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Ariana Grande and Jessie J Are Remaking ‘The Boy Is Mine’

INGLEWOOD, CA - AUGUST 24: Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj perform onstage during the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards at The Forum on August 24, 2014 in Inglewood, California. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/MTV1415/WireImage)
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Ariana Grande, a talented young vocalist, and Jessie J, the human “fetch,â€Â are set to collaborate for a second time. Producer Rodney “Darkchild†Jerkins reveals that the duo are working on a cover of Brandy and Monica’s “The Boy Is Mine†as part of his upcoming 20th-anniversary project. The big question, of course, is who will get the Brandy part and who will get the Monica part. (Just kidding — the question is whether Jessie J will even try to ask for the Brandy part.) Either way, Mekhi Pfifer is probably available to reprise his role as the Boy. Also on the docket for Darkchild’s anniversary: Sam Smith covering Whitney Houston’s “It’s Not Right, But It’s Okay†very reverently, we’re sure. Gentrification is real.

Ariana Grande & Jessie J to Do ‘The Boy Is Mine’