R&B's most hated-on couple, Usher Raymond and Tameka Foster, brought into the world a healthy 7-lb, 9-oz baby boy Monday (November 26) night.
Usher Raymond V, was born at 9:59 p.m. in an Atlanta hospital. Happy dad Usher, 29, called up Atlanta's hip hop radio station V-103 to toast. "I'm officially in the club," Usher gushed to radio host Ryan Cameron.
Usher, who says he helped with the delivery of his boy, met his wife Tameka Foster, 36, when she came on-board as his stylist in 2001 during the debut of his album 8701.
The two reportedly
bonded over their relationship woes. At the time, Tameka was in a
dead-end marriage, while Usher was dropping "confessions" concerning
his ongoing romance with TLC's Chili, who he dated up until the age
25.
The R&B sex-symbol, whose most known professionally for turning
hearts to hot lava before Justin Timberlake got his ghetto-pass and
Chris Brown slid across music video screens, almost became a father
before his and Chili's relationship.
He got a girl pregnant, and further revealed to VIBE writer Lola Ogunnaike that he wasn't sure if the girl had an abortion or miscarriage. "I left it up to her," he said.
His relationship with Chili, a single mother, turned cold when she wanted to get married.
In a May 2004 issue of VIBE, Usher, concerning his rocky relationship with Chili, revealed, "We broke up many times . . . A lot of times, I'd get territorial and say things like, 'You can leave,' or, 'Get the fuck out of my house.'"
By the time he met Tameka Foster, he was apparently lonely and ready
to open a new chapter in his life. "I was determined to find the right
woman," Usher told former VIBE staff writer, Joan Morgan, in a November
2007 Essence story. "I just didn't know she was standing in front of me
the whole time. Tameka is truly my best friend."
Foster was previously married to Noontime Music's cofounder, Ryan
Glover, the father of her 6 and 8-year-old sons. She and Usher dated
following her divorce.
They were married in late November amidst a halestorm of public scrutiny and hearsay, at a private ceremony at Atlanta's Chateau Elan Winery & Resort.
"Tameka's given me one of the greatest gifts I'll ever have," Usher told Morgan. "With a child, now I have purpose. I understand love. I understand how my mother loves me the way she does. I get it now."
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