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Usher F**ks With the Wrong Fan

Usher Raymond is determined to sanitize all the Usher news around, even if he's got to strong-arm his biggest fan site with legal action in order to keep it that way. But the webmaster of the site tells TMZ she's willing to slug it out in court with her fave R&B star, just to make her point.
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Erika Jackson, webmaster of usherforever.com, tells TMZ that she's been hit with a full-scale legal blitz from a tag-team of both Usher's personal lawyer and his label's lawyers, and claims that the trouble started earlier this year when she refused to turn her site -- the self-proclaimed "biggest Usher site" on the Internet -- into a sanitized official site. (The legal threats were first reported by the New York Daily News.)

Not long after, says Jackson, the lawyers tried to bring the hammer down on her, demanding that she "assign the url usherforever.com" to LaFace Records, Usher's label, because it might confuse fans into thinking that it had an affiliation to Usher. Jackson points out that other sites -- like Usher.net and UsherRaymond.org -- that are closer in name to the singer -- haven't been accused of being "confusing."

Usher attacked the media and even fans last week in an open letter to People, saying that speculation about his relationship with fiancee Tameka Foster and the reported firing of his mom as manager were "disturbing." A defiant Jackson says that she won't lay down and that she's prepared to go to court with Usher.

Neither Usher's label rep nor his lawyer responded to requests for comment.

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Usher? Who the hell is Usher? Isn't that the guy who takes me to my seat at football games?

Posted at 7:34PM on Jul 19th 2007 by Bill

32. usher who? he is in my book already a has been.everybody is entitled to speak their mind,just because you dont like whats being said you want to go after this young lady,i wish you a very long career,too bad it has already ran its course and it is all but over and if you keep on attacking the media and your fans the only one who is going to be listening to your music is you and your mom..whoops sorry i mean your soon to be ex-wife.

Posted at 11:37PM on Jul 19th 2007 by tammie

33. Yeah!!! you go girl!!!...........sfter this bs..usher who? btw ya his girl is a skank ho!

Posted at 7:56PM on Jul 19th 2007 by ken

34. Bill #28 LOL that was funny

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I stopped liking Usher when he started making money on songs about him cheating on people. And didn't he work with R. Kelley the child molester? Usher is going down hill fast. He's nasty and now he's got a nasty attitude to go with it now. He is loosing fans quick with this stunt.

Posted at 7:52PM on Jul 19th 2007 by Usher needs to usher himself to the nut house

35. I think Usher needs to chill. He is not hurting for money and so what if she does make a few dollars off her site. Get over it Usher let it Burn.

Posted at 8:36PM on Jul 19th 2007 by face2004

36. THIS IS NOT GOOD - THIS CAN HURT USHER'S CAREER - HE "DO" NEED THE FANS TO HAVE A CAREER!

REGARDLESS, TO THE OPINION PEOPLE HAVE A "RIGHT" TO IT - IT'S CALLED FREE SPEECH! - CHILDISH THINKING!

Posted at 11:24AM on Jul 20th 2007 by GERRI PATTERSON

37. I thought a Usher was the person who showed you to your seat at a theater.

Posted at 8:12PM on Jul 19th 2007 by Sam Spade

38. WTF is Usher? Really. Should I have heard of him? If he is one of these talentless rappers (excuse the redundancy) or this a purveyor is this crap they now call R&B, never mind.

Posted at 8:14PM on Jul 19th 2007 by tromba

39. ...ha ha! usher's an idiot! nice going, mr. invincible! way to bite the hand that's feeding you!. know what? there are already too many fish in the pond, too many ushers waiting in line to take your job. bye bye!...

Posted at 8:35PM on Jul 19th 2007 by malvolio

40. he probably dog fights with the Thug Michael Vick... This is what happens when fame goes to your head and you have too many YES PEOPLE surrounding you... Anyone who cuts their mom out over a chick is a fool.

Posted at 9:31PM on Jul 19th 2007 by vick sucks

41. What's an Usher, and why should I care??

Posted at 10:48PM on Jul 20th 2007 by jim

42. Good for Usher! He's sending a message...you can't lie and slander someone just because they're famous. Ericka Jackson will lose in court. The judge will see her as an opportunist trying to cash in on someone else's fame! It will be a happy day when the federal government steps in and shut down some of these TRASHY web site.
The general public is getting tired of TRASH, NON-CIVILITY, and SMUT!

Posted at 10:01PM on Jul 19th 2007 by C. Melton

43. C. Melton must work for Tameka.

This is what happens when the career of a superstar is handed over to an inexperienced stylist to manage. It is also evidence that Usher, much like Brittney, has no idea how to manage himself. He is pulling a Barack Obama on a fan who has a low opinion of his fiance that she doesn't even know. I know the comments probably hurt Miss Tameka's feelings, but do they really think they can make it go away? STOP READING IT TAMEKA. If she really loves this man she will stop destroying his career. And she wonders why Usher's mom and fans don't like her? Get a clue and take that root off Usher girl. Will you still want him when his music career is ruined?

Posted at 10:17PM on Jul 19th 2007 by Bird

44. C. Melton,

What are the lies and slander on the site? Are people not allowed to have opinions? You will support Usher, a man who works with R. Kelly, a child molester, and makes money off of sex in his videos, but a person who doesn't like a relationship that he is in is horrible? That's an interesting mindset.

You know there are a lot of sites that aren't positive to famous people. Sorry but if you want to be famous, you have to deal with the bad things that come along with that fame.

Posted at 10:20PM on Jul 19th 2007 by nev

45. If the people (fans) suddenly STOP SUPPORTING these rich, spoiled people, by NOT buying CD's, tickets, t-shirts, etc ,etc, etc, then maybe they will get the HINT that they CHOSE to be famous, and therefore, are considered PUBLIC FIGURES who are subject to the same privacy issues as the rest of us... basically none! If I had a bodyguard and wanted to cross the street by a club, would USHER move out of my way? I think not! It's up to all of us to put them in their place and remove the "star status" with these "culture vultures".. We made them, we can break them. They need to be reminded of that! ALL OF THEM! I hope she takes him to court! And I hop she WINS and sends a message to ALL THE OTHER celebs that they are nothing more than the people that WE MADE THEM!

Posted at 10:36PM on Jul 19th 2007 by SloppyCelebrities

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