
The most buzzed about Black Entertainment News story of 2007 had to be the family drama of R&B superstar Usher.
Dogged by rumors that his near-40-year-old former fashion stylist turned girlfriend Tameka Foster was pregnant with his first child (her fourth), the couple wound up planning a lavish wedding for July.
Shortly before the nuptials, the five-time Grammy Award winner fired his long time manager Jonetta Patton – who's also his mother, and his longtime publicist Simone Smalls, leaving many people to wonder "WTF?"
On the day of the big wedding, it was abruptly canceled for reasons unknown. The next week, the couple quietly "married" at his Atlanta attorney's office. Just before his first born son, Usher Raymond V, was born, Usher launched his eponymous fragrance line – which became an instant success, and was in talks to return to Broadway.
Oh, and the recently converted Scientologist is working on a new music project, too.


1. Usher is a Scientlogist? Wow! He's keeping that on the DL.
Marsha at 8:32AM on Dec 28th 2007