USHER FIX

Usher’s marriage to Tameka Foster may have ended in divorce, but the singer doesn’t consider the relationship a failure.

“I appreciate the relationship for what it was,” he says. “Even though it didn’t work out, I’m glad we got together. I love her as the mother of my children; we just couldn’t be married.”

So what went wrong? Usher says that shortly after the birth of their second child, he and Foster started to disagree over everything from parenting style to his busy schedule.

“We’re two different people,” he says, “and we have two different goals. It just was never going to work out 100 percent.”

The singer, 31, who sat down with PEOPLE in his Atlanta-area home, says that the couple’s priority continues to be their children. (He and Foster share custody of Usher V, who turns 3 in November, and Naviyd, who turns 2 a month later.)

“We had to put our issues aside and focus on raising them,” he says. “There will never be another mother for my sons, and I’ll always be their father.”

Like Father, Like Sons

Raising two boisterous boys can be challenging, especially when they take after their famous dad. “Usher [V] is always in everything,” he says. “He’s an instigator. He’s the one who leads his brother astray. I was like that when I was his age.”

Naviyd is more of a follower, doing whatever his big brother does. “So if one gets in trouble, the other one does, too,” says Usher. “They both have a lot of energy. They can wear me out.”

Fortunately, Usher has a babysitter nearby – his mom, Jonetta Patton, lives around the corner. “She spoils them,” Usher says with a sigh. “She lets them do everything that she wouldn’t let me do. Sometimes, when I’m scolding the kids, I sound just like my mom. I’m like, ‘how did Jonetta get in here?’ ”

His Career

Usher, who released his new EP Versus last week, says that his work continues to evolve as he evolves in his own life.

“My music is about where I am at the time,” he says. “In Raymond vs. Raymond, I was going through a lot of things, and it came out in my music. My marriage fell apart and I was suddenly a single father. But now, with Versus, I’m singing about being a dating father.”

And will he sing about falling in love again? “I still believe in love,” says Usher. “I believe in marriage. When I fall in love again, everyone will know. I’ll sing about it.”

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Usher was spotted arriving at Early Show Plaza in NYC for his live performance for the CBS Early Show. He had his two sons, Naviyd Ely Raymond & Usher “Cinco” Raymond V in tow.

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Usher regrets missing the chance to unite three generations of his family – his dad died without ever meeting the star’s first child.

The singer was estranged from his father, Usher Raymond III, for several years but the two eventually reconciled before his dad’s death in January 2008.

But the Yeah! hitmaker is upset he didn’t introduce his dad to his son Usher Raymond V, who was born just weeks before his tragic passing.

He says, “He wasn’t supposed to die. It wasn’t a life-threatening situation: he had liver problems, and was preparing to undergo surgery that would definitely have given him more time. But he didn’t make it.

“There’s not a day that I don’t wish my dad at least got a chance to see my son, who’s the fifth Usher Raymond. A lot of times, names were appointed to workers – or, rather, slaves – based off of things that they do. So the first Usher – my great-grandfather – could potentially have been an usher. Kinda hard to fathom, that one would be named based off of his duty, but that is the lineage of this black skin that I wear.”

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Usher’s ex-wife Tameka Foster posted these pics of their sons Naviyd Ely Raymond, 15 months, and Usher Raymond V, 2, on her Twitter page last night.

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Usher Raymond V and Nayvid, sons of Usher and ex-wife Tameka Foster were spotted at the pool with their Grandma Jonetta in Miami yesterday.

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Naviyd Ely

R ‘n’ B singer Usher credits his children for maintaining the right balance in life.

The singer, who has two sons with estranged wife Tameka Foster, 19-month-old Usher Raymond V and seven-month-old Naviyd Ely, says that fatherhood has given him the chance to escape the pressures of his career.

“I find balance in two places, when I’m working out and when I’m with my kids. The noise of my children is music to my ears,” Contactmusic quoted him as having told OK! Magazine.

“When I hear them my mind is not focused on all of the things that are holding me down. When I’m with my boys it’s all about them and I just put it all together somehow.

“We spend most of our time in Atlanta in the car travelling wherever we’re going to go. That’s when our fun moments are, either at home or in the car,” he added.

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