I'd go dance at talent shows, and because I was young I had the upper hand on a lot of other crews. People thought it was cute. I used that to my advantage.

He contributed to Lil' Kim's 1996 album Hard Core on the track "Not Tonight". He made an appearance in their music video for the song "Freaks Come Out At Night". 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".

Jermaine Dupri Mauldin (born September 23 1972) known as Jermaine Dupri or JD is an American record producer songwriter and rapper.