Usher Raymond IV is an American R&B singer. He was born in Dallas, Texas, but raised in Chattanooga, Tennessee, until moving to Atlanta, Georgia. At the age of 12, his mother put him in local singing competitions before catching the attention of a music A&R from LaFace Records. Usher was born October 14, 1978 in Dallas, TX and is a 6/3 Manifesting Generator who's strategy is To Respond response after using an Emotional Solar Plexus as the inner authority.