Jermaine Dupri

Songwriter, producer, rapper, and record executive Jermaine Dupri is one of the top factors in Atlanta's long-standing contention as the capital city of contemporary R&B and rap. He shot to prominence in April 1992 when "Jump," a song he wrote and produced for Kris Kross, topped the Billboard Hot 100. Kris Kross were middle schoolers, yet it was more remarkable that the architect behind the scenes was only a few years older, still a teenager himself. Within a year of achieving his first hit, Dupri established So So Def Recordings, an ATL-based label that launched and developed...