No surprise here really. Janet Jackson has followed boyfriend Jermaine Dupri from Virgin US to Island Def Jam. Dupri moved from an exec role at Virgin to the urban chief role at IDJ last year, and Jackson, whose recent long players haven't been especially commercial successes for the EMI label, has always been expected to follow. Billboard last week quoted Dupri thus: "She's on Island, but it's more or less [Def Jam CEO LA Reid's] project. I let him deal with that on a day-to-day basis. He's going to A&R that project, too. Janet's record is one that he's wanted to do for a long time. He's very passionate about it".
Jul 16, 2007
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Jackson follows Dupri to IDJ
Janet Jackson has moved from EMI to Island Def Jam, following her boyfriend Jermaine Dupri who joined the label as urban chief last year.