Genre: Hip Hop/Rap
Jermaine Dupri, also known as JD, (born September 23, 1972) , is an American record producer, rapper and Grammy winning songwriter. He is also known as Bow Wow's father.
Dupri discovered the child rap duo Kris Kross in 1991 at a mall in Atlanta, Georgia.
Dupri worked on various other Mariah Carey songs including My Baby Stay Baby in 1998 and Always Be My Baby in 1996.
So So Def, a label specializing in Southern hip hop, Contemporary Soul, and R&B music, was originally distributed through Arista Records and Sony Music Entertainment.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jermaine_Dupri