Rapper Usher Raymond Continues Divorce Proceedings

By Sarah Harper

Published on June 23, 2009

R&B singer Usher Raymond ("Usher") and his estranged wife, Tameka Foster Raymond, are to continue divorce proceedings after the singer filed for divorce in Atlanta's Superior Court in early June. Their split is expected to impact their two sons, ages 18 months and six months. The outcome of the divorce proceedings may involve the singer's financial assets.

Usher, 30, and Foster Raymond, 38, met when she was Usher's stylist. The couple married in August 2007, after briefly postponing their wedding. According to the divorce petition, the couple has been separated since July of 2008.

The couple's marriage and subsequent separation were gossip fodder among fans; many questioned Foster Raymond's motives for marrying the singer (she was a married mother of three children when they met), and the singer's mother reportedly disapproved of the marriage.

Neither Usher nor Foster Raymond has yet spoken publicly about the divorce.

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