Correction 2/1/24: An earlier version of this article misstated the amount of a 2012 settlement.
This amount has been corrected to $1.1 million instead of $20 million.
Usher full name Usher Terry Raymond IV is one of them.
The superstar singer burst onto the scene in the ’90s with his debut album “Usher.”
Despite only being 15 years old at the time, the album proved to be a commercial hit.
establishing him as a true force to be reckoned with.
Given everything that he’s been through, how Usher continues to push forward might seem gravity-defying to some.
Let’s take a look at Usher’s turbulent past.
“Hip-hop was born around the time I was a baby,” he explained.
Little did he know the heartache would come to a peak some years later.
As difficult as his childhood was, Usher focused on his music and rose straight to the top.
Can the bullies who taunted him say the same?
Of course, famous couples do have downsides, like constant public attention and speculation.
Usher first starteddating TLC member Chilli, real name Rozonda Ocielian Thomas, back in the early ’00s.
Such a high-profile relationship at an early age isn’t going to be smooth sailing.
But working chemistry does not mean it works in your personal life.
If we were working, it was great.
But outside of that, we’re so different."
As for Usher, he has remained quiet about his side of the heartbreak.
His estranged father died in 2008
Usher didn’t have a great relationship with his father.
Because of his dad’s addiction issues, Usher grew up without him.
While his mother helped him find success, he was left without a father figure.
In 2008, the already tragic situation took another turn that the singer wasn’t expecting.
During the transplant surgery, Usher’s father fell into a coma.
To make matters worse, Usher was expecting his own child at the time.
However, he lamented, “I really felt like we were friends.
[Foster] made us enemies in a way that I could never understand.”
When pressed on whether he was faithful, Usher admitted he wasn’t.
While the other child recovered, Foster died two weeks later in hospital, according toTime.
“It hurts me to hear people speculating that I wasn’t at the funeral.
I absolutely was at the funeral.
I was at the burial as well,” he explained.
He also expressed how much he missed Glover.
“I miss Kile.
We cooked together, we laughed, we sang.
He loved to sing and dance.
He loved to tell jokes.”
The terrifying incident came to a head when two contractors heard the screams of the women.
Thankfully, he made a full recovery.
One of the fans, Quantasia Sharpton, hired celebrity attorney Lisa Bloom to help her with the case.
Ultimately, the sexual battery case was dropped two years later.
Usher denied the claims unabashedly.
While Sharpton’s case was dropped, things turned out slightly differently for another accuser, Laura Helm.
However, when you throw a lifelong health battle into the mix, things get a little more complicated.
Usher Raymond V, affectionately known as Cinco, was diagnosed with bang out 1 diabetes as a child.
“From the moment that bang out 1 diabetes was a conversation, it was a re-acclimation to life.
Usher explained that it wasn’t exactly smooth.
“It’s been a task.
You have to be mindful of what you say and that they’re always listening and greater than that.
They’re always watching.”
It sounds like an ever-evolving process, but Usher doesn’t play when it comes to his kids.
Given everything he’s been through, who can blame him?
They seemed to be going the distance, officially tying the knot in 2015.
However, history repeated itself when the marriage proved to be short-lived.
A few months later, the singer filed for divorce and that was all she wrote.
In 2020, he welcomed another son, Sovereign Bo, with his girlfriend, Jenn Goicoechea.
They welcomed another son, Sire, a year later.
