Usher Says ‘He Sounds Nuts To Me’ While Addressing P. Diddy’s Claims That R&B Is Dead: There Would Be No Hip Hop If There Were No R&B

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Usher Says ‘He Sounds Nuts To Me’ While Addressing P. Diddy’s Claims That R&B Is Dead: There Would Be No Hip Hop If There Were No R&B

Usher wants P. Diddy to put some respect on R&B’s culture!

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In a recent interview, singing legend Usher elaborated on how he felt about the recent social media controversy surrounding R&B being dead. Usher said:

“You know when I hear people say stuff like, you know, ‘what happened to R&B’ or ‘R&B is dead,’ it’s not, you just don’t understand the basis of it.”

The 43-year-old continued:

“Matter of fact, maybe I need to remind them in understanding of what it is. How can something come out 20 semi years ago, and all of a sudden have a resurgence in a way that people just wanna mean, talk about it, sing it, you know, enjoy it. It’s because it’s classic. That’s “Superstar,” that’s R&B, that’s what R&B is.”

The “Confessions” singer added:

“R&B is timeless. It ain’t gonna go away. It’s not gonna have a beat. So when I do hear people, even like Puff saying, you know, ‘R&B is dead,’ he sounds nuts to me, it sounds crazy, you know? Especially knowing that he was a pioneer in understanding, a beneficiary of it. You know? The source that is R&B created the breath of life, that was breathing to hip-hop. It wouldn’t be, there would be no hip-hop if there were no R&B.”

Usher, born Usher Raymond IV, said:

“So it’s blasphemous to hear people say anything, especially hip-hop cats, to say anything about R&B. It’s like nah, it’s been there it’s gon stay there, as long as you exist, then it’s there, cause that’s where y’all got it from.”

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As previously reported, during an Instagram live with music producer Timbaland, P. Diddy announced:

“R&B is muthaf–kin’ dead as of right now. The R&B I made my babies to? R&B gotta be judged to a certain thing—it’s the feeling though, doggy. No, no, no. It’s a feeling. You gotta be able to sing for R&B and then you gotta tell the truth. R&B is not a hustle. This sh*t is about feeling your vulnerability.”

Following Diddy’s remarks, he took to Twitter to admit that his intentions were not to disrespect R&B artists. In a series of tweets he said:

“It’s been 3 days of the debate…This is the clarity of the message…It’s not disrespect to anybody. This conversation was out of love and me purposely wanting to bring attention to R&B! It was something that I saw the effect of the Hip hop and R&B balance. That balance is honesty and realness when it comes together, melodies, vulnerability and most importantly LOVE!!!”

He added:

“This message is that R&B game needs more love, vulnerability, support!!”

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