Mariah Carey fires Jermaine Dupri Kevin Fleming August 6, 2014 Entertainment, Music News Who could see this coming? Mariah Carey and her longtime manager and musical collaborator Jermaine Dupri, have parted ways. In addition to being her manager, Dupri was also the executive producer of her latest album, Me. I Am Mariah…The Elusive Chanteuse. The album bombed, giving Carey her lowest first week sales since the creation of SoundScan charts in 1991 (aka of all time). Mariah is reportedly aligning herself now with music exec Kevin Liles, the former executive VP of the Island Def Jam group and president of Def Jam Records. Related