Usher Addresses Dance-Off With Chris Brown, Recalls Michael Jackson Dropping the N-Bomb + Tameka Raymond’s Reality TV Show

Why would I have to? What I’m saying is, we’ve been talking about dancing and performing together for many years. And I think more than often people kinda really rally that. But, you know in essence to me, when you know, I think of Chris and I think about how I was with Michael (Jackson) – right? The chance that I got to dance on the stage with Michael before he passed, was like one of the greatest moments in my career…..With Chris, we did a record together, to me that kinda felt like that moment…

If he’s comparing himself to Michael Jackson, by using that example:

No, no, no. Actually, I didn’t make myself Michael. He made me Michael, actually he said I was Michael Jordan. Yeah, he did….I think man, press is always tryna make something more than it is. The young boy is dope.

Rumors that Michael Jackson dropped the N-Bomb:

Of course. Yo, Mike was cool. Mike — you can’t stick around and understand this game and not have it. Like come on, man. Gary, Indiana. They’re just an extremely private family and have always been. And you know what’s great about them? They preserve mystique.

If the loss of Tameka’s son, Kyle, helped bring them closer and helped them co-parent:

Greater than just me and her, being able to focus on our kids–which is what the priority is and will be. The entire family together as a collective, had to get in place, so I’m really happy to see my mom be able to understand her role and maybe it become more clear, of why there was a departure through business to become more personal. Because I can have a million and one managers, I can only have one mom. They can only have one grandmom. The point is, it became more clear…

How he feels about Tameka Raymond doing reality TV:

I’ve never seen it actually. And that’s not to discredit, what it is, but unfortunately I really wish I could comment on some of the things I heard, cuz I understand how media works and how things can play out — based off of everyone’s interpretation off of what they think…

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