The record producer compared female rappers to strippersCardi BCardi B has responded to Jermaine Dupri’s comments on “strippers rapping” with a fiery clapback.  In a recent interview with People Now, the hip-hop producer shared his thoughts on the new wave of female rappers. While he took the time to applaud Da Brat for her efforts, Dupri...

Earlier this year, we learned that Missy Elliott had been inducted into the Songwriters Hall Of Fame. She's the first female rapper in the Hall, and only the third rapper. (She follows Jay-Z and Jermaine Dupri.) Last night, Elliott gave a tearful 10-minute acceptance speech, and Lizzo honored Elliott by performing her classic 1997 jam…

After the recent Pharrell/Robin Thicke ruling, similarities between songs will be scrutinized more than ever. In a new interview, R&B producer Jermaine Dupri points out that Ciara’s potentially career-reviving new single “I Bet” is “a complete rip-off” of Usher’s “U G...

Dupri co-produced the Usher single in 2001

Jermaine Dupri's giant Atlanta home is safe ... for now -- because the music producer successfully rescued the place from foreclosure auction