Usher Uses Celebrity To Dodge Traffic Violation (Video)

From TMZ:

Usher’s celebrity burns bright on the Sunset Strip — so bright he can turn a chasing cop into a photo-seeking fan and walk off Scott-free.

The video is nuts — you can see Usher driving on Sunset early Sunday morning (around 2AM) as he’s aggressively followed by an L.A. County Sheriff’s deputy. At one point, Usher coasts through a yellow light … and the cop car zips after him, running a red.

Usher pulls over outside Rock & Reilly’s Pub — and next thing you see is the deputy posing with the singer for a photo … inside the bar.

A Sheriff’s source insists it was NOT a traffic stop … but the car’s red and blues are flashing and the spotlight is pointed toward Usher’s whip. And it appears Usher had been speeding when he first caught the deputy’s eye.

The source added it’s NOT against the rules for deputies to take pics with celebs.

UPDATE: Usher – Good Kisser (Video)

UPDATE: The official video has been liberated (below).

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Usher returns with a new single to prep his fans for an upcoming album. Produced by Pop, Flip, JProof, Terry ‘Tru’ Sneed, Natural and Oak (and probably anyone else who was in the studio that day, it seems).

iHeartRadio Music Awards: Kendrick Lamar, Usher, Pharrell & More

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Check out some of the notable performances at this year’s iHeartRadio Music Awards.

– Usher appeared on the awards show to premiere his new feature on Michael Jackson’s forthcoming album Xscape:

– Ariana Grande continued her grown-up transformation with a sexy performance (which Rihanna was spotted laughing at):

– In addition to performing a pretty dope medley, Pharrell was also awarded the first-time iHeartRadio Innovator Award:

– …and Kendrick. Performing 2Pac. Win.

Coachella, Part 2: Pharrell Brings Out JAY Z, Pusha T, T.I. & Usher

During the second weekend of the massive Coachella festival, Pharrell decided to take it up another notch by bringing out JAY Z, Pusha T, T.I. & Usher (last weekend, he treated fans to appearances from Busta Rhymes, Snoop Dogg, Diddy, Diplo and Gwen Stefani). Probably one of the few performers who gaves good reason to having a two-weekend festival in the first place.

Plenty of additional clips below.

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Jury Convicts Man In Jet Ski Death Of Usher’s Stepson

From the Atlanta Journal-Constitution:

The man involved in the Lake Lanier wreck that killed 11-year-old Kile Glover was convicted Thursday of homicide by vessel.

Jeffrey Simon Hubbard was also found guilty of serious injury by vessel, reckless operation, unlawful operation of personal watercraft and boat traffic violation in a Hall County courtroom.

Kile was being pulled on an inner tube when he was run over by Hubbard in the July 2012 incident, investigators have said. Kile died from head injuries about two weeks later.

Kile, the son of R&B singer Usher’s former wife, Tameka Foster, and TV executive Ryan Glover, suffered a major brain injury July 6, 2012, after being run over by Hubbard. Kile and a 15-year-old girl were being towed on an inner tube behind a pontoon boat when they were hit, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources previously said.

Kile, who was wearing a life preserver, was unresponsive when he was pulled from the lake and never regained consciousness.

Hubbard, a family friend, was arrested March 1, 2013, after being indicted by a grand jury. Defense lawyers said Hubbard tried to avoid the children and that what happened was a tragic accident.

“At the end of the day, I know he didn’t do it on purpose,” Foster told Channel 2 Action News. “He could’ve only loved Kile.”

Hubbard was led out of the courtroom in handcuffs. His sentencing is scheduled for March 5 at 1:30 p.m.

TLC’s Chilli: Usher Never Cheated On Me

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From US Weekly:

TLC’s Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas has a confession to make: The girl group singer’s two-year relationship with Usher was not, in fact, the inspiration for his 2004 hit album Confessions.

“We were together when he recorded that album,” Thomas clarified in an exclusive interview with Us Weekly. “All of those songs on Confessions, that was about Jermaine Dupri’s situation. Usher was just singing it. But people kind of bought into it, it was just the timing of our breakup when the album came out.”

“So people assumed that album was about us, but it was not,” she continued. “And Usher and I weren’t oil and water. We broke up because I guess it was that time or whatever,” she added wistfully: “he was that real love for me.”

Thomas, who, together with Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins and the late Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes, formed 90s mega girl group TLC, even admitted that she will “always love” Usher, despite the fact that the pair called it quits on their relationship in 2003.

“In any relationship, even when it came to my relationship with Usher, when it was time to make a move, I had to do that,” she said. “I don’t care how much my heart was hurting, sometimes you’re just supposed to be with people for a reason and it’s not always a lifetime. Even if you want it to be, it just doesn’t work out that way.”

“But I’ll always love him, forever, because he was my first adult love, a real love,” she added. “But we’re cool, we’re really cool. There’s no hard feelings, nothing like that. It’s all good.”

Usher’s Son In ICU After Pool Accident

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From TMZ:

Usher’s son Usher Raymond V is in the ICU at an Atlanta hospital after a serious accident in the singer’s pool Monday, TMZ has learned.

Sources tell TMZ, the accident occurred around 6 PM yesterday. Usher was not home at the time.

5-year-old Usher Raymond V is the oldest of Usher’s two sons with ex-wife Tameka Raymond. We’re told Usher and Tameka are currently at the hospital.

According to sources, the boy took in a lot of water in his lungs and underwent some form of resuscitation.

Doctors have been running a series of tests and so far it looks like he’ll be ok.

This is the second accident to strike children in Usher’s family. Tameka’s 11-year-old son Kile from a previous relationship passed away last year from injuries sustained during a jet ski accident.

Usher – Looking 4 Myself (Short Film By Samsung)

Usher scores a fat check.

Inspired by Usher’s latest single, “Looking 4 Myself,” Samsung invites you to experience what motion control truly means. Using the power of Smart Interaction on a Samsung Smart TV, Usher faces an epic battle against a darker side of himself. He discovers that motion is so powerful that it defines what you see, hear and even what you feel. With the cutting-edge motion control technology in the 2013 Samsung Smart TV, you can bring this power home.