Usher opens up on Disappointments and Failed Marriage

By Mr. Hollywood
JR Staff Writer

Last year, Usher had a high-profile divorce from Tameka Foster and it even inspired his most-recent album, Raymond v. Raymond. While he continues to deny the album title was not about the divorce, he cannot deny the lead single, "Papers." It is clear in the chorus what that song is about.

Usher sings "I done damn near lost my mama" in the chorus and he recently opened up on this. Even as a young man, Usher has always been attracted to older women. But, when he began dating Foster, his mother strongly objected. Foster was much older than Usher and already had three children.

When Usher proposed to Foster and got her pregnant, his mother cut ties with him. As he planned the wedding, he still invited his mother, despite the fact of her being upset with him. Even though she was upset, Usher still wanted his mother to be there as he became a husband for the first time. However, his mother could not put differences aside and she did not attend the wedding.

Three years later, Usher sees why his mother strongly objected the union and the two are back on good terms with each other. Despite seeing what his mother tried to shield him from, Usher still hurts because his mother did not come to see him get married. From time-to-time, Usher thinks about this and he can still feel the pain.