Elise Hugh

For music mogul Jermaine Dupri, who you might know as the producer behind hits like Mariah Carey's We Belong Together and Usher's Nice and Slow, the magic of producing music is that you always start with nothing but the seed of an idea, and yet you're able to build a song that people can feel and connect with.

Tremaine took to the TED stage for a rapid-fire Q&A-style talk to share his creative process and why the city that shaped him, Atlanta, Georgia, in the U.S., matters so much to his work.

That was Jermaine Dupri speaking at TED Next in 2025.

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