If you are into music, especially rap, then you have definitely heard of such an artist as Jermaine Dupri. He was lucky to be born in a family that deals with music and has connections in the music world. Perhaps, that was the main ground why Dupri started dealing with songwriting, rapping and producing at a quite young age.
However, at first he danced for a hip hop band called Whodini and later worked as a music producer. Soon after that he established his own label and began releasing singles and albums. During his professional career, Jermaine cooperated with such well-known figures in show business as Mariah Carey, Jay-Z, Alicia Keys and so many others.
And now, let’s find out more details about people, who surround such a talented celebrity.
The father Michael works in the entertainment business, being a talent manager and executive. Before that he was a president of Columbia Records. It was he, who inspired and motivated a son to pursue a career in music sphere and helped him to establish his own label. Despite the divorce with Jermaine’s mother, dad and son remained in very close relationship. Since 2011, Michael has been romantically involved with an educator and philanthropist named Ashia Duprey. Even though the couple isn’t married, they produced two kids together. Also, Ashia has a son from a previous relationship.
The mother Tina divorced Michael when a young starlet turned 10. It is not known what she does for a living but what we are 100% sure of is that she shares an extremely tight bond with a stellar son and can be often seen on his social media.
The celebrity has two paternal half-sisters. Sunni was born in 2012 and is growing a healthy and cute girl. If you look through the rapper’s Instagram, you can easily find Sunni’s pictures there.
In 2019 Bonni became a wonderful addition to the family. She is the second child of Michael and Ashia.
As for Dupri’s personal life, it is no secret that he has never been married, yet dated several famous women. For instance, since 1997 and up till 1998 he had been dating an artist Pam Sweat. Despite the fact that this union lasted only 1 year, it resulted in a child.
A former stripper Sarai Jones had been Jermaine’s next girlfriend since 2009 and up till 2010. And once again, a short-term relationship resulted in a kid. In this case, the rapper doubted his fatherhood and insisted on a DNA test that proved him to be a dad. That was the reason why Jones sued him for child support in 2011.
The only long-term relationship the celebrity had, was with an internationally known music artist Janet Jackson. These two love birds had been together since 2002 till 2009. Even though they walked separate ways, they remained friends. In 2017 there were rumors about the couple's reunion, but Jackson denied everything.
Dupri has two daughters from two different women. With Sweat, there is a daughter Shaniah, who was delivered in 1998. Shaniah studies biochemistry. In addition to that, she works as a model and is passionate about everything that is connected with fashion. The father is very proud of all her achievements and frequently takes her to public events.
The second child, a daughter Jalynn was welcomed in 2010 with Jones. The rapper is on good terms with both daughters and their mothers to the point that in 2018, all of them were celebrating Thanksgiving together.
That is all.
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