Jermaine Dupri Mauldin is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, record executive, entrepreneur, and DJ. Raised in Atlanta, he began his musical career at the age of nine, as the son of Columbia Records executive Michael Mauldin. In 1991, he discovered the teen hip hop duo Kris Kross. Dupri wrote and produced their breakout 1992 single "Jump," which peaked atop the Billboard Hot 100 and was named the 23rd most successful song of that decade. He established his own record label, So So Def Recordings in a joint venture with Columbia the following year.
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Nelly & Ashanti: We Belong Together (2025)
Guest starring as Jermaine Dupri
- Episode 1x02: Work It (Jun 26, 2025)
GMA3 (2020)
Guest starring as Jermaine Dupri
(2 episodes)
- Episode 4x130: Jermaine Dupri, Uncle Luke, Adam Richman (Mar 19, 2024)
- Episode 2x478: Byron Brown, Chef David Rose, Kandi Burruss, Jermaine Dupri, Corbin Bleu (Jul 25, 2022)
Tamron Hall (2019)
Guest starring as Jermaine Dupri
- Episode 4x159: I Did it for the Culture (Apr 28, 2023)
Step Up (2018)
Guest starring as Jermaine Dupri
(2 episodes)
- Episode 3x03: Player's Ball (Oct 30, 2022)
- Episode 2x05: Inversion (Mar 20, 2019)
Do or Dare (2017)
Guest starring as Jermaine Dupri
- Episode 1x01: Usher vs. Jermaine Dupri (Dec 15, 2017)
MLB All-Star Game (2015)
Guest starring as Performer
(2 episodes)
- Episode 2025-07-15: 2025 MLB All-Star Game (Jul 15, 2025)
- Episode 2025 Special: 2025 MLB All-Star Game Pre-Game Show (Jul 15, 2025)
Lip Sync Battle (2015)
Guest starring as Jermaine Dupri
- Episode 5x02: Mariah Carey Tribute: Jermaine Dupri vs. Darren Criss (Jan 24, 2019)
The Arsenio Hall Show (2013)
Guest starring as Jermaine Dupri
(4 episodes)
- Episode 1x154: Shannen Doherty, Jasper Redd (May 15, 2014)
- Episode 1x153: Randy Jackson, Lil Jon, Jackie Fabulous, Kym Whitley (May 14, 2014)
- Episode 1x152: Carl Reiner, OVEOUS (May 13, 2014)
- Episode 1x151: James Pickens Jr., Jermaine Dupri, Katherine Schwarzenegger (May 12, 2014)
Wild 'N Out (2005)
Guest starring as Jermaine Durpi
- Episode 19x05: Battle of the Sexes - Nelly & Angela Simmons (Apr 20, 2023)
America's Next Top Model (2003)
Guest starring as Jermaine Dupri
(2 episodes)
- Episode 8x02: The Girl Who Won't Stop Talking, Part 2 (Feb 28, 2007)
- Episode 8x01: The Girl Who Won't Stop Talking, Part 1 (Feb 28, 2007)
MTV Cribs (2000)
Guest starring as Jermaine Dupri
- Episode 2x02: Jermaine Dupri, Dream, No Doubt (Feb 13, 2001)
All That (1994)
Guest starring as Jermaine Dupri
- Episode 4x16: Jermaine Dupri & Da Brat (Oct 24, 1998)