Mariah carey and jermaine dupri
Jermaine Dupri is responsible for some of Mariah
Carey’s most undeniable hits -- “We Belong
Together,” “Always Be My Baby” and “Shake It Off,”
to name a few -- and now he will guide her career
too.
The hitmaker, and Carey’s longtime friend and
collaborator, will take over management duties, a
representative for Carey announced Monday. The
singer was previously managed by another longtime
collaborator, Randy Jackson.
"A multi-talented artist of Mariah’s caliber should
be doing everything imaginable. I'm sure others
have said this, but not the way I intend to do it. For
me, it's about the execution," Dupri said in a
statement.
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Carey spent a season judging talent on “American
Idol,” which she exited earlier this year to shift her
focus back to music. She announced that she was
prepping a world tour that would begin in Asia in
October.
During her brief stint on “Idol,” Carey launched her
comeback single, “#Beautiful.” The smoldering,
Miguel-assisted single has heated up Billboard’s
R&B/hip-hop chart, peaking at No. 4, and is lifted
from her long-in-the-works (and delayed) 13th
studio album, “The Art of Letting Go.”
Carey has teased fans with pictures of her logging
studio time with Dupri as well as Nas, Rodney
Jerkins, Mike Will Made-It and Hit-Boy.
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"We have a bond that surpasses music,” Carey
wrote in a statement. “I am super excited about our
merger because we have so many innovative ideas
that I know will come to fruition."
A prolific producer, Dupri is also responsible for
launching the careers of Kris Kross, Jagged Edge, Da
Brat, Bow Wow and Xscape as part of his Atlanta-
based So So Def imprint.
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