Beyond his comments about what was once BET's flagship show, Dupri also posted a video to Tiktok recently with Mariah Carey and Slick Rick the Ruler talking about an upcoming holiday collaboration.
"We put Rick on 'Here Comes Santa'" he said. "Y'all gotta hear it. She always does a remix and he's the rapper, she's the diva."
The iconic actress and dancer Debbie Allen appeared in the video as well. JD had been busy as of late prepping his Freaknik documentary and presenting his group Xscape with the 'Lady of Soul' awards at the 2022 Soul Train Awards. He recalled the first time he heard them sing at his birthday party.
"It blew me away when they sang ‘Happy Birthday,’” he said. “I said, I’m going to sign you … but I had no record label.” When he did launch his So So Def label, they were the first act he signed. "People didn’t have belief; thought I was crazy,” Dupri said. “But 30 years later, we’re here.”