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My Take
Jermaine Dupri is one of those rare music figures who started absurdly young and never really slowed down. Born in Asheville and raised in Atlanta as the son of a Columbia Records executive, he was working in music by age nine, and you can feel that lifelong immersion in his instincts as a songwriter and producer. What strikes me is how much of an architect he is rather than just a performer. Rapping, producing, DJing, running labels, he's worn every hat in the room. I respect people who can both make the hit and engineer the system that releases it, and Dupri clearly belongs in that category.
Overview
Jermaine Dupri Mauldin (born September 23, 1972) is an American songwriter, record producer, rapper, and music executive. Raised in Atlanta, Georgia, as the son of Columbia Records executive Michael Mauldin, he began his career in music at the age of 9.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Jermaine Dupri
- Name (Japanese)
- ジャーメイン・デュプリ
- Reading
- じゃーめいん・でゅぷり
- Born
- September 23, 1972 (age 53)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Libra / Rat
- Origin
- Asheville, North Carolina, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- songwriter / record producer / rapper / disc jockey / music executive
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.