After Janet Jackson split from her third husband, Wissam Al Mana, in 2017, rumors suggested that she was getting back with Jermaine Dupri nearly a decade after their breakup. As reported by Bossip, an inside source claimed that "things have been heating back up between the former couple, who have recently reunited and not just for music making purposes." After the internet went wild, Dupri put the headlines to rest.
"All of this is just speculation, I guess, when somebody gets single. The fans actually really want to see us back together, so people actually [have] been championing this, but none of this is actually true," he said on "The Breakfast Club" in January 2018, adding, "I dated Janet for d**n near 10 years. I don't have to hide. ... Why I'm gonna sneak around with somebody that y'all know I been with? ... I know her better than the dude she married."
In addition to that, rapper Bow Wow shared a throwback snapshot of Dupri and Jackson in a now-deleted Instagram post in 2021. In the caption, he suggested they should get back together and that Dupri likely misses Jackson, per That Grape Juice. However, it seems they are just on friendly terms. Later that same year, Jackson wished Dupri well on his birthday in a tweet.
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