Overview

• Asked about the long-running claim he lost out on Janet Jackson, Dupri replied, “I don’t know what a fumble is… why y’all don’t say she fumbled me.”
• His comments came during a Hot 97 conversation with Nessa tied to promotion for his Magic City album and docuseries.
• Dupri emphasized the pair’s eight-year relationship, saying it should not be reduced to a single mistake.
• Coverage revisits Jackson’s documentary account that she wanted marriage but pulled back over rumored cheating and his lack of availability, which Dupri has previously addressed by admitting he was “reckless.”
• He criticized the social-media framing as one-sided, saying if the word “fumble” is used, it “can go both ways.”