In 2013 at Washington, D.C. Chapter's event, "Business, Beats & Inspiration: An Indie Guide To Making Money In A Digital World," digital strategist Bryan Calhoun interviewed producer/songwriter Jermaine Dupri, winner at the 48th GRAMMY Awards of the songwriting category Best R&B Song for Mariah Carey's "We Belong Together." He addressed how "kids don't even think about the past" in "the new way of life" on the internet. "I live in [the year] two-thousand-and-now because that's the mentality of the world to me," said Dupri. "Everybody thinks about what's happening now."
John Mellencamp, Jermaine Dupri Among 2018 Songwriters Hall Of Fame Inductees
