![]() ![]() Since his self-titled debut dropped in 1994, he’s released eight studio albums - four platinum albums, and one certified diamond album in Confessions. Life is a collaborative process and being able to lift each other up, stand with each other, is all it’s really about.” “I think that if life has taught us anything it is that we should share with each other, not just the music. I’m really happy to be able to share,” Usher told the intimate crowd during the performance. “I’m really happy to be able to celebrate all of the years of music. ![]() Related Story Our top musical moments of 2022, from favorite song to verse of the year Read now Usher’s performance, which capped off Black Music Month back in June, was a mix of emotions from sensual, comical, open and revealing. office, which, for a little while, transforms into one of the most magical stages in pop culture. Paak, Erykah Badu, Adele and more have all graced NPR’s Washington, D.C. People like Jazmine Sullivan, Mac Miller, T-Pain, Anderson. Like MTV Unplugged for the generation prior, NPR’s Tiny Desk series features stripped down musical offerings from some of the top artists in the world. And his Las Vegas residency has been so popular, it’s been extended multiple times.īut if there was a singular moment that highlighted Usher’s dominance in 2022, his Tiny Desk performance was just that. Weaving in and out of his vast collection of hits, the performance was a masterclass. He returned to Billboard’s Hot 100 chart, thanks to the City Girls’ bouncy “ Good Love.” The feature was his 52nd charting single, and his first since Summer Walker’s 2019 smash “ Come Thru.” He delivered an electric set at Pharrell’s Something In The Water festival in DC. The singer experienced his own “renaissance” (shout out to Beyoncé) this year. While many were debating whether R&B was dead, Usher almost single-handedly proved the genre was not only alive, but thriving. Nearly 30 years after his debut album dropped, 2022 was an unexpected, but well-deserved, victory lap for one of the true kings of R&B. But please just be careful out there, it’s a really scary place.It’s hard to deny that Usher had one hell of a year. Guys and girls – I say love who you want to. Should she get a little something to compensate her? Possibly. So should Jane Doe get the $20 million from Usher? Hmm… I’m gonna have to say no. What if it was you who was carrying the virus, and you had to start the conversation with, “Babe I have Herpes”? Would you expect your partner to stay? Professionals say that Herpes can lay dormant for a long while, and you may never know you have it. “What does she expect? It is USHER after all!” Generally all of them said that if their significant others came home with such a confession, it would be so long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, goodbye to their relationship, and who would really blame them?! When I brought this up with my work colleagues, there was a much heated discussion about both Usher’s accusers, and an overwhelming conclusion that these women somehow deserve this. You can’t help who you fall in love with, but the thought of having a sexual relationship with someone who carries anything that would affect my life in this way… it’s a no from me. Would you really sleep with someone unprotected if they confessed to having this virus? There is currently no cure, therefore it restricts you for the rest of your life, and will have an effect on your partner. Usher is currently married to his second wife, Grace, and has been since 2015. As I read details of this story I couldn’t help but think that in the midst of all these headlines, there is another woman involved, a woman who has to deal with the madness of this man’s wild ways. If we were to believe the hype behind the headlines, Usher knew he had Herpes but didn’t inform these women, yet proceeded to have unprotected sex, which is apparently not the done thing according to Californian law. Now a number of years later, a second woman has come forward and is suing Usher for $20 million, claiming she too has contracted the virus. She was then quickly paid off, settling outside of court for $1.1 million. This is when the first victim claimed she had caught the Herpes virus after sleeping with Usher. At this point, Usher had come to the end of his first marriage to Tameka Foster. The breakdown of the story begins in 2009. Being one massive Usher fan, I am disappointed (but not surprised) at the antics of this 30-plus year old man. ![]() These past couple of weeks I’ve been following the recent Usher story. ![]()
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