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Background[]

Biography[]

Personal Life[]

Filmography[]

Trivia[]

  • Is a co-owner of the NBA team Cleveland Cavaliers.
  • At 12.1 seconds, he holds the record on Star Search (1983) for the longest note sung by a child.
  • Has a road named after him, the Usher Raymond Parkway in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
  • Celebrated his 26th birthday in the "Rainbow Room" in the Rockafella Center. Among the guests at the party were Sean 'Diddy' Combs, Patti LaBelle, Donald Trump and his wife Melania Trump, Naomi Campbell, Jay-Z, Jermaine Dupri, Pharrell Williams and Mariah Carey.
  • Voted #1 on BET's "All Shades of Fine: The 25 Hottest Men of the Past 25 Years" (2005).
  • In 2006, he had to cancel all of his performances in the Broadway musical "Chicago" due to the flu, but finally took over the role of Billy Flynn on 22 August, receiving mixed reviews.
  • Was originally cast as C.C. White in Dreamgirls (2006) but later quit as he was unable to dedicate six months to the project. Keith D. Robinson was cast instead.
  • He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6201 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on September 7, 2016.
  • Chosen as one of Teen People magazine's "21 Hottest Stars Under 21" (1999).
  • Was considered for the role of Detective Barry Frost in Rizzoli & Isles (2010).
  • Was ranked #47 on VH1's 100 Sexiest Artists.

Quotes[]

  • Strivers achieve what dreamers believe.
  • The best present a man can give a woman is his undivided attention.
  • I like a woman who takes care of herself, it says something about the way she'll care for me.
  • As I've gone around in my life, I've kind of had to turn acquaintances into family. They start out as people who are working for you, but before you know it, you create real relationships with them.
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