According to Variety, the contract between the record label and the music producer has come to an abrupt halt.
Last September, the label released an album for Dupri’s girlfriend, Janet Jackson. Her Discipline disc was a big disappointment, only selling 500 000 copies. Dupri was partly blamed for the album’s failure.
In 2006, Dupri left Virgin Urban Music when Jackson announced that her contract with Virgin was ending. Dupri has been the president of Island Records Urban Music division since 2007.