Celebs Who Insulted The People Who Put Money In Their Pockets

Usher >> Jermaine Dupri

Really, this one could go both ways. JD felt like Usher snubbed him, so he snubbed Usher right back; when in reality, had they just teamed up again, they could have made some good money and given us the music we most love from Usher, read: Confessions.

But when it came time for Usher to work on his next album he didn’t reach out to JD. And Jermaine thought that was disrespectful. And he let folks know. In an interview with Vibe, he expounded on the slight:

Well, I didn’t really want to be executive producer of Usher’s projects after Confessions. Me as a producer, it’s kind of hard for me to go back into people’s projects when I gave you your biggest album ever…you sold more records than any other artist in this decade based on that album and now I have to ask you am I the executive producer of your next album? That seems disrespectful to me. Obviously, I’m looking at something different than everyone is looking at it whether it’s the label, the artist, management… whoever it is. I’ve had this same conversation with L.A. Reid, because I’m doing Mariah Carey’s album right now. And on her last album, I didn’t have one song on there. But I did Emancipation of Mimi and she sold more records than she sold in the last five years. What part of the game makes y’all not call me? But I’m not going to keep sticking my neck out. But I don’t feel like I’m supposed to ask to produce anymore. People are supposed to come to me and tell me that I’m the executive producer. That’s why I get more kicks working with younger artists.

Should Usher have asked JD to work with him? Of course! But it’s not necessarily a reason for JD to be in his feelings either.

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