A Life Story Of Usher Raymond IV

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Usher Raymond IV
Usher Raymond IV is a singer that won many awards came out in the movies Texas Rangers and has made record labels for himself (Usher 56). “He was born in Dallas, Texas on October 14 in the year of 1978”(Usher 10). “He supports other people by singing and performing in places where people need help like in Africa he sang to inform others to help African Americans and their diseases of AIDS” (Biography.com).

“Usher grew up in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He released his first album in 1994, at age 15. Usher and Foster have two children together, Usher Raymond V (born in 2007) and Naviyd Ely Raymond (2008). “The couple divorced in 2009”(Biography.com) Also the ex-wife of usher had wanted custody over the children because they were

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