USHER & TAMEKA COVER ESSENCE MAGAZINE

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Amist the rumors, more rumors and even more rumors, Usher and Tameka Foster have stayed strong. Check out a snippet of their interview for the November issue of Essence Magazine.

Usher on how the media and bloggers reacted negatively to the news of his engagement to Tameka Foster:
“It was like, wow. (Getting married) and having a child is something that everyone should celebrate. What’s happened to us as a culture and a people? I’m not ignorant, so I’m not going to go out there and lash out….”

Usher on how he and Tameka have stayed strong:
“Ours is not a typical love story, but it is a true one. Tameka and I have been fortunate enough to go through the thick of it in the beginning. We’ve had that opportunity to huddle up as a team, to make sure that we’re clear and speak as one voice.”

Tameka on when she knew to trust her instincts, instead of her girlfriends, about starting a relationship with her future husband:
“Thank God I didn’t listen to my girlfriends…. Usher was my road dawg. I’d seen him love, and I’d watched him date women who were not worthy of him. He was so sweet, going out of his way to cater to their every need. And I’d see them not even be grateful.”

Usher on what he’s learned about becoming a father:
“Tameka’s given me one of the greatest gifts I’ll ever have. With a child, now I have purpose. I understand love.”

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170 Responses to USHER & TAMEKA COVER ESSENCE MAGAZINE

  1. PrincessMel

    Oh yeah and it probably was a mutual agreement for her ex husband to have the kids because she wanted to TAG along with Ushers ass everywhere he goes…BOTTOM LINE…I bet you this baby is gonna be plastered up every damn where, and lets not forget about her 3 kids will never been seen. What I don’t seem to get, if you can’t take care of your 3 kids prior. Why the hell have another one..PEOPLE theses are reason why people do not like this BEAST..

  2. bluecalibur/v8splash

    I just hope they are not in atlanta right now bc there is a water shortage and not enough to wash that bull$hit down the toilet

  3. SweetLesa

    I am not convinced…

  4. kiki

    ALL I HAVE 2 SAY IS THAT I LOVED USHER SINCE I WAS LITTLE..AND ALTHOUGH I WISH HIM THE BEST ..I HAVE TO WONDER…
    THIS WOMAN IS CONSTANTLY IN THE MEDIA…WHY ARENT HER KIDS THERE..GRANTED SHE MAY NOT WANT THEM IN THE MEDIA..BUT SHE IS LIVING IT UP WITH THIS PREGNANCY IN THE MEDIA..SO AS A MARRIED COUPLE SHOULDNT THEY BE CELEBRATING AS A FAMILY WITH THE KIDS…

    I’M DISAPPOINTED TOO…BC I LOVE A MAN THAT LOVES HIS MA’….AND U FIRED MA..THE REASON WHY U R HOT…….SHE LEFT HER HUSBAND FOR U..AND KIDS……SHE TRIED TO SNITCH TO WENDY WILLIAMS ABOUT U AND RENIG THE DAY OF THE SHOW AND GOT CALLED OUT….IM CONFUSED..AND A LIL JEALOUSY..ALWAYS HOPED HE’D BE MY BABBIES DADDY(J/K) MY EYES ARE ON PRINCE(SIDEBAR)

    A WORD TO THE WISE USHER…GET UR TELL TO CHURCH…MASJID OR WHERE EVER U WORSHIP…BC THE SAYING GOES A FAMILY THAT PRAYS TOGETHER STAYS TOGETHER..AND HOW YOU GET’EM IS HOW U’LL LOSE’EM

    GOODLUCK

    SAD & HEART BROKEN
    KIZZY

  5. bluecalibur/v8splash

    He needs to be getting a psych evaluation anyway if he believes it is possible for a man to conceive

  6. #99 & #100

    Yes, Yes and Yes.

    Stop putting your shit out there and nobody will bite.
    That part about him thinking the bloggers naysayers “What’s happened to us as a culture and a people”, is a bunch of bulls@#!. Cause if we had brace that relationship with no problem Usher’s a@# wouldn’t be saying NOTHING.
    But, when you push her in the media and at us like “here this is my girl” and we didn’t bite, that’s when s@!# went wrong on him.
    Now we ignorant OK right no we didn’t BITE that’s what happen.

    That part about her, PLEASE you were the side-line girl waiting for your chance to shine and be his main chick and once it happen you wanted everyone including his mama to accept and embrace it girl please. If marriage is so important why the hell did she cheat w/Usher. Marriage is work regardless of what it is, if he was cheating check his ass, but instead you was willing to step from it and go there for glory and fame. I don’t think she is a gold digger at all cause her ex was very stable. No it’s the
    about the glory and fame that Usher had and she wanted it too.

    Fine be a good father and a husband to your wife, but don’t ask us to bow down and praise the situation that started off shady underhanded, do u OK…..

  7. Hip Hop is my baby's mama

    I didn’t even read the post.. she still looks like a man.

  8. Thank you #112 thank you my point exactly….

  9. All the HATERS need to stop!!!!!!!!

    They are married and in LOVE!!!!!!!!!

    Some of yall wish yall had a relationship. Some people will never be satisfied with the happiness of others.

    Grow the PHUCK up, and get a life.

    ***Usher and Tameka stay strong for yourselves and the baby!!!

  10. ..........

    i’m happy for them i just feel that their trying to prove something by doing this interview if people dont want to believe that their in love then so be it you dont have to go public with your relationship its between you and the other person famous or not its nobody’s business
    but in reality rather people want to hear the truth or not this will not last he cheated on chilli for this women and i’m a firm believer in karma it what he did to chilli will be 10 times worse
    i dont care what she did no one deserves to be cheated on & that is not her fault but tameka and ushers marriage i hope it last i really do & people should not interfeer with that people need to respect the fact that this is his wife & he is going to be a father now no matter what negative feelings people may have

  11. they are so cute. congrats

  12. Nicky

    lol # 122. I live in ATL myself and this water shortage is a B*ytch.

    But wow. My exhusband and i are great friends and he is an excellent father to our twins. But as a mother i can’t even sleep at night when my twins aren’t with me for the short time they are with there father or his family or my family for that matter of a fact. Its just how mother are. This woman is vacationing all over the world without her children. Trutting behing Usher like she stalking him. I didn’t even see them participating in the wedding. Or in her wedding pictures. My or My Usher you really know how to choose. I’m now happily married and my husband loves my twins like they are his. And they were up-front-and-center of our wedding pictures. Not because i’m no longer inlove with there father means i’m gonna give him custody. I will have a hard time sleeping at night if my babies arent with me. I think she has serious psychological problems. She’s acting like those other kids don’t even exist.

    P.s. Tameka’s looks is not and should never be an issue. Nor should her age or the fact that she was married before. Most people don’t give a shit. Her parenting skills and her abality to be a mother is what most people are concern about. And for people that are talking about we are hating because we want Usher. For one i don’t date anyone under 6feet and i’m not even kidding. And the reason i’m not making Tameka’s looks is because Usher is not that good-looking either. As a mother i see the concerns of Usher mother. PEROID!

  13. lala

    who give a F**** Usher and dat man looking bitch can lick my ass!!!..NEXT!

  14. thisisme

    She is playing along with his lil plan to get publicity. He used Chilli to help his song confessions go to the top and there will be a song about this new one, trust.

  15. Kesh

    Give me a effin break Usher!!

  16. Sizzle

    Awe, ain’t that sweet…the best to the newly weds.

  17. North Oakland in the house

    THE TONGUE CAN BE YOUR WORST ENEMY!

    Your words, your dreams, and your thoughts have power to create conditions In your life.
    What you speak about, you can bring about.
    Turn your thoughts and conversations around to be more positive and power packed with faith, hope, love and action.

    Watch your Thoughts – they become words.
    Watch your words – they become actions.
    Watch your actions – they become habits.
    Watch your Habits – they become character.
    Watch your Character – for it becomes your Destiny.

    For goodness sakes people, stop putting other people down just because you don’t agree with, or understand what they do. Your words will surely come back around in bite you in the ass, and when (not if) they do you will no one to blame but yourself.

    Its a shame that we can’t speak kindly of people or situations that revolve around someones else’s happiness. Don’t steal Tameke’s and Usher joy because you don’t have none in you own life. Process that… I come and go in peace.

    Be Blessed and DO NOT DO ONTO OTHERS THAT WHICH YOU WOULD NOT HAVE THEM DO ONTO YOU! IF ONLY WE WOULD ALL OBEY THE GOLDEN RULE IMAGINE WHAT OUR WORLD WOULD BE LIKE! Watch how your circumstances and situations begin to change when you change the way you speak.

  18. msdebbs

    Correct me if I’m wrong….. but doesn’t this chick have like 3 or 4 other kids??? She ‘s had plenty of practice she could probably raised this kid on her own with her eyes closed. I feel bad for her other kids cause she’s never with them…..they get noooooo luv :(

  19. xoMizzIcyxo

    Ima Agree wit numba 1 also…BULLSHIT! and its hella tru *smh*

  20. "gangsta, gangsta" that's what we yellin!

    well, they got alot mo thick & thin to go thru….
    i’m not hatin, i’m just sayin…
    high profile relationship like that…..shooooooottt

    & #57 (carlissia), i’m not bein negative. i’m just bein real.

  21. chicagoisluv

    i feel what BIGCED said… that is his baby mama so he is going feel something stronger for her than anyone else.. and another thing her old ass knew what she was doing, she trapped that nigga lol… just playin but c’mon nobody her ages gets pregnant by accident…

  22. brwneyezs

    First and foremost, you can’t tell your heart who to love, if that’s his choice he’s the only one that has to deal with it, but personally I think that by listening to her as he seems to do always, his career as it was is OVER!!!!!!!!!! When that happens I guess they will both see how long the relationship will last.

  23. brwneyezs

    Oh yeah she should be ashamed because she has three other children that I’ve never seen her with, I bet they feel neglected as hell!!!!!!!!!!!!

  24. crabbie

    Usher,Usher..a grown woman leaves her children for a younger wealthier man,only a fool would buy that and u are that fool.Usher=waste of time/space.Hope u are so over cos wont but any cd for ur selfish ass and ur heartless mother/wife Tameka.U lost a lot of respect.If it walks like a duck,talks like a duck,squaks like a duck,it is a duck.S he is after ur dough.as roughish and mannish as she is

  25. so she better not come back to essence next year w/ a kim porter tell all!

    good luck to them both

  26. Greatestloveofall

    smh, this board is just FILLED with poisonous resentful people. I bet half these broads on the blog would kill to be Usher’s woman and are just giving Tameka heat for that.

  27. jscene

    THEY ARE FULL OF SHIT…..

    HOW BOUT YOUR MOTHER BITCH? DON’T TRY TO PRETEND ALL THE HATE YOU’RE GETTING IS DUE TO YOUR MARRIAGE, IT’S DUE TO YOUR BLATANT DISREGARD FOR THE WOMAN WHO HAS LOVED YOU FOR YEARS, AND WHO STUCK WITH YOU WITH TAMEKA WAS FUCKING HER HUSBAND MAKING KIDS WITH HIM, IT’S ABOUT THE WOMAN THAT LOVED YOU AND BELIEVED IN YOU WHEN YOU DIDN’T HAVE TWO RED CENTS, AND HOW YOU KICKED HER TO THE CURB FOR OLD UGLY ASS TAMEKA…I WILL NEVER VIEW YOU THE SAME WAY, I HATE ANY MAN THAT PICKS A SKANK ASS TRICK OVER HIS MOTHER..PEACE OUT BITCH, AND I HOPE NOTHING YOU DO PROSPER UNTIL YOU GET RIGHT WITH YOUR MOTHER…BYE DUMB BITCH..I HOPE TAMEKAS ROBS YOUR ASS.

  28. jscene

    AND ANYONE THAT DON’T LIKE MY COMMENT CAN KISS MY ASS IN ADVANCE…NEGATIVITY MY ASS, HE’S TREATING HIS MOTHER LIKE CRAP. I FEEL SORRY FOR HIS MOTHER, NOT UGLY ASS FUCK, TORE UP OLD WORN OUT COOCHIE TAMEKA….

  29. Smilez

    If Usher is happy then I am happy for them. He knows what he wanted in a woman and obviously he found what he was looking for. I wish them all the best and send them my blessings and hope that they have a healthy and happy baby boy!

  30. So again….……that’s not her ex husbands baby?

  31. Whats with all the support black love comments? Wasnt her ex husband and father of her children black? Where is the support for that family? I wouldnt care if she was damn near white with green eyes. She seems shady,and the whole thing with his mother is just wrong. That damn cover photo is scary. She looks like a vampire.

  32. No im not a “hater” *rolls eyes*…and i don’t give two flying fucks what anyone says….but i give this relationship a year…and at the max two!!! I am glad about the fact that he didnt decide to marry your typical lightskinned chick with dark, long, wavy hair! But shit! she looks like a straight up man…he could have at least married a pretty dark or brownskinned chick! But eh whatever….right now hes probably wondering what the fuck did he just do….and hes probably plotting on how to get back with Chilli! Hes gonna get tired of that demanding manly it he married! But whatev

  33. Phillyjawn

    This marriage is a fluke. No one is hatin on marriage in general. Usher, nigga please, people know phoniness when they see it. In my opinion, the only reason he married her was to spite his mother. It seems like that’s how much he dislikes her. We all know when Mama say don’t marry a person, and you go ahead and do it anyway, 9/10 that relationship doesn’t work. But oh well, congrats Ursh.

  34. Trailblazer

    So who are ya’ll voting for during the presidential preliminaries? LOL
    I hope you all are holding a microscope over these presidential candidates like you are over some tameka and usher. Cuz at the end of the day our votes are the only opinions that will affect our life for real. LOL.

    And yeah yeah yeah, I know this post is suppose to be about them but I just wanted to throw it out there since we all are in such hot debate about who fucking who and why. In a few months we all may be fucked and married to some asshole for another 4 to 8 years and divorce is not even an option. LOL

    Im not assuming everyone on here is not politically conscious, but I bet probably half of ya’ll don’t even vote or even go to PTA meetings for that matter. Do you know where your kids are? Do you know what bills congress is passing under our noses while we blog about who usher should be fucking or what color beyonce wig should be?

    I’m sorry, the 154 comments just thru me for a loop. I mean I didn’t even know people cared that much and I didn’t know so many people despised his relationship so much. WOW.

    But since we on the subject of love…I wish them both the best. Oh and for anyone who has something nasty to say, don’t even bother. I’m logging off. See you at the polls! NEXT…

  35. YOOOO

    LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DIS SHIT IS TOOO FUNNY MAN ITS JUST A STUNT THAT NIGGA KNOW HE AINT REALLY HAPPY MARRIED TO THAT SLUT SHE LOOKS LIKE SHE CAN BE HIS SECOND MOTHER THEY MARRIAGE AINT GONE LAST GIVE IT ATLEAST A COUPLE OF MOTNHS..

  36. HOTNEW-THING

    SHE IS SOOOO UGLY WOW USHER COULD HAVE DONE BETTER I MEAN HE’S USHER

  37. HOTMOMMA001

    I just basically feel like both Usher and Tamika are two consenting adults folx. Due to all the media hype, this marriage may or may not last. I’m sure it’s got to be very difficult to maintain a nurturing, strong relationship based with a strong foundation. I just think that folx need to let Usher live and if it’s a mistake, so what. He’s young, he’ll learn. At least he’s with an older woman and not some 21 year old bopper. So, I applaud him for at least taking the leap.

    However, I’m still SMH on him firing his mother. But, when you get married, you put no other human over your spouse. Furthermore, if his career does fall off, he cannot look at anyone BUT himself!

  38. Phillyjawn

    HAHAHA…Trailblazer, you so crazy. I can sum you up in one word, delusional. What is so ironic about you, is you actually came in here read the comments and wrote 5 paragraphs on “wasting time and responsibility”–I guess that was the underlying message . Newsflash, I’m assuming your black, your vote doesn’t count. Two reasons, your black and you’re not part of the electoral college. Why should I vote when they already know who they’re putting in office. It’s obvious you don’t recall the 2000 and 2004 elections, maybe you voted for bush, don’t know. Anywho, if you were so “politically conscious”, you wouldn’t even be in here. “PTA meetings”, LOL, are you serious. If you really had a hand in your child’s education, you wouldn’t let someone you didn’t know two squats about “educate” them.

  39. those men love each other i dont see why people cant handle dat? they are plenty of gays in the world…whats new about this?

  40. ALASKA

    Who cares? If we didn’t pay so much attention to these Entertainers they wouldn’t act the way they do. If no one paid attention to Usher and Tameka they’ll be just like you and I!

  41. Temptation

    awwww their so cute together they look really happy, I really like the second picture thats so cute!!! GOOD LUCK I think their baby is going to be adorable!!! And that cover is cute too

  42. Temptation

    “HATERS” He probably dont like those fake celebrity girls so he went to a real woman who don’t carry herself like a hoe!!!

  43. kk

    I agree Mookie BULLSHIT********

  44. Jay

    I really am tired of seeing this b@*#$ and him too on everything.ChewMecca,oops I meant Tameka with her dramatic ass,also Usher is a lil DIVA himself.Give it a f*&%^$# break,let someone else shine.Go kick rocks.

  45. EbonyDateOnline.com

    hey dont knock love if your single come find it at http://www.EbonyDateOnline.com it is where true singles are looking for true love like the one usher has *wink*

  46. Mayanka

    It does seem like they are trying so hard to make themselves look happy. When he was wit chili,it just looked so natural. What kind of a woman takes marriage vows and does not keep them the first time? What kind a woman is damn near fourty and still actin like she is twenty? What kind of woman has three kids previous from another relationship and their not living with her? What kind of woman comes between a man and his mother? Lastly what kind of man cheats on a wonderful woman that loves you,breaks her heart and think his love life is goin to last? It wont bcuz what goes around…comes back around.

  47. Merci

    I think their relationship is beautiful, however it may have come about. Real love is hard to find and if you truely find that one person who makes you feel whole and safe and loved well a number is just a number. Get over it people! Be happy for the couple and the children they will bring to this world. This isn’t tabloid news like Britney or her sister. Usher and Tameka best of everything to your family.

  48. Sincere

    CHILD PLEASE EVERYBODY AND THEY MAMA KNOW USHER STILL LOVES CHILI, BUT HE HAD TO GO OUT AND LIKE A STUPID IDIOT DO DIRT, THE ONLY REASON USHER EVEN MARRIED THAT CHICK IS BECAUSE SHE MAYBE “ACCIDENTLY” GOT PREGNANT, MAYBE ON PURPOSE, I REALLY DON’T CARE BUT MORE POWER TO THEM, BUT THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN CHILI MARRYING HIM NOT THAT CHICK OR SHOULD I SAY GOLDDIGGER!

  49. Time

    I’m just now finding out and it breaks my heart. But only time will tell if she’s worthy. Peace

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