😂 Usher Raymond IV, known professionally as **Usher**, is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and actor who rose to fame in the late 1990s. Born on October 14, 1978, in Dallas, Texas, and raised in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and later Atlanta, Georgia, Usher began performing at a young age. His self-titled debut album was released in 1994, but it was his 1997 sophomore album, *My Way*, that made him a household name, featuring chart-topping hits like “You Make Me Wanna...” and “Nice & Slow.” K