Usher Raymond IV is an American R&B singer who was born on October 14, 1978.
He was raised in Chattanooga, Tennessee, after being born in Dallas, Texas, before migrating to Atlanta, Georgia.
Is Usher’s father Haitian?
Usher Terry Raymond IV was born to Jonetta Patton (O’Neal) and Usher Terry Raymond III on October 14, 1978, in Dallas, Texas. While his father claims both Haitian and African American ancestry, his mother is of African American descent.
His mother enrolled him in local singing contests when he was 12 years old, and this is how a music A&R from LaFace Records came to notice him. Usher, his self-titled debut album, was released in 1994.
With the release of My Way, his second album, he gained popularity in the late 1990s (1997). It gave birth to “Nice & Slow,” which peaked at number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, as well as the top-two songs “You Make Me Wanna” and “My Way.”
The number-one singles “U Remind Me” and “U Got It Bad” from his third album, 8701 (2001), as well as the top-three song “U Don’t Have to Call”. It sold eight million copies worldwide and won his first two Grammy Awards as Best Male R&B Vocal Performance in 2002 and 2003.
