R&B star, Usher along with his son, Usher Raymond V cover the August 2008 issue of Essence magazine. This is the first official look at the Usher V.
In the interview (conducted by actor/author Hill Harper) Usher speaks yet again on fatherhood, his marriage and rumors. Here is a snippet:
HILL HARPER: In the last year, you got married and you’ve had a baby. Which has changed you more?
USHER: They’re both linked—I can’t have one without the other. But the one thing that changed me the most is having a wife. Our child is an extension of that union.
HARPER: Why?
USHER: Because now I represent what he is to become. He’s gonna admire me, he’s gonna look up to me. He’s gonna say, “I wanna be”—or he should say— “I wanna be like my father. I wanna be a man of valor. I wanna possess what my father has as a man.” To get married was a choice. To have a child is a responsibility.
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Usher son looks just like him, he is handsome
—- Awwwwwwwwwwww the baby is such a cutie pie.
IT’S SO REFRESHING SEEING A MAN BE A MAN….GOOD STUFF USHER!!! WOW!!!!!!!! I’M FIRST!!!!!!!!!!!
shit, Usher looks good too
awww how cute
SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO BEAUTIFUL 2 SEE!!!!! A BLACK KING AND HIS SON. AND HE MARRIED A BLACK QUEEN AND DEY HAPPY AND WITHOUT DRAMA. NOW DIS A TRUE BLACK MAN AND I LUV HIM FOR DAT!!!!!!!!
I WAS WRONG!!!!!! WOW!!!!!! I’M 3RD!!!!!!!!!!!
Cute kid. Looks JUST like his papi.
I can’t wait to deliver & bond with mine.
it’s so nice to see Usher mature into a responsible man. his son is a cutie and he looks like both he and Tameka..
Hmmm if I recall correctly this is the same guy who said he wouldn’t PIMP his kid for money by putting him in a magazine and selling photos, right? He needs to think about what he says before he goes public with statements like that.
However those are nice pics.
Im not an usher fan but Im glad to see a black man taking care of his kids and family and acting his age!
AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW AND DONT LIL USHER LOOK SO CUTE ON THE COVER. DATS A BEAUTIFUL BLACK BABY WIT THE CUTEST CHUBBY CHEEKS
I applaud Usher for marrying the woman he loves, and being committed to being a husband and father. HOWEVER, the more he explains his marriage with “Harriet Tubman,” the more I feel like he regrets it.
“Ursher”…..keep your private life private. You could have gotten married and kept her out the spotlight. Now you have lost a big part of your fanbase, since you are no longer a sex symbol. She Nay Nay,…aka Tameaka, do your thang gurl. Pop out as many babies as you can….Make that “U” around his neck stand for your Uterus.
*Note to other artist, when you marry or date people who are uglier than you you lose your fanbase. Lesson #1 Janet Jackson.
wee usher is so cute, aww
He’s such a cutie with his cubby cheeks
Okay so the baby has on a hat in both pics soooo he prolly has a funny shaped head just like his Dad.
So Keepsitreal.
Beyonce lost hers?
That’s the most retarded statement I’ve EVER heard
I think Usher believes he is more profound and intelligent than he is. He makes statements that are contradictory and just plain stupid. Talk straight you clown, not everybody has the gift of poetic speech.
Dead @ “Harriet Tubman”.
Very cute kid. Usher sit down and stop saying so much. Just live.
@KEEPSITREAL, WAT A IGNORANT COMMENT FOREAL!!
TAMEKA IS JUST A AVERAGE LOOKIN BLACK CHICK. ALL DESE HOES CALLIN HER UGLY EITHER HAV TOO HIGH STANDARDS OF BEAUTY OR JUS JELOUS DAT SHE PULLED FINE ASS USHER.
AND BE HAPPY DAT HE WAS MAN ENOUGH TO MARRY A NORMAL LOOKIN FEMALE AND NOT SUM HOLLYWOOD FAKE LOOKIN HOE.
AND HE DIDNT RUN OFF NO WHTYE CHICK LIKE TAYE, REGGIE, CHARLES BARKLEY, MOST BLACK NBA PLAYERS……..HE MARRIED A BLACK WOMAN AND YALL STILL MAD????
HE AINT NEVA GETTIN BACK WITH CHILLI FROM TLC, AND IM SURE CHILLI HAS MOVED WIT HER LIFE—AND YALL NEED TO DO DAT.
Loove Hill Harper! Usher should be interviewing him! LOL!
He is the cutest little thing!! Its amazing how much babies can look like their daddies although the mom carries the child. DNA is a trip!! I just want to kiss his little cheeks!!
I must say…that little boy is gorgeous, he looks just like his father…not Usher, the other one. LMAO…I kid I kid, As soon as I saw that cover I was like aaaaawwww. His son is just adorable.
@13-KEEPSITREAL
LMAO!!!! U R A HOT MESS FOR THAT ONE!
that really is an adorable baby……
IN response to all that responded to my post.
*Beyonce and Jay -Z does not fit in the equation, because Jay z got Money, Power, and Respect and currently the King of Rap. So quite naturally the Queen of R&B and the King of Rap are on the same level.
As for J.D. runt azz he is not even as tall as janet, nor on the level of her super stardom, so she got down sized. Which is why nobody is buying her c’ds and her concert has a buy 3 tickets get 5 free.
Tamake, is not an AVG looking black girls. Black women are not avg in any way or form. She is below avg because if you took 10 random black women, and judged them on looks she would fall around the number 3. Plus her make up is always 2 shades to dark and you can see the guitar wire that holds her weave to her scalp.
I am also sick of you black women getting mad because a black guy goes outside their race. WHY should this matter to you? Is there some kind of “affirmative action on Black D*ck?”
Maybe, you should maybe try to figure out why black men get white women instead of complaining about why they got them. I say all you black women who are mad at black men for getting white women do one of the following.
1. You get a black woman (lesbianism, aint nothing wrong with that)
2. Get a white man.
3. Get a life…………..
Little Usher is handsome.
Big Usher I can care less about. He needs a publicist to teach him how to talk in interviews. He stay contradicting himself and talking about things that should remain private.
First off Usher V is so damn cute congrats again to Usher and Taneka(sp?)!!
Ooh he is just to cute very dapper in the brown
Second thing she must have said something real tough to him regarding that last interview cause he’s done a complete 180 in his comments – From “I have to work everyday to stay faithful…” to ” Can’t have one without the other…Marriage is a choice”
Maybe he know understands that using your personal life drama to get better record sales isn’t the math.
and @22 Right..Hil is the man!
First off Usher V is so damn cute congrats again to Usher and Taneka(sp?)!!
Ooh he is just to cute very dapper in the brown
Second thing she must have said something real tough to him regarding that last interview cause he’s done a complete 180 in his comments – From “I have to work everyday to stay faithful…” to ” Can’t have one without the other…Marriage is a choice”
Maybe he now understands that using your personal life drama to get better record sales isn’t the math.
and @22 Right..Hil is the man!
#13 ok, some of what you said I can co-sign on, but other points you went a little to far. I agree that Usher is talking about his marriage a little to much. it is like he is trying to convince people that it is legit. all he has to do is live his life and people will be able to see how happy he is. I do believe that his fan base has been affected by his decision to marry since the majority of them are teenagers. they are a fickle group because their attention span is short and they are looking out for the next hot thing. anyway, I could care less who Usher marries, I just hate to see his relationship with his mother affected because no matter what people say, Tameka is the main reason why he and his mother are not getting along.
and at Keepsitreal – LMMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I almost fell outta my chair reading your comment!
Wonderful pictures. Lil’ Usher looks just like his dad. He’s a cutie pie. I just love babies. Beautiful pictures Usher.
LMAO at keepsitreal that was funny
Every man has three characters: that which he shows, that which he has, and that which he thinks he has. Alphonse Karr
Aaaaaaw lil Ush looks too cute on the cover with his hat…lol.. good for Usher and family however it is obvious he’s been prepped by his PR on how to respond to the maritial questions so that he doesn’t sound angry about all the rumors….
Congrats to Usher and Tameka!! Beautiful lil boy! They’re extremely blessed!!!
I’d just like to say that it’s sad to see so many comments commending him on being a good father. I think it’s sad that we think it’s such a rare thing for a black man to be a good father that you have to actually give him kudos on doing what he’s SUPPOSED TO DO!!! JMO
you have a point…….
Awwl The Baby Looks Like Tameka Was Letting Webster Hit.
And are we still really arguing about Black men being with women of a difference race?!?!?!? Gimme a break!! It’s been happening since the beginning of time and it ain’t gonna stop!! WHO CARES who Reggie, Barkley, Taye, and whatever other black man choose to fall in love with?
@KeepsitReal……… you have a point with your reasons for loss fan base, but
buy 3 Janet tix get 5 free is too much… you crazy…*smh*
If u cant marry someone for love instead of looks then what’s the point??? It’s really sad that we allow society to dictate who we should marry. I agree if Janet and Usher are happy with their significant others then let them be. I always believe black people are always the hardest critics. We are jealous of one another and never supportive. If Usher had married a white women ya’ll really would be in an uproar. Alot of things will come to light for him once he matures and knows how to foster his relationship between his mother and Tameka.
If Usher talks about his marraige one more time……i think im gonna SCREAM!!!!!!!!
BTW…his son is beautiful, hes sooo cute
@ 21 i agree I MEAN IF HE MARRIED A MIXED OR A WOMAN FROM ANOTHER RACE YALL A FIND SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT THAT! A NI&&A CANT WIN! BIG UPS TO URSH THOUGH, FUCK WHAT PPL GOT TO SAY BECAUSE SOMEBODY GONE ALWAYS ALWAYS HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY!
UM IF THEY WOULDNT ASK USHER ABOUT HIS MARRIAGE HE WOULDNT HAVE TO TALK ABOUT IT!
^^^^
He can always say its none of your business….
Very adorable!
THAT’S GREAT HAPPY TO FINALLY SEE THAT BABY!
…..since his cd didnt do well ……its time to sell the baby lolol he is sooooooooo cute
Usher your baby boy is so adorable!! Toooooo CuuTTTEEEE!!!!!
>>>>>That baby is a cutie
I>>>I like the spread..He talks a good one…….
Beautiful baby.. I luv Usher!!
KeepsItReal you are to funny lol….
I used to be Usher’s BIGGEST Fan for yrs; Can’t put my finger on why things have chnaged lol….Did anyone notice that his entire CD is whack as hell? Through the entire CD he basically sung about his relationship or what Temeka has did to him now if that doesn’t say “Trying to Convince The Public” then I don’t know what does (who the hell wants to songs about a damn Temeka?) give me something that even compares to some of your greatest hits like “You got it Bad” or “Bedtime” is that so hard to ask?.Usher i don’t care what you say; You fell off bro. He really is trying to convince someone that its real. He didn’t marry her because he loved her; Do we not remember that it wasn’t until she was screaming pregnant that they even got married?? Usher just felt it was the right thing to do & now his a** is stuck like Chuck. I am not hating on the fact that she looks like BooBoo or that they are married but come on….that mess is not going to last. Even Usher says how he finds it so hard to be faithful (hell he sings about fighting temptation in the new whack CD)..Temeka ugly or not Usher is Usher & he can act like he’s not that same PlayBoy all he wants but you watch & see…actually even when temeka does find out about when it does happen she’ll still stay..she’s the one that hit the jack pot. Go Temeka lol “I’zz may be Ugly but I’m here” LMAO!!!!!! & Yes I can talk all I want about Usher & who ever damn it else..they make there $$ off of us (well not me lol) so why shouldn’t we be able to speak? please Chris Brown can make me have wet dreams before usher can & I’m a grown a** woman….
@KEEPSITREAL, HOW JD NOT ON THE SAME LEVEL AS JANET?? OK THE BITCH IS A WORLDWIDE ICON WHEREAS HE A WELL REGARDED PRODUCER IN HIP HOP AND R&B BUT PENNY WOODS AINT SELLIN NO DAMN RECORDS SO LETS NOT BE DELAYED…I GUESS DEY R NOW ON SAME LEVEL!!!! WUD IT MAKE A DIFFRENCE IF HE DATED REBBIE CUZ SHE ONLY HAD DAT HIT CENTIPEDE LOL?!
AND WHY EVERYONE GOTTA BE ON THE SAME LEVEL IN LOOKS OR SUCCESS? ITS BOUT WHO U LUV. DATS A VERY NASTI STANK ATTITUDE TO TAKE.
lol @ 27
i comend usher for being there for his child and doing the right thing but…….keep your private life private! the majority of your fans are females and you are not helping yourself at all by constantly discussing your marriage. jay and bey dont discuss their business but we all know they’re married and thats that. he constantly feels the need to defend his marriage, its like he’s trying to prove his marriage not only to us, but to himself. he keeps putting his foot in his mouth and i wish he would just shut up about his personal life and focus on his career. the more he talks about the more people are convinced that his marriage is not real. its obvious he was banging tameka but it wasnt anything serious until she got preggo so he tried to do the right thing and marry her. now by trying to do the right thing usher lost his mother and his fans.
all that -ish he was talking like he coming back to take his place on the throne, but his album flopped, whack performances, and lip synching. smh
>>>>I actually loves Usher cd and it is great to me IMO. I wish he really would be >>>>happy and stop spending all his time defending his wife. He is married to her >>>>his fans are not and he should take a cue from Jay and Bee and keep it to >>>>himself from now on.
first of all,that little man is GORGEOUS.he looks just like usher
@13…”harriet tubman” and “making the u stand for her uterus”rotf….wow.
I am also sick of you black women getting mad because a black guy goes outside their race. WHY should this matter to you? Is there some kind of “affirmative action on Black D*ck?”
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WELL LETS PUT IT LYK DIS—WITH DA R8 WHICH “JUNGLE FEVER” IS NOW, DERE WONT BE NO MO AFRICAN AMERICANS-DATS RITE WE BE ALL EXTINCT CUZ OF DIS. ALL OUR CULTURE N STYLE WILL DIE OUT N WE WONT HAV NOTHIN 2 SHOW 4 IT. WHYTE LADIES WILL HAV 2 FIND DEY OWN CUZ THERE WONT B NO MORE MANDINGO LEFT!
BASICLY, CATS DONT BREED WITH DOGS……
@ Khia Fan (R-E-S-P-E Respect Me!!)…”We’ll all be extinct” lol you guys crack me up; that was too funny
SMH @ Keep it Real, So your now insisting that Harriet Tubman is an ugly woman. That’s the problem wit black folks. Self Hate always gets the best of you. A relationship deals with more than just looks people. Personality, commitment and hard work is part of a relationship. A person’s looks can come and go.