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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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46. i use to like usher now he forgets how he got where he is.(we) cd and concert ticket buyers fund his lifestyle he aught to be glad somebody cares about his ass enough to make a web and don't buy that girlfriend / baby hype it's a cover up he's gay just check an old jet or ebony mag the one that talks about his mom as manager. it's in his own words he tells it himself he like boys read the story

Posted at 10:57PM on Jul 19th 2007 by mrnvk

47. SHAMEFUL BEHAVIOR....WE'RE GONNA TELL YOUR MOM...

Posted at 12:34AM on Jul 20th 2007 by just asking

48. Who does he think he is? He is not that important! I cant stand these celebs thinking they are the almighty to many and can pick and choose sensor, spin and control everything around them.
The amount of fans they loose with crap like this can't be worth it.
It eventually effects their bank balance which I do think they care about..
If she starts a legal fund to help her fight I'm in.

Posted at 11:10PM on Jul 19th 2007 by Greg

49. why is this such a big issue? the internet is full of crap like this for every celebrity you can think of. earlier today i came across a site that discusses how tall celebrities are (or aren't.)

this is simply a case of this guy trying to keep his name in the paper and giving a fan some grief at the same time.

Usher, get over it. let the people say what they want. its a free country. you're just gonna end up losing money. its not worth it.

Posted at 11:22PM on Jul 19th 2007 by who really cares?

50. This whole Usher thing is really annoying me. I'm sorry, but I could never chose any man over my mother. (I am a female!) The fact still remains that this chick [Tameka] was a single mother of 3 who is 10 years older than him. Aside from that, she's been married once, and he was the ultimate cause of her marriage collapsing. All that time alone on the road brought them closer and closer. He lost my respect when he fired his mother because she warned him. When are people going to learn--famous or not--mother always knows best. I'm going to laugh when she leaves him and takes all of his money. Then, he will become a has-been. I use to respect and like Usher. That was up until 2004 when he started singing about cheating on Rozonda "Chili" Thomas. Now, I have a strong dislike towards him. You won't catch me downloading his music on Itunes, buying his concert tickets, or supporting his lifestyle in any way. Usher, you have lost another fan. Me. I hope you and Tameka are happy. I hope she is worth losing your career, fans, and the respect people have/had for you.

Posted at 11:26PM on Jul 19th 2007 by Brittany

51.
# 47 by SloppyCelebrities
I totally agree with your post. I am sick of all of them because of a whining snivling few who feel they have some additional rights the rest of us were not issued.. I'm also real tired of Celebs who blame their "people".
( my lawyer/Agent/Gardner did it gosh I didnt know)
If they are not responsible enough to over see their own affairs they are not grown up enough to have my respect or money.

Posted at 11:32PM on Jul 19th 2007 by Kelly

52. http://mediatakeout.com/8255/ushers_fiance_tameka_foster_exposed.html

[[Check out Usher's fiance. Yuck is all I can say. Tone that up before you pose in lingerie. I'm not saying you have to be a size two, but ugh don't have your guts hanging out looking a mess.]]

Posted at 11:32PM on Jul 19th 2007 by Brittany

53. good for you Jackson! Don't give in, you WILL win if this goes to court.

Posted at 11:41PM on Jul 19th 2007 by Raquel

54. My God he really does believe he is important!. His letter to People Mag is ridicules and pathetically unnecessary.
I cant tell you how many times I have seen in print Jolie and Brad are getting married next week, so what! they don't snivel each time and deny.
Grow up Usher and get over yourself.You want privacy? You got it

Posted at 11:51PM on Jul 19th 2007 by Jen

55. Fight the good fight, Erika! Keep your integrity and don't let anyone take away your right to freedom of speech! And if Usher is so concerned with his image then maybe he should stop doing things that tarnish it.

Posted at 11:54PM on Jul 19th 2007 by YEP!

56. YOU WANT PRIVACY HO-HUSHER......YOU GOT IT. YOU WANT TO SANITIZE YOUR IMAGE? YOUR GOING TO BE SANITIZED OFF THE MAP!!

who else is sick of these ho's trying to control everybody's FREE SPEECH? DON'T DOWNLOAD OR BUY ANYTHING THIS GUY IS SELLING...FIND OUT WHAT OTHER BUSINESS HE OWNS....AND AVOID IT LIKE HERPES!!

Posted at 12:13AM on Jul 20th 2007 by hissyfit

57. It's a shame what an enlarged ego, fame, and several billion dollars can do to a person.

Posted at 12:18AM on Jul 20th 2007 by Dawn

58. She must have some awfully good stuff to come between Usher and his mom, they have been a team for years. His mother is particially responsible for the success of his career.

I'm not mad at him for chosing a older woman. He just chose the wrong one!

He's whipped right now, but once the "thrill" is gone and he realizes what he's done, he is going to HATE Tameka for coming between him and his mom and hurting his career.

I GUARANTEE IT!!!!!

Posted at 1:35AM on Jul 20th 2007 by p1tey1

59. Usher I wonder why you are waiting to marry Tameka. Ok you need that paternity test first that's why. Not sure that it's not her ex-husband baby huh! LMBAO you are a waste of space Usher...get over yourself and Tameka the cheating mother of 3. Great catch Usher...nice woman Usher...What a Ho you will marry Usher.

Can't turn a Ho into a housewife. She gave up her husband and children to be with your ass. I saw her statement in an interview.

USHER YOU HAVE LITERLLY LOST YOUR DAMN MIND!

Take Tameka and crawl in a hole somewhere. We don't like her or you anymore. My family has decided never to buy your CD unless it's a bootleg copy, which you won't see a damn dime of....Ha Ha Ha.


I guess you and Tameka will be coming after everyone that has made a comment on this board also. Good Luck...I hope you lose your case and I hope you will have egg on your face when you get the paternity test results.

Posted at 1:46AM on Jul 20th 2007 by MsRita

60. These public figures just don't get it. The fans can make you and they can break you and by the looks of this Usher better be back tracking it or he won't have any fans left.

Posted at 2:05AM on Jul 20th 2007 by Amercian Pride

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