Usher

Birth Name:

Usher Terry Raymond

Birth Place:

Dallas, Texas, United States

Profession

Soundtrack, Actor, Producer

Honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2016
Appeared on the cover of the December 2012 issue of DuJour magazine
Founded New Look, a non-profit organization whose mission is helping young people with education and real-world experience
Is the godson of actor Ben Vereen
Scouted in 1992 by the brother of R&B producer Antonio Reid
Quote: "If you don’t evolve you dissolve․ You evolve or you evaporate․"
Quote: "The best present a man can give a woman is his undivided attention․"
Substituted for Cee Lo Green as a judge in the fourth season of NBC's singing competition series "The Voice․"
Acquired a minority stake in the NBA team Cleveland Cavaliers in 2005
Appeared in several episodes of the TV series "Moesha" as recurring character Jeremy Davis
Lived with producer Sean Combs as a teenager
Won a bidding war to sign fellow singer Justin Bieber to his record label

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