Us Weekly is reporting that Usher and Tameka Foster will have a real, proper, old school wedding this weekend in Atlanta – though as they rightly point out, with these two, you can never be sure. The first – a lavish Hamptons affair - wedding didn’t go so well. Though it still remains unclear, rumors swirled that Usher backed out at the last minute (literally hours before the wedding) and then Tameka reeled him back in/threatened to chop off his balls and eat them for dinner (both equally likely) and the couple blamed pregnancy complications for the postponement. Usher’s mom supposedly hates Tameka (perhaps because of the internet rumors that she’s actually a man, though I think she just has unfortunate jaw structure) and that played a big part in his doubts. They got married a week later at the office of Usher’s lawyer. Sensing that wasn’t the most romantic option, the two are having a “do-over” of sorts.

“After getting hitched in a secret civil ceremony earlier this month, R&B superstar Usher and his new wife Tameka Foster are holding a big bash this weekend for those who missed out.

“Mr. & Mrs. Usher Raymond are planning an official wedding ceremony in Atlanta, according to Us Weekly magazine.

“The two lovebirds were initially going to exchange vows in a star-studded wedding at music mogul Antonio “L.A.” Reid’s Hamptons home on July 28. However, the 28-year-old singer and 37-year-old stylist canceled it at the last minute, and decided to have a civil wedding days later in his lawyer’s Atlanta office.

“There’s no word yet on if Usher’s mom and former manager Jonetta Patton will be attending the celeb-filled celebration. She preferred to spend the day at the spa than witness her famous son marry Foster the first time.”

[From kget.com]

I’m sorta surprised this thing hasn’t been annulled already. I don’t like sounding like some old lady but it seems pretty clear Tameka Foster has her hooks in Usher and is clinging tight. Or maybe it’s just because the whole internet seems to hate her, and it’s hard to find a single good picture of her. Hip-hop blog SOHH.com really has a love/ hate/disgust relationship with Foster that’s kind of funny.

“But with all the Tameka “tranny” rumors swirling the Internet I decided to investigate these accusations further… and though I tried I don’t think I can defend her. I searched the internet to try to find at least one feminine shot of Tameka looking like a woman with no trannyesque traits, but alas I was unsuccessful. I know they say love is blind, but I say love can also be blinding.

“It is my opinion that Maneka has some serious dirt on Usher that has forced his hand to claim her as his life long chick. Usher was considered to be one of the world’s most eligible bachelors. He could of, and still can, have any chick in the game – so why someone so many years his senior? Is the world hatin’ or does she resemble your local gay club mascot?”

[From SOHH.com]

I don’t think she looks THAT much like a man. If I didn’t know her and saw her in person, I’m guessing my evaluation would depend entirely on her voice, so it could really go either way. She’s definitely gotten the reputation of a gold-digging, domineering crazy lady. It’d be really sad if that’s not the case, and she just got that reputation from outsiders looking in. So let’s hope it’s the case and she’s totally crazy – so we have years of good drama ahead of us.

Picture note by JayBird: Here’s David Usher and Tameka at the opening of Jermaine Dupri’s new club Studio 72 outside of Atlanta. Images thanks to Bossip.

Usher’s publicity team has really been working overtime the last few weeks. Despite all the drama, he finally wed Tameka Foster in his lawyer’s office a week ago today. It was reported by pretty much every major news source, including the Associated Press and Reuters, that Usher’s mother, Jonetta Patton, attended the civil ceremony. This made it sound like some kind of amends had been made. Jonetta had refused to attend the planned (and then canceled) lavish Hamptons wedding on July 28th, and reports were that Usher flew to Atlanta to make amends with her right after he canceled the affair. So it seemed like all was well and good after all since the one biggest holdout finally assented. However it turns out that’s not true.

“A source close to the family confirms that Usher’s mother and former manager, Jonetta Patton, was a no-show at the ceremony, reportedly held in Usher’s lawyer’s office, and she instead chose to spend the day at a spa in Atlanta. ”As for the rest of Usher’s inner circle, ‘some people didn’t know about [the civil wedding] until a day later,’ says a source. ‘But that’s Usher and Tameka for you. One thing one day and a whole other thing the next.’

“The missing mom could add fuel to the rumor fires circulating after the R&B singer, 28, called off his lavishly planned July 28 Hamptons wedding at the last minute. Other theories for the postponement include a dust-up over wedding details, a pregnant Foster, 37, being reluctant regarding a prenup (she eventually agreed to sign one) and a strained relationship with Patton, who apparently does not get along with her new daughter-in-law.

“Possible points of contention mentioned in the media are that Foster has three children from a previous marriage as well as a 1991 conviction for auto theft. The newlyweds plan to make it up to their whiplashed friends and family by throwing a big bash in Atlanta in a few weeks.”

[From People Magazine]

I hope their PR people get an enormous raise after this whole debacle. I’m talking six figures, absolute minimum. With all the drama and confusion and double talk that went on the last few weeks (and don’t forget that story about Tameka putting a hit on her half sister), you have to give them credit for sticking with it. You just know this marriage is going to go down in a ball of flames.

Well it appears Usher was being led down the aisle after all. Although he had previously canceled his nuptials to former stylist Tameka Foster at the last possible minute, the pair wed this past Friday, in an ultra-romantic setting: his lawyer’s office. Why get married at a beautiful estate in the Hamptons when you can do it next to a rolodex? The Chicago Sun Times reports:

“Despite canceling their nuptials scheduled to occur earlier this week, the on-again, off-again wedding of Usher and his pregnant fiancée was finally on — and held quietly Friday, sources told Stella’s Column late Friday night.

“The multiplatinum singer married his longtime girlfriend, Tameka Foster, who is several years older than he, during a private ceremony in his lawyer’s office in Atlanta on Friday, sources said.

“Among those present was Usher’s mother, Jonetta Patton, who, it has been widely reported, staunchly disapproved of the marriage. Foster was reportedly largely responsible for Usher firing his mom as his manager last May.

“The pair, who are expecting their first child together this fall, had been scheduled to marry last weekend before Usher publicist Patti Webster announced the wedding was called off.

“The couple reportedly disagreed over an elaborate prenuptial agreement supported by Usher’s mother”.

[From the Chicago Sun Times]

Awww. Romance truly is in the air. In keeping with the tone of the wedding, I’m guessing the pair honeymooned at the Sams Club down the street. If I were one of the hundred or so guests who flew in for the canceled wedding just a week earlier, I’d be asking for my present back right about now. The first affair would have taken place at music producer L.A. Reid’s 10,000-square-foot mansion in Sagaponack, and was to have included “70 to 100 guests, including Janet Jackson, Jermaine Dupri, Beyoncé and Jay-Z.” It seemed that Usher was talked back into the wedding within a few days, and despite initially saying they would give no further comment on the cancellation of their wedding, both he and Tameka reported to the press that she’d actually had pregnancy complications. Right.

“Before news broke of the pregnancy scare, it was believed that Usher’s mother and former manager, Jonnetta Patton, did not approve of Foster and had not been invited to the wedding.

“’The reason he called off the ceremony is that he couldn’t go through with it without Jonnetta,’ an insider told the Post. ‘He had an eleventh-hour epiphany.’

“Patton attended the wedding on Friday, the Sun-Times reported.

“The Grammy-award-winning artist also reportedly had a falling out with his godfather, actor Ben Vereen, over the relationship and had cut him from the guest list.”

[From Fox News]

I don’t really remember Ben Vereen, but I’m pretty sure he was the punch line to a lot of jokes in the eighties. As I’m sure Usher will be for quite a while too. Good luck to their baby; drama seems to follow these two at every turn.

Images thanks to PRPhotos.

Tameka Foster, Usher’s (former?) fiancé, is letting everyone know that the wedding is still on. According to Foster, their wedding was canceled because she was suffering from pregnancy complications. Different sources cite her as going into the hospital on Friday afternoon (before the wedding was postponed/canceled), Saturday afternoon (the day of the wedding) or Sunday afternoon. It’s hard to tell from the articles if they have bad fact-checkers or are getting different stories from Usher and his people. According to Foster’s most recent statement, after she went into the hospital on Friday, the doctor said the baby was fine, and she was suffering cramping due to nerves. At this point, she and Usher decided to postpone the wedding. If that’s the case, I wonder why they waited until a few hours before the wedding to make an announcement? And why in the world would they have been so deliberately vague, when they’d obviously have to explain themselves later? I call B.S. on Tameka Foster and every word that comes out of her mouth. But she made sure People magazine knew everything great:

“No one [in the media] knows why we canceled the wedding, but I can tell you that all of the reasons that everyone is speculating and writing about are completely untrue.”

[From People]

Alright, then why all the secrecy if you’re just going to talk about it a few days later? It seems like a lot of crap has hit the fan for Usher lately. He fired most of his people (including his mother) after he started dating Foster. Then a few weeks ago, he went apeshit on one of his fan sites for reprinting articles that weren’t very complimentary of Tameka. Then they have that tersely worded press release which did use the word “canceled” in terms of the wedding and made it clear they wouldn’t talk about it. And now they’re surprised or annoyed that people think their wedding is off? According to pretty much every website on the planet, Tameka is a major pain in the butt. She’s got a criminal record, is supposedly bossy and domineering, and has alienated Usher’s mother from the artist. The two were spotted together today holding hands, and they both confirmed that the wedding is still (or back) on. Usher told Us Magazine “As of right now we don’t have a date but we will let you know when we do.” Run while you can!

Photos from SplashNews.

Usher, 28, and his pregnant fiance Tameka Foster, 37 (or 36 or 38 according to various reports) pulled a Ben and J.Lo this weekend, canceling their hastily-planned lavish wedding at the last minute. It was due to be held at famed record producer LA Reid’s estate in the Hamptons on Saturday and between 70-100 guests had to be told that it was called off. Usher’s publicist announced that it will not happen, and leaves all the speculation up to us:

“It was announced today that the wedding ceremony for Usher Raymond IV and Tameka Foster was canceled. No additional information will be given.”

[The AP via Indystar]

This news comes right after details came out about Foster’s criminal past. The National Enquirer just published a story about Foster’s two arrests, one for petty theft in 1991 in which she served 20 days in jail, and another for what was said to be welfare fraud, for which she was sentenced with community service.

What’s more is that Tameka’s first boyfriend was killed “in a drug-related execution-style shooting,” claims the Enquirer. That sounds like it has nothing to do with her, and they’re adding it because it’s a salacious detail. All that happened a long time ago, but do you think it might have been news to Usher too?

Tameka is an ex-con whose first lover was gunned down in a drug-related execution-style shooting.” Poor Usher has no idea who he’s marrying,” Tameka’s half sister Valencia Foster told The Enquirer. ” He’s a wonderful guy - but Tameka is giving him a big-time snow job.” The scene for deception was set at a “getting to know the in-laws” dinner in Tameka’s hometown of Oakland, Calif., on July 7 as the couple finalized plans for a July 28 wedding. Valencia, 49, explained that Usher led a prayer before dinner, then turned to her and said: “‘You know all the family secrets - tell me about them.’ Before I could say a word, Tameka kicked me so hard under the table she almost put a hole in my leg,” Valencia said.” Then she pulled me aside and whispered: ‘Don’t tell him anything.’ “Tameka, fleeing from a troubled home life, moved in with Valencia when she was 11. “She arrived with $14 in food stamps in her purse,” recalled Valencia. “She turned out to be a nightmare. “By 14, she had become involved with a married drug dealer five years older than her, Valencia says. “I banned him from the house – but four years later she was pregnant with his baby when his car was ambushed and he was riddled with bullets. Tameka missed being with him in the car by minutes.

“Court records show that Tameka has been arrested twice. In 1991, she served 20 days in the Los Angeles County Jail for petty theft and was placed on probation for two years. Records indicate she had previously served jail time. An earlier arrest in Alameda County, Calif., involved “some kind of welfare fraud, and she was sentenced to perform community service,” said Valencia. Tameka, Usher’s former wardrobe stylist, has three children and is expecting the singer’s baby in the fall. Usher, 28, recently shocked fans by reportedly firing his manager mother and replacing her with Tameka. The 38-year-old I thought she was susposed to be 36 bride asked her father, John Foster, to give her away at the wedding in the Hampton’s, the tony New York enclave. But Tameka threatened to ban her mom from the ceremony - because she had lost her false teeth! “Tameka told her: ‘You’re not coming to my wedding without teeth,’ ” Valencia said. “I asked her why she didn’t buy her mother a new set, and she told me: ‘Let her get her own fucking teeth- she didn’t take care of me when I was young.’ “Valencia says Tameka’s mom bought the new teeth herself - and she believes one day Usher will discover the truth about his new bride. “Usher is so much in love he’s under her spell,” she said. “But he’s going to find out she’s a wolf in sheep’s clothing.”

[From The National Enquirer via Rhymes with Snitch]

Usher went off a couple of weeks ago on bloggers and fan sites for bashing his older fiance. He wrote an asinine “open letter” claiming “I am happy, excited, completely clear and independent on my direction, feelings, decisions and I am NOT BEING LED. Some media and bloggers have been totally intrusive, they have misconstrued aspects of my personal life and, because of this, my ‘true’ fans are not sure about what is fact and what is fiction.”

Many fans were wary of Foster and weren’t hesitant to warn Usher about her on blogs and message boards. Rumors about Tameka focused on the fact that she may be pregnant with another man’s baby considering when she first started dating Usher and how far along she is, and that she forced Usher to fire his mother as manager and is trying to control him. Usher targeted a fan site, UsherForever.com, for reprinting stories critical of Foster that originated on gossip site MediaTakeOut. The creator of UsherForever was sent a harsh cease and desist by Usher’s lawyers, and she claims that it came after she refused to turn over the site to Usher’s people.

I bet all that legal crap will be dropped by Usher’s lawyers, because it sounds to me like he figured out that everyone was right about Foster after all.

Picture of LA Reid’s home all set up for the canceled wedding is from Splash News. Photo of Tameka’s record from Rhymes with Snitch.

When someone personally attacks you, especially when it’s done online or through the media, unless you can absolutely avoid it the best thing to do is to ignore them. Especially if you’re famous. If you’re famous, chances are not many people would have heard the accusations against you - unless you stupidly bring attention to them by addressing them. This is what Usher did last week in his dumb ass “open letter” to “bloggers” and people who dissed his relationship with his pregnant fiance, Tameka Foster.

The NY Daily News reports today that Usher is responding to fan site Usherforever.com, but either the Daily News and/or Usher are confused, because all Usherforever does is reprint news articles from notoriously sketchy gossip site MediaTakeOut.com along with other articles that have positive coverage. Granted the usability on Usherforever is incredibly bad, but I couldn’t find a single original article dissing Usher - it’s all from MediaTakeOut and clearly labeled as such.

The Daily News says that Usher’s lawyer sent papers to UsherForever, probably a cease and desist. Again, their efforts are misguided and MediaTakeOut should be held responsible for content that came from their site.

Rolling Stone had a pretty good article commenting on Usher’s stupid “open letter” to fans and advising stars to keep their mouths shut:

For a guy named for a profession that involves lots of shushing, Usher sure doesn’t know when to just shut up. Rather than let the controversy surrounding his recent career moves (firing his manager mom, getting engaged after impregnating his fiancé, possibly threatening a radio host) dissipate in time, Usher has opted to publish an open letter justifying his actions and requesting privacy. But rather than posting the letter on his Web site, where only the most rabid Usherphiles would read and understand it, Usher went to People magazine, thus exposing his life to a far larger audience.

Usher joins a long list of artists who have penned open letters, with mixed results. So here’s our open letter to rock stars thinking about writing open letters: Don’t do it. They’re petty, they rarely accomplish their intended goal and they stick around in our memories forever.

[From RollingStone.com, but this f’ing article took me 15 minutes to find because UsherForever didn’t list the link and disabled right clicks, along with RollingStone’s internal search engine sucking.]

So Usher is further alienating his fans by accusing them of smack-talking that originated somewhere else, and getting his panties in a twist over it.

Rumors about Usher that probably piss him the hell off include the fact that Tameka convinced him to fire his manager mom and that she’s pregnant with another man’s child and Usher knows about it. Tameka is also said to be super mad at this unflattering picture of her that was shown on Usherforever, and is obviously from MediaTakeOut. Maybe if UsherForever would actually link to their source articles and let people leave their site they wouldn’t be getting rude letters from Usher’s lawyer.

Usher’s recent fiance, stylist Tameka Foster, is rumored to be pregnant. Usher and Temeka announced their engagement just over a week ago and the news came out Monday that she’s pregnant and that they’re planning to wed around November, which is coincidentally around the release of his new album. There is no confirmation on the pregnancy yet.

Now Young, Black and Fabulous claims to have insider information that it is thought that Tameka’s baby is her ex-husbands. YBF says that Usher reconciled with Tameka just this February and immediately started to make public appearances with her. They say that she’s already four months pregnant and that multiple insiders say it can’t be Ushers:

OK folks. Y’all know I ONLY report ish that holds water. by . The rumor mill is right this time around….Tameka is indeed pregnant. But there’s more to the story according to 3 of my extremely credible sources who all have personal relationships with Usher. Tameka is reportedly four months pregnant and the father of the child is her ex-husband Ryan Glover’s. NOT Usher’s.

I first reported here on YBF that Usher and Tameka were back together back in February when he started bringing her to every event he attended. Tameka was actually pregnant before she and Usher reconciled their relationship–explaining their speedy and suspicious engagement. Usher is indeed playing himself because he is about to come out pretty soon about the baby and will claim it as his own. And of course Tameka will let him because he’s her meal ticket and her way into the fashion game she’s so desperately trying to enter. My sources say he consistently does things like this to manipulate the media (surprise, surprise) into following his every move so that he can hit platinum and “most coveted” status in no time. Hence his new album dropping in November right along with this real speedy and suspicious wedding to Tameka that will definitely go down at the same time.

This saga is reminiscent of he and Chilli’s breakup, her being in his videos, and him coinciding the dropping of certain singles from Confessions with his breakup with Chilli to make people talk. Usher is known to do this throughout his career, but now he’s hit an ultimate low. So when all this ish hits the fan, y’all know YBF is where you heard it first.

It will probably depend on when the baby arrives if it’s Usher’s or not, but if he doesn’t mind being a cuckold and wants to claim the baby as his, then it’s up to the real father and the mother as to whether they’ll play along.

I bet YBF is just doing the math though, because if Tameka is four months pregnant and has only been with Usher for a month it sure doesn’t seem like the baby is his.