▁New ▁Year ' s ▁Day , ▁ 2 0 1 6 . ▁It ▁followed ▁five ▁emer ging ▁artists , ▁ages ▁ 1 1 – 1 6 , ▁who ▁were ▁imm ers ed ▁in ▁the ▁Atlanta ▁hip - h op ▁scene ▁in ▁a ▁quest ▁to ▁become ▁a ▁rap ▁star . ▁Dup ri ▁was ▁joined ▁by ▁guests ▁including ▁U sh er , ▁Lud ac ris , ▁Da ▁Br at , ▁T . I . ▁and ▁Sil ent ó ; ▁they ▁gave ▁the ▁compet itors ▁advice ▁on ▁what ▁it ▁takes ▁to ▁be ▁in ▁the ▁industry . ▁Most ▁compet itors ▁have ▁released ▁solo ▁work , ▁receiving ▁guidance ▁and ▁instrument ation ▁from ▁Dup ri . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 8 , ▁he ▁was ▁induct ed ▁into ▁the ▁Song writ ers ▁Hall ▁of ▁Fame . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 8 , ▁Jer ma ine ▁Dup ri ▁his ▁So ▁So ▁Def ▁brand ▁celebrated ▁an ▁exhib it ▁at ▁the ▁Gram my ▁Museum ▁in ▁Los ▁Angeles , ▁California ▁called , ▁Jer ma ine ▁Dup ri ▁& ▁So ▁So ▁Def , ▁ 2 5 ▁Years ▁Of ▁E lev ating ▁Culture . ▁ ▁Personal ▁life ▁From ▁ 2 0 0 2 ▁to ▁ 2 0 0 9 , ▁Dup ri ▁was ▁involved ▁in ▁a ▁rom antic ▁relationship ▁with ▁singer ▁Jan et ▁Jackson , ▁which ▁resulted ▁in ▁a ▁brief ▁musical ▁connection . ▁ ▁Dup ri ▁is ▁veg an ▁and ▁promoted ▁the ▁l ifest yle ▁through ▁a ▁P ET A ▁ad , ▁encourag ing ▁fans ▁to ▁" Fe el ▁the ▁be ets