Jermaine Dupri in studio with Nelly, Ashanti & Juicy J

Atlanta vocalist Jermaine Dupri not too long ago launched a visible snippet of himself within the studio with 2000s icons Nelly, Ashanti and Memphis lyricist Juicy J. That is the primary time many have seen these artists within the studio because the 2000s.

The singer, who’s the founding father of the legendary Atlanta-based record label So So Def, was proven enjoying a brand new posse minimize within the studio that includes Nelly and Juicy J with Ashanti on the refrain.

The previous Homicide Inc. vocalist sings, “Boy, I really want to stay. So we can play this little game we play,” which is an interpolation of the 1995 track ‘This Lil’ Recreation We Play’ by Subway and 702.

The document label govt shortly shared a snippet of the track on social media and revealed that it’ll characteristic on his upcoming EP, which will probably be launched by way of Nas’ document label Mass Attraction later this yr.

Within the studio video, Dupri says, “Yo, what’s up y’all. I’m in here tryna get this mix done on my new record featuring Nelly, Ashanti, and Juicy J… It’s an EP on Mass Appeal. The first single was with me and Jacquees called ‘Pick It Up.’ This gonna be the second song. That’s what we on today.” That is the primary Ashanti and Nelly’s collaboration since 2008’s ‘Body On Me.’

Final yr, rumours concerning the two stars getting into a relationship circulated on the web. Following the discharge of his single ‘Hot In Herre’ in 2003, Nelly (actual identify Cornell Haynes) went public with their courting and ever since, they’ve been on and off for over a decade.

In an look on Love and Hip-Hop Atlanta star Rasheeda’s Boss Strikes podcast final yr, Haynes clarified, “Yeah, we cool again. I think it surprised both of us. It wasn’t anything that I don’t think planned. I think we were both doing pretty much what we do. Sometimes being separate you understand one another more.”