Jermaine Dupri

Who here is not from Atlanta?

Okay, welcome to Atlanta.

Let's get started.

What do I love most about producing?

It's almost like having a baby for me.

Like, you go in the studio, and it's not an idea that, you know, most people will be looking around the studio trying to figure out what we're going to do.

And then we get an idea, and then we start making that idea come to life.

And depending on how long it takes, you know, sometimes it takes ...

five minutes, sometimes it takes two days to get this, but it's still like making a baby.

Well, it's not like making a baby, but you know what I'm saying.

But yeah, that's what it feels like, though.

That's how I feel when I make music.

I watch it go from nothing to something, and then I give it to you guys, and then y'all have to digest it.

So it's a trying process, but that's the one thing that I love about watching it grow from the bottom up.

So that's my first little question.

How has Atlanta played a role in my success?

Well, I'm from College Park.

Who's from Atlanta here?

All right, for anybody that's not from Atlanta, that's the South Side.

That's where I come from.