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producer turned rapper Jermaine Dupri's chances

to avoid a three-day jail sentence for skipping

jury duty are getting slimmer.

And

to think, he did it all so he could perform in

the "Hard Knock Tour" in New York City.

And after he had been warned that his previous

waiver from jury duty was his last.

Just

last week, the Georgia Court of Appeals denied

Dupri's appeal of the sentence, which was imposed

he chooses to do so, Dupri's last appeal is with

the Georgia Supreme Court.

Dupri,

whose last name is actually Mauldin, chose to

perform in New York at a previously scheduled

concert March 3, 1999, two days after he intially

reported for jury duty and was told to re-appear

on the third.

Edwards

found Dupri guilty of criminal contempt and

ordered him to serve a three-day sentence in the

Fayette County lockup. In open court, Dupri's

attorneys have admitted he has received three

jury duty waivers in the past.

But

it turns out that after he received another

waiver in 1998, Superior Court Judge Johnnie

Caldwell said that was Dupri's final reprieve

from his public duty.

Dupri's

attorneys have said the rapper apologizes for his

actions. He offered to serve on another jury, but

Edwards said he didn't think it was appropriate

for a person in this situation to serve on a

jury.

Dupri

was originally ordered to report to the jail at 5

p.m., but his attorneys filed a notice of appeal

that postponed execution of the order.

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