USHER: Baby Makes Six???

By Karu F. Daniels, AOL Black Voices

Tameka Foster and Usher. Just a month after he gave his momager her walking papers, reports are circulating that Usher is expecting his first child with longtime girlfriend Tameka Foster.

His rep Chris Chambers, who talked to 'New York Daily News' gossip columnists Rush & Malloy last week regarding Usher's threats to nationally syndicated radio veteran and civil rights activist Tom Joyner, didn't initially respond to queries from The BV Newswire regarding the validity of Foster's alleged pregnancy.

And then he sent word that he was offering a stern "no comment."

You gotta love it.

Chambers and I go back to the ages, so I will spare him any grief.

I have recently learned that he is specifically "only working the music, cologne and non profit." As previously reported, the 'Caught Up' singer will release his own fragrance line this fall -- and perhaps a new music project.

In any case, yesterday legendary 'Chicago Sun Times' gossip columnist Stella Foster wrote that the 28-year-old R&B crooner and the 39-year-old former fashion stylist are expecting a visit from the stork, 'Jet' magazine reports.

This is very interesting news -- if true.

Foster, a native of Oakland, is already the mother of three children -- all boys. While the paternity of the eldest teenage son's father is not publicly known, she was married to Atlanta-based menswear fashion designer Ryan Glover (of RyanKenny) for close to a decade, noted a source.

In March, Usher (legally known as Usher Raymond) confirmed that he was engaged to Foster.

Regarding 'Jet,' an esteemed staffer clarified that in the May 28 edition of the revered black weekly magazine, it was reported that "the two are reportedly expecting their first child together."

Note "reportedly."

Though I'm a firm believer that where there's smoke there's fire, it appears that we are back at square one in tracking down whether or not Usher will be a father before his 29th birthday on Oct. 14.

But should we care?

It just may be time for the hunky Grammy Award winner --who was romantically linked to TLC chanteuse Rozanda "Chilli" Thomas for years -- to start his own legacy.

At his age and stature, I'm surprised he hasn't experienced the joys of fatherhood yet.

But hey, Tom Cruise was 44 when Baby Suri arrived.

So anything's possible in the wide world of entertainment.

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