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Jermaine Dupri spoke to EurWeb about the recent controversy surrounding Janet’s upcoming track So Excited. As previously reported, J.D. says Khia still appears on the track but he also says that the rapper is not actually rapping on the song.

“Khia’s on the record because I’m a producer and I heard a sound that I wanted. She don’t actually rap on the record, I’m giving you the exclusive. It’s something that I did with her voice. I mean, a lot or people who hear it, they might not even realize that it’s her.

“I use textures when I do records and I just wanted her voice texture on this record, and she really made this song. Now she’s been complaining saying she’s been taken off the record, I don’t know where that came from. She’s really foolish to be out here talking [like this]. I’m still gonna keep her on the song because she ain’t know what she was doing.”

The Post Chronicle reports that Janet recently made a phone call to singer and dancer Kevin Aviance recently after he was attacked by a mob of up to seven men on Saturday June 10th in Manhattan’s East Village. Four people were arrested on charges of first-degree assault as a hate crime, according to NYPD detectives assigned to the case. Aviance’s song “Alive” hit the top of the Billboard dance chart in 2002 and he is the most celebrated black, gay male dance musician and fashion designer in New York City and Los Angeles.

Click the thumbnail above to enlarge a photo of Janet with Kevin taken at Splash Bar in New York a few years ago.

Jermaine Dupri today released a statement to SOHH Soulful confirming that Khia will appear on 20 Years Old. Rumours were circulating the internet that Khia was upset that she had been dropped from the album but in the statement Jermaine firmly states Khia will still be on the track So Excited.

Jermaine Dupri: “Contrary to what has been reported, Khia WILL be featured on the new Janet Jackson album. I can verify that the song, “So Excited,” which features Khia, is in the process of being mixed and will appear on Janet’s highly anticipated release, 20 Years Old, when it hits stores on September 26th.”

Legendary British music show Top of the Pops, on which Janet has been a frequent guest from the start of her career, is to air its final show later this year. Janet’s last appearance was just over two years ago in June 2004 when she performed All Nite (Don’t Stop). It is still unknown whether Janet will appear again during her promotional tour before the final show on July 30th. The BBC show has been running for 42 years.

Jermaine Dupri has said, in an interview with MTV, that he’s hoping to feature a Janet and Mariah Carey duet on 20 Years Old. Although it has not been recorded yet, he says that if it’s not ready in time for the album launch in September, it’ll make for an extra track if and when the album is repackaged.

Earlier this month, Jermaine Dupri demonstrated he’s a true showman by bringing out Mariah Carey and Janet Jackson during his set at the Summer Jam radio festival in New Jersey. Now, Dupri is thinking about how to pull the ultimate trump card and get the two legends on the same song.

In April, Carey hinted that she was very open to the collaboration. “He never talked to me about that, but if Jermaine has a concept, we should go and write something,” she told MTV Radio. “I love Janet. I’ve been a big fan of Janet since ‘Con-tro-ol!’ ”

On Friday, JD said he is, in fact, developing an idea for Carey and his longtime girlfriend to do it up right on a song.

“It’s gonna happen on this record,” he said about the collaboration. “Please believe that. I got a mean idea, so look for it. We definitely gonna do a repackage on [Janet’s 20 Years Old] once it comes out. Hopefully it’s successful and people buy into it, then I’m going back in the studio.

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