“This song was inspired by wanting to teach my sons that it is ok for a man to feel emotions deeply and to cry. Like many men, I was raised to believe that we have to be “tough” and not show…
During Global Citizen’s “Global Goal: Unite For Our Future” live stream on Saturday (June 27), Usher performed his heartfelt new single “I Cry.” With powerful lyrics such as…
The warm response to his lengthy absence from the music scene has apparently encouraged the 8x GRAMMY winner to unveil even more new music as evidenced by the recently released, ‘I Cry.’ An…
Penned by prized singer-songwriter Ryan Tedder, the single version of the tune features Golden State native Tyga. However, upon unleashing its accompanying music video, the ‘Nice & Slow’…
At the 2015 Essence Music Festival in New Orleans, I wore a T-shirt that caught a lot of people’s attention. The design was simple. The words “July Fourth” were crossed out and under them, one…
Finally after some tweaking with help from Ester, it was Ryan’s song ‘Staying Over’ which stood out for Usher. They reworked the track and retitled it ‘California’. Usher then took the song…
Usher catches up with Zane Lowe to talk about what stirs his creative process, thoughts on Drake’s success, and his favorite memory with Stevie Wonder.
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