Seven months after his birth, Usher introduces his namesake son, Usher Raymond V, on the cover of Essence’s August issue. Sharing his belief that having a child “is a responsibility,” the R&B star says that he will be there for his son in ways his own father was not. Struggling throughout his life with an addiction to crack cocaine, Usher III was unable to provide support for the 29-year-old singer. Usher vows history will not repeat iteself, as he has “evaluated what I feel like I missed from my own father — knowing that I was accepted. That I mattered. And hearing that he cared enough to put me before himself.”
I don’t judge my father because I forgave him for anything he’d ever
done to hurt me unintentionally. My father and I had a very short
amount of time together throughout my entire life, but the most
valuable time was during his […]
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