"He's young, he's going to make mistakes," Dupri said. "I think people started realizing that� when everybody's young they make mistakes. People were looking at him like he was grown."

Then, he added a very lofty compliment: saying Brown will at least meet Tupac in popularity - perhaps even surpass him. "He's a star, though," Dupri continued. "I told people when he came out of jail, he's going to be Tupac. He's an R&B singer. An R&B singer's music is supposed to go farther than rap. And, it stretches over different boundaries. To me, he's going to be more famous than Tupac. I mean, it is what it is. He's a star, and I can't front on it."