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Jermaine Dupri Reveals He Regrets Not Introducing TLC To The Masses

<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Since we’re in <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;&quest;s&equals;viral&plus;pandemic">Quarantine Season<&sol;a>&comma; celebs are on social media more than usual and giving us a deeper look into their personality and truths&period; <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Legendary producer&comma; Jermaine Dupri&comma; has been around for some time&period; He’s known for breaking artists like XScape&comma; Kris Kross&comma; Da Brat&comma; Bow Wow&comma; and a few others&period; <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">While having a question and answer session on IG&comma; a follower asked&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Any artists you regret passing up on&quest;”<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Dupri mentioned he regretted passing on TLC&period; At the time&comma; he didn’t think he had the bandwidth to manage the girl group and Kris Kross&period; <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">He wrote&colon;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">&&num;8220&semi;I regret not trying to do TLC at the same time as Kris Kross&period; I was only 19 years old at the time and<&sol;span> <span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">didn&&num;8217&semi;t believe in myself as a person&comma; as someone having the bandwidth to have both artists&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Dupri wrote&period; &&num;8220&semi;I was putting so much energy into Kriss Kross&comma; and I was only giving TLC maybe 30 to 40 percent&comma; not even 50 percent&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">&&num;8220&semi;I felt I was spreading myself thin by trying to provide both of these groups what they needed to become the success they eventually both grew to become&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Dupri continued in the post&period; &&num;8220&semi;So I eliminated myself from TLC being a group that I actually introduced to the world&period;&&num;8221&semi; <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">This isn’t his first time speaking out about TLC&period; In an episode of TV One’s Unsung&comma; he stated that Left Eye lived with him&comma; when he met Kris Kross&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;TLC was my group before they got signed to LaFace&comma;&&num;8221&semi; he said&period; &&num;8220&semi;Left Eye was living at my house when I found Kris Kross&period; The backward clothes came after we started getting more and more songs&period; The backward clothes actually came from being around Left Eye&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Speaking of producers&comma; would y’all like to see Jermaine Dupri battle someone&quest; I’m thinking Jazze Pha&period; What you say&comma; Roomies&quest;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; 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