Usher had an in-depth interview with Questlove on his show “Questlove Supreme” for Pandora. During the interview, Questlove and Usher touched on multiple topics. When they got to his previous marriage with Tameka Foster, Usher feels like not having a father around played a role in their problems.
“…that marriage and that relationship was gonna come to an end…but it served a purpose in my life…And no matter what my mother was attempting to tell me, and a lot of people were trying to tell me about that, I think a lot of it had to do with my lack thereof a father…I did not want to be a person who would just roll out…”
On the topic of his career, Usher does not have many regrets. However, He does regret turning down to work with and mentor Chris Brown:
“So there’s one thing in my career that I definitely regret, one thing. And to this day I battle with it which is why I always show support of this artist whenever he asks…So his manager comes in…They show him to me…I was working on an album at this time, they wanted him to perform on this album…I was like okay cool…Then I went to my team and they was like ‘I don’t think you should work with this artist’…Then he left…Chris Brown.”
And of course, Usher gave full praise to his mom and former manager, letting Questlove know he would not be the person he is today without her:
“I’m a grown man in theory because I’ve always been the man of the house…I’ve elected to be the provider of the family even though my mother is the protector…she crippled me a little bit for a minute because my focus wasn’t, had nothing to do with business. Had everything to do with art and I thank her for that because I wouldn’t of established the focus that I have now…if I was always kind of trying to figure out who’s trying to take the money, where the money’s coming from, I would’ve been petty…I would have lost sight of what the goal was…”
Go to Ebony.com here to read more of the interview.
I’m not sure if he would have been able to help Chris..
Nope. Chris came in the business with problems.
I think it’s his stans that messed up his marriage to Tameka. They never felt she was good enough for him and wouldn’t let up on the fact that they hated her.
He probably feels like he could kept Chris from spiraling out of control but that’s not true.
It’s kind of weird that he’s still talking about Tameka and he’s married again.
That’s bae and I’m here for him always and forevaaa! Lol
He can still get it.
His marriage to Tameka was doomed from the start. He smashed her bridesmaids.