Mariah Carey has blasted reports she has fallen out with Janet Jackson and stalled a planned duet, insisting the collaboration was nothing more than a “concept” by producer Jermaine Dupri.

According to Dupri, who is Jackson’s boyfriend, the two pop divas have been planning to team up for years – but Carey insists that’s not the case. She says, “That was Jermaine’s concept… I love J.D., he’s like my brother but he makes these things up and he gets an idea and then he tells the world.”

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