JERMAINE DUPRI IS COFOUNDER ENTREPRENEUR OF THE WEEK!
It producer and sometime rapper Jermaine Dupri has been named president of Island Record Urban Music, a newly created division of Island Def Jam Music Group. Dupri, who has produced chart-topping songs for artists ranging from Usher to Mariah Carey, also reunited with Island Def Jam Chairman Antonio "L.A." Reid.
"We are very fortunate to have Jermaine in our fold," Reid told The Associated Press on Wednesday. "There's a strong relationship between us already, which makes this move even better for the team."
This is the third senior management move for Dupri in four years. In 2003 he was named senior vice president of Arista Records, when Reid headed the label.
