this is the place for you. Why be on a site that's talking about what you're not concerned with?" Dupri states. The platform distinguishes itself from others by attaching itself to Jermaine Dupri's recognizable music, celebrity and brand, while taking advantage of his influence on other producers, songwriters, artists and creative people in general. Additionally, the site features nearly 500 discussion groups with topics ranging from dating and relationships, to cooking, education, music and sex.
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 1990, 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 1991. The group's first album, Totally Krossed Out, was released in 1992 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 1993. 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 he met
Da Brat through Kris Kross, signed her to his label So So Def Recordings, and released her debut Funkdafied (1994) which went platinum. So So Def Recordings entered into a distribution partnership with Columbia Records in 1993. In 1995, he collaborated with
Mariah Carey for the first time on the number one hit single "Always Be My Baby." He contributed to Lil' Kim's 1996 album, Hard Core on the track "Not Tonight".
In 1998,
Jermaine Dupri was involved in the release of Destiny's Child's eponymous debut album. Dupri renewed the focus on his own music career and released The Party Continues, the lead single from his debut studio album
Jermaine Dupri Presents Life In 1472: The Original Soundtrack. Also that year he met Lil
Bow Wow and signed him to So So Def Recordings. The two would later part ways but continued to collaborate on later projects. The deal with Columbia was terminated in 2002 and in 2003 Dupri switched to Arista Records. Jermaine worked on Mariah Carey's Christmas album,Merry Christmas II You, as well as with Weezer and
Lil Wayne on the song "Can't Stop Partying." He also collaborated with
DJ Chuckie to make a vocal version of the song "Let The Bass Kick".
He contributed to several of Mariah Carey's albums, most notably working with her on 2005's The Emancipation Of Mimi with the smash hit "We Belong Together". It stayed at number one for fourteen non-consecutive weeks, becoming the second longest running number one song in US chart history, behind Carey's 1996 collaboration with
Boyz II Men on "One Sweet Day". He has also made a contribution to R&B singer Usher's career, producing many songs from his albums My Way, 8701 and Confessions.
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