Usher Pushes Back on Diddy's Claims That R&B Music Is Dead
etonline.comUsher called into SiriusXM's, where he spoke out about the recent internet discourse over whether R&B music is dead. Sean «Diddy» Combs kicked off the conversation via Twitter and Instagram live sessions where he posed the question, «Who killed R&B?»Usher, who graciously accepted the King of R&B title during his chat with host Bevy Smith, adamantly stated that he is «not here for that» kind of conversation. «When I hear people say stuff like, 'What happened to R&B?' or 'R&B is dead,' it's not.
You just don't understand the basis of it,» the 43-year-old explained. «Matter fact, maybe I need a reminder or an understanding of what it is.
How can something come out 20-some odd years ago, and then all of a sudden have a resurgence in a way that people just wanna talk about it, sing it, enjoy it?
That's because it's classic. That's 'Superstar.' That's R&B.»He added, «So when I do hear people, even like Puff saying 'R&B is dead,' he sounds nuts to me.
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