Singer, songwriter, actor. Born Usher Raymond IV on October 14, 1978 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The daughter of a altar choir master, Usher began singing gospel when he was apt six oldness old. His disparate mom, Jonetta Patton, charged the homely to Atlanta, Georgia, when he was 12. It was polished that he was discovered by a kind executive, who signed the youthful singer and produced his eponymous debut album in 1994. The chain of Ushers velvety vocals and the second of co-executive source Sean Puffy Combs false the album an today success.