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Usher Back in Mommy's Arms After Dumping Manager Medina

Wed., Aug. 6, 2008 5:06 PM PDT by

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Turns out Usher's still a mama's boy.

The R&B hitmaker has dumped Hollywood power broker Benny Medina and rehired mom Jonnetta Patton as his manager, E! News has exclusively learned.

“With an artist like Usher, the bar is set really high," Medina tells E! News. "Whether it was management, marketing or the music, we achieved a No. 1 single and a No. 1 album...I had a great time and we parted ways amicably.”

"Usher has dissolved his management arrangement with Benny Medina and has re-engaged Jonnetta Patton as his manager," read a statement released on his behalf late Wednesday by label Sony BMG.

The behind-the-scenes shakeup also saw the voluntary departure of publicist Patti Webster. "I was not fired," she tells E! News.

Sources say the Medina split is a direct result of disappointing record sales for the team's first and only collaboration, Here I Stand.

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