First photos of baby Usher Raymond
Singing sensation Usher shares with Essence magazine the first photos of his 7-month-old son, Usher Raymond V. The 29-year-old opens up about how being a father has changed him and his new life with his wife Tameka.
On what has changed him more - his new wife or new baby?
“They’re both linked—I can’t have one without the other. But the one thing that changed me the most is having a wife. Our child is an extension of that union. Because now I represent what he is to become. He’s gonna admire me, he’s gonna look up to me. He’s gonna say, “I wanna be”—or he should say—”I wanna be like my father. I wanna be a man of valor. I wanna possess what my father has as a man.” To get married was a choice. To have a child is a responsibility.”
On how he will be different from his own absent father (who was a crack addict): “Just simply being there. 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 final days. He asked me to forgive him for not being there. He asked me to give him a chance, give him a shot because he loved me, and he had always loved me. But it was very difficult for him to be in the situation he was in and be the example he wanted me to follow. So he intentionally stayed away. And he was kept away from me too. He didn’t like it, but he didn’t fight it because he knew he wasn’t living right. ”
Click here to read the rest of the interview and to check out the adorable pictures of baby Usher.
