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R&B singer Usher filed for divorce Friday from Tameka Foster Raymond, less than two years after their glitzy wedding at a Georgia resort.

The 30-year-old Grammy-winning artist, whose real name is Usher Raymond IV, filed the petition in Superior Court in Atlanta. Records posted to the court’s Web site did not give any details about the split between the R&B star and his wife, who were married in August 2007.

About 200 people attended the wedding between the two at resort built in the style of a 16th-century-style French chateau on 3,500 hilly acres outside Atlanta.

They have two young sons, 1 1/2-year-old Usher Raymond V and 6-month-old Naviyd Ely Raymond. His wife has three children from a previous marriage.

E-mail and telephone messages to Usher’s publicist were not immediately returned.

In a May 2008 interview with The Associated Press, Usher addressed negative feedback from bloggers over his relationship with his wife, who’s 8 years older than him and was once his stylist.

“People are so attracted to drama. That’s easier to take than a story of righteousness,” Usher said at the time.

“I decided to marry this woman, then I decide to be a father to my child,” he said. “… It’s not like I got caught with a gram of coke in my car or speeding or was caught for murder, so why would I be ridiculed, that’s why I don’t understand _ that’s the part that is mind boggling. Why would I be ridiculed for that, even a year later.”

A lawyer who’s opposed rapper T.I. and boxer Evander Holyfield in child-support cases is representing R&B singer Usher’s wife in their split.

Usher filed for divorce on Friday from Tameka Foster Raymond after less than two years of marriage. The singer whose real name is Usher Raymond IV has two sons with Foster Raymond.

Sports and entertainment family lawyer Randy Kessler said Monday his 38-year-old was a “faithful wife and loving mother.” He declined to comment on the singer’s conduct during the marriage.

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/sexymissmaria/ sexymissmaria

    Damn. I hate to see divorce, especially among Black & minority people but things happen.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Kountry_Mayne/ Kountry_Mayne

    celebrities will always have divorces. Money is the real culprit.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/CARAMEL_CURLY/ CARAMEL_CURLY

    WHATS WRONG WITH THE PICTURE? DUDES JUSST BE MAD BCAUSE THEY BEEN HAD,,AAND SHE GAVE HIM 2 SONS..WHATS THE SONG AND DANCE FOR? DUDES CANT EVEN START A FAMILY AND SIT THE F..DOWN>

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/DEE-BLOC/ DEE-BLOC

    The b***h was after the money any way!!! I’m glad hour drop her money bagn ass do like jamie for does and f**k the whole hollywood!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/IamDyeverse/ IamDyeverse

    the 2 son’s who’s names are “CHECK” and “CHECKMATE” are amongst 3 other children from a previous (ahem…cough…”BROKE”) husband…

    She watched while Usher cheated with numerous women and had his “FUN” with his groupies while she remained UTTERLY FAITHFUL as the Damsil in distress who “DID ALL SHE COULD TO PLEASE HER HUSBAND…”…. blah blah yaketi f**kin smaketi….

    yeah she played the game right. She remained faithful so that when DIVORCE comes to light she gets HALF….

    Not just half the money but the CAR, the HOUSE and er’thang else…

    HALF his ALBUM SALES will go to her.

    And since she still looks fairly GOOD, she will have a pocket full of money SINGLE wit 5 kids TUBES TIED and a hot wet p***y to land her next victim only this time she will just be lookin for a boy toy. NOT LOOKING FOR A FATHER because she has TWO FATHERS for her children…

    And that is how this game is played and will be played until the earth crashes into the sun..

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/prettyNfoXyLaDe/ prettyNfoXyLaDe

    I do believe their was love in the marriage,and Tameka just to beautiful to stay home and get played.These two boys at least got two wonderful parents out the deal even if they dont stay together.
    Maybe I can have Usher’s baby girl??? name her Usherella?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Tried-N-True/ Tried-N-True

    He only married her to stop the “gay” rumors in the first place. Truth be told, they were not living together for a year now….

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    What’s up with the copying and pasting news from other sources?

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    usher raymond iv?! wtf is that s**t all about??? sound like he n line ta b king a england or sum s**t. an he gonna name hiz son usher raymond v? ya gotta f**kin kiddin me nigga. “da 5th?!” pleeez put a f**kin ta dis s**t rite now! we dont need no “usher 6, usher 7, usher 8″ typa s**t goin down. seriously sumbody blast on usher an his son. it aint coo ta b namin ppl like dat. dere shud b federal law against “n.e.body” jr. from namin hiz son “iii” an so on!!! az fo da divorce, i been wantin him ta divorce da b***h since he proposed ta marry her ugly old ass. of all da b***hes ya sing about ya shuda been able ta find a mo suitable choice than dis ho. an furthamo y da f**k ppl wait til dey brot a child n da goddamn pictcha bfo dey decide dey dont wanna b wit whoeva?! cuz irregardless whetha ya luv dat person or not da child gonna still b around (unless dey suicide lata or die from sum s**t n life) an hafta deal wit da consequence of comin from ppl who dont luv each otha no mo. da point iz if ya got doubts of whetha ya wanna stay wit a muthaf**ka dont go an add anotha human life ta equation an complicate s**t mo than it wuz ta start wit. cuz itz mean ta make sumbody hav parents dat dont wanna b tagedda cuz then da child gonna think itz dey fault da parents split up or sum s**t. an usher yo a f****t fo doin dat s**t nigga. like how many otha women ya done dis cruel s**t 2? IMO ppl shud only divorce when itz a danger 2 dey well bein or da childs well bein (ya kno like if ya spouse a psycho or sum s**t or a bad role model or wuteva) cuz othawize itz jus mean ta do. i mean da woman might hav hard time recoverin an find sumbody new but wut about da child? da child cant jus decide “ok, i aint gonna b so&so’z kid no mo cuz i dont like xyz bout em” i mean maybe if dey of legal age dey can divorce dey parent/parents and/or change dey name but dey alwayz gonna hav dey parents bloodlines. dey cant jus wash out all dey dna an b sumbody new. dis iz da wun thang bout adoption dat ppl seem ta ignore. jus cuz sumbody iz legally sumbody elses kid dat dont make em no longa da otha pplz kid. dey will alwayz b dat couples kid til da day dey die. god forbid a person who wants ta trace dey history an dey family tree fulla s**t dat aint ta b proud of or iz all f**ked up cuz dey wuz adopted so itz hard ta find out where dey rilly came from. but yeah im ramblin an fo dat im sorry. jus had alot on ma mind datz all. n.e.way usher dont go wreckin otha womens lives like ya done 2 dis chic. cuz if ya like ya songs u a playa an not a good father jus a seed donor cuz ya dont luv da woman ya slept wit. may az well call ya kids bastards cuz dey dont got a tru father now. jus my 2 cents on da matter.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/King_SirisII/ King_SirisII

    lol, he might as well just burn half his s**t now. Another sucker that got got. When will these dudes learn

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