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Usher Can Say "Yeah!" to the Single Life

Fri., Nov. 6, 2009 12:25 PM PST by Breanne L. Heldman

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The paper trail may have been long but at least they're all signed.

Usher and Tameka Foster finalized their divorce on Wednesday.

The star first made his confessions filed for divorce in June, citing "irreconcilable differences" and declaring they had lived apart for nearly a year and that the marriage was "irretrievably broken."

The 31-year-old star married the stylist in August 2007, and their son, Usher Raymond V, was born a few months later. Their second son, Naviyd Ely Raymond, arrived in December 2008.

Usher filed for joint custody, but the arrangements have not been made public.

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Usher's Paper Trail Leads Straight to Divorce Song

Wed., Oct. 7, 2009 7:55 AM PDT by Gina Serpe

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Is it just us, or has Usher been taking courses at the Andy Samberg School of Songwriting?

Either way, he knows how to drive his point home: The man is "ready to sign them papers."

This, at least, according to the aptly titled "Papers," a new tune released online by the R&B mastermind this morning, in which he discusses his pending divorce from Tameka Foster and gives a bit of lyrical insight fresh for the mining for fans and gossip hounds alike.

Oh, and all those persistent rumors about his marriage putting a strain on his relationship with his mom? As tends to be the case, they were persistent for a reason.

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Usher's Wife Thought "Marriage Was Intact"

Tue., Jun. 30, 2009 3:50 PM PDT by Natalie Finn

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Tameka Raymond says she didn't see it coming.

Usher's soon to be ex-wife states in a new court filing that she and the R&B star have not been separated since July 2008 and, in fact, were "intimately together" less than a week before he started divorce proceedings.

She had "every reason to believe her marriage was intact," her attorney stated in documents filed Monday in Atlanta.

But since it wasn't, Tameka now wants to make sure that her estranged husband takes care of all of her legal fees pertaining to the split and continues to support his family financially, per the filing.

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Usher Seeks Joint Custody, Detective Reports in Divorce

Tue., Jun. 16, 2009 1:33 PM PDT by Gina Serpe and Claudia Rosenbaum

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Tameka Raymond very well may have been a loyal wife. Just not since last summer.

According to divorce documents filed by Usher on Friday and obtained today by E! News, the couple has been separated since July 2008—meaning that while he is seeking a divorce nearly two years after getting married, he and his estranged missus logged a mere 11 months together as husband and wife (loyal or otherwise) before going their separate ways.

"The marriage between the parties is irretrievably broken," read the documents, filed in Georgia's Fulton County Superior Court.

"There is no reasonable hope of reconciliation."

That's one opinion. Wonder what the detectives apparently hired to trail the singer think…

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Usher's "Loyal Wife" Lawyers Up

Mon., Jun. 15, 2009 10:26 AM PDT by Gina Serpe and Whitney English

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Time will tell if there's love in this courtroom, but a lawyer for Usher's suddenly estranged wife is making clear from the get-go that his client had no love for anyone other than the R&B star during their marriage.

Tameka Raymond's attorney is preemptively nipping in the bud any theories that either infidelity or a third party played a part in the duo's decision to divorce.

"She's a great mom," Randy Kessler said. "She's been a loyal wife. She's trying her best to take the high road and not attack him."

Indeed, perhaps looking toward a possible windfall settlement with the "Love in This Club" singer, nary a mean word has been uttered or even microblogged by Raymond.

Which isn't to say she's ignored the topic completely...

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Usher Welcomes Mini-Me

Tue., Nov. 27, 2007 1:33 PM PST by Marcus Errico

Usher has ushered in a new stage in his life: Fatherhood.

The one-name wonder and his wife, Tameka Foster, welcomed a baby boy on Monday night, his agent confirmed to E! News.

The Grammy-winning entertainer previously told E! News that he planned to have his firstborn share the family moniker and be named Usher Raymond V.

"We are so happy and proud of our beautiful son," the couple said in a statement. "What a blessing!"

Usher V was born in Atlanta at 9:55 p.m., and weighed 7 pounds, 9 ounces.

He is the first child for Usher, 29, and fourth for Foster, 37.

The couple announced the pregnancy in June. They wed in a private civil ceremony on Aug. 3 and renewed their vows Sept. 1 in a blowout party in Atlanta.

They were originally scheduled to swap vows in July, but called off the event at the last minute, after Foster had an unspecified "pregnancy scare."