Def Jam was trying to STUNT my growth
Posted by Media Outrage on August 10, 2009
Jermaine Dupri is speaking about how bad a place Def Jam was to work at.
“They [weren't] prepared for a person like myself,” he explained. “They [were] basically out for themselves. I never was on a team like that. I was always on a team that was supportive of what I wanted to do and this time it was more like ‘we need you to do this.’ People know me to create new artists [and to] continuously come with new people. Once I realized I was basically on my own in that building, I said ‘it’s time for me to get out of here.’ I saw the decline of Def Jam and I was just like ‘I don’t want to be a part of a sinking ship.’…[There's] definitely hard feelings because I’m not cool with people stunting my growth. I’m a person that keeps growing. Everybody knows the history of Jermaine Dupri. Everybody knows what I’ve done from day one from one group to the next, it was all new artists and you have to continue doing that. If you get in the way of that you stunt that growth. They [have] bigger problems to deal with, I mean I’m not running around like ‘f*ck Def Jam!’ I’m just saying I would not really deal with them ever again… It feels like it’s a resurgence of independent labels…It just feels like the right thing for me.”
Mediaoutrage- Say what you will about his 4′2 stature, but, just don’t EVER say this man hasn’t produced plenty of successful artists and hits!
ucanb2 said
Damn he looks like “the troll that lives underneath the bridge”!!!
EWWW…. SMDH
MissTX85 said
LMAO @ Ucanb2!!
Lacy said
Def Jam just realized that they hired a kid and the legal age to work in the US is 18..Sorry Jeramine try to obtain employment in a sweatshop in India ..
ALLISWELL5 said
Your growth was “stunted” way before you got to Def Jam….literally!
J.D.’s only about 5 feet tall
Ms.Behave said
What growth?!?! Jermaine, what growth?…unless there is something in that pants i’m missing…cause u bout as tall as Damon Dash’s pocket…
BadBadKitty0727 said
What the hell? Is this the updated urban version of Mr. Magoo or is he getting ready to jump on the roof of Snoopy’s doghouse and take flight around the ATL?!
Them frames probably cost a grip, but baby they ain’t the business on this light-bulb headed sucka!
cseancincy said
Na more like genetics stunting his growth not def jam dude just say. you got fired.
MoneAlicia said
He is the one nucca in the industry that needs to be wearing shades. Not clear lenses. SHADES. Hiding from the Paparazzi shades.
Gay said
Janet’s gone.