“Man! Look at God, look at God, look at God!” Dupri said in a video. “Um, yo. I was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. I don’t know what else to say, but aaaahhhhhhhhhhh!!!”

J.D. captioned the post saying that he “can’t f*cking believe it” and that this is the payoff for all of the “long nights and early mornings” spent working in music. J.D. has collaborated with some of the biggest names in the industry to write and produce chart-topping, No. 1 hits.

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Dupri co-wrote “We Belong Together” and “Always Be My Baby” with Mariah Carey and “Burn” with Usher. He launched the careers of rappers Bow Wow and DaBrat as well as R&B groups Xscape and Jagged Edge among others. He continues to source and develop new talent using his Lifetime show The Rap Game. The induction is undoubtedly well-deserved.

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Thank you. We are honored to be inducted into the 2018 roster of Songwriters Hall of Fame inductees!

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— Kool & the Gang (@KoolntheGngLIVE) February 6, 2018

The 2018 class of inductees will be rounded out by Kool & the Gang, John Mellencamp, Alan Jackson, Allee Willis, Bill Anderson, and Steve Dorff. Songwriters Hall co-chairs Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff along with president and CEO Linda Moran issued a joint statement highlighting the importance of diversity in its ongoing recognition of songwriting talent.

Breaking News: here are the 2018 SHOF Inductees!https://t.co/0c0BBjaCpj#SHOF2018 pic.twitter.com/yZV1GigwYA

— SongHall (@SongwritersHOF) February 6, 2018

“The 2018 roster of Songwriters Hall of Fame inductees is a prodigious representation of creators of cross-genre hits, certain to resonate with everyone,” the joint statement reads. “Each year, the slate of songwriters we induct is more diverse and illustrative of the history and contributions that we strive to acknowledge and honor.”

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We haven’t seen JT Taylor in years and we know that some of y’all are probably thinking the same thing we were: ‘Where has he been?’ So we did a lil’ digging and our man JT wasn’t too hard to find. He’s been grinding and performing regularly in several different countries and his singing is just as polished as it was back in the day.

His son Xavier is also a musician and JT’s been helping to nurture his career also. Here’s a recent pic of them.

One other thing that we found interesting was that JT recently posted a Tweet regarding not being awarded a 2014 Soul Train Legends Award back in November when his former group members of Kool and the Gang were presented the award on the show. Turn the page to see what he said…

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