Janet Jackson and boyfriend ENGAGED - NEWS - Moono.com

How could I NOT know about this!!!!! I cannot believe JANET JACKSON AND JERMAINE DUPRI!!!!!!!! What is this world coming to!?!?!?!?!?

Janet Jackson and boyfriend ENGAGED - NEWS - Moono.com

Janet Jackson and Jermaine Dupri ENGAGED

Janet Jackson, who is out promoting her new album "Damita Jo," has been blinding the press with a doorknob-sized 20-carat yellow diamond ring surrounded by white diamonds.

Who's the lucky guy? Of course beau, Jermaine Dupri.

Jackson insiders have confirmed her engagement to Jermaine, reports the New York Post, which claims the couple plans to tie the knot quietly this summer. For now, the pop star's rep is mum.

"Jermaine is the guy," Janet told Entertainment Tonight this week. "The most important thing is to me, obviously, is the happiness," she said, adding coyly of her rumored aisle walk, "It's up to Jermaine."

During a recent radio interview with the perpetually stubbly Ryan Seacrest, the diminutive Dupri boldly proclaimed, "I want to marry her ... I'm not going to mess this up. I would like to be with her forever."

You'll recall that Chris Rock gently reminded Dupri just what a lucky guy he is when he joked at the MTV Video Music Awards, "Seeing Janet Jackson with Jermaine Dupri is like finding out about a sale a day too late."

Janet has been through the holy-matrimony-ceremony twice before. At the age of 18, she eloped with singer James DeBarge, but her parents made her annul the union. In 1991, she said "I do" with Rene Elizondo but kept the marriage secret for nearly a decade. It was finally revealed when the two began battling in divorce court.

"I need someone who is willing, who is working on himself and continuing to grow ...," Janet told Ebony in 2001, describing the qualities she looks for in a man. "I need someone to also be there for me, to be there for each other, to be able to carry his own. Because I am going to carry mine." You go girl!

We hope if this marriage happens, it will last- unlike Janet's previous attempts.