And in news about things we’d sooner go our entire lives without seeing…..Once clean-cut R&B superstar Usher — who saw a career resurgence with the release of his platinum-selling Raymond vs. Raymond disc last year — has found himself at the center of a sex tape scandal after an explicit skin flick starring the “Yeah!” hitmaker in the throes of passion with his stylist ex-wife surfaced on the Black Market last week.

How’s that for “OMG?!”

The Talking Heads at TMZ.com recently got their Hot Little Hands on the so-called “Usher Raymond- Tameka Foster Sex Tape” — which celebrity gossip allege is being hawked around town to the highest bidder.

“…We’ll keep this PG-13 and just say … the people in the video are both givers. The video and photos are clear — it’s Usher and Tameka,” the site wrote in a report that hit the Interwebs early Monday.

While both camps are staying mum, Word on the Curb has it that the explosive footage of Justin Bieber’s mentor with his pants down may have been among the $100,000 worth electronics and jewelry stolen out of Ursh’s personal vehicle as it sat in the parking lot of a popular Atlanta mall in Dec. 2009.

That was just a few months after The Raymonds called time on their volatile love affair for good. The exes, who are the parents of two sons, met when the then-twentysomething singing star was climbing the charts and the decade-older Tameka was a married mother of three. An affair ultimately led to wedding bells, but the union would be seeped in controversy almost from the start. Tameka, an abrasive celebrity stylist, was accused of driving a wedge between Usher, his fans, and even his mother. Their problems were compounded when Foster nearly died during a botched plastic surgery procedure in Brazil.

Usher is now seeing record executive Grace Miguel. Another cougar.

Being a sex symbol has its pitfalls. Just ask Usher.

The “Daddy’s Home” crooner, who is still nursing broken ribs for a stint gone wrong during a concert over the weekend, suffered another devastating blow (This time one to his face…) after he brought an ecstatic female fan onstage during his show at New York’s Madison Square Garden on Monday night.

Ursh was treating the lass to a sexy serenade of his sensual song “Trading Places” when the snafu occurred. He sat her on a couch while he caressed her.
Then, after they changed positions, the overexcited fan tried to move her leg to get closer to him. That’s when her stiletto boot heel knocked him in the nose.

Damn! That’s gotta hurt…

The fan tried to smooth things over by massaging Usher’s face,but there was no need: Usher wasn’t hurt and even cracked a joke about it.

Usher has reconciled all differences with his momager Jonetta Patton, but the crooner still wishes she hadn’t boycotted his wedding three years ago.

In an interview with VIBE Magazine, Ush — now 32 — says he was “very disappointed” that his mother decided not to attend his wedding to former stylist, Tameka Foster. The union was doomed from the start. Foster was notorious for feuding with bloggers who poked fun at the decade age difference between she and Usher. Many of the crooner’s fans also turned on Foster, who had been branded an adulterous golddigger. After two years of marriage and two sons, the two divorced last year.

Usher says he “wouldn’t do that to my child.” The singer says “parents should be able to have unconditional love for their children and their decisions, regardless of how they feel.”

The “OMG” hitmaker also spoke candidly about the events leading up to his divorce from Tameka.

“During our disagreements, that’s when I really began to contemplate marriage and if this is someone whom I’m compatible with. Anytime we had a disagreement or an argument, I began to contemplate: ‘Wow, is this really gonna work out?’ I’m going through hell right now, given the fact that people have an opinion about our relationship. I can’t be unhappy at home and fighting the wars or the opinions outside… ‘You should’ve handled things this way,’ ‘I wish you would’ve said this,’ ‘You’re handling me wrong,’ ‘I don’t like the way I’m feeling about this’—it could be anything, man.”

Read Usher’s full chat with VIBE when the mag’s Oct/Nov issue hits newsstands on Oct. 12.

Two of the most electrifying names in R&B today will share the stage when the OMG Tour rolls into a city near you this November.

Trey Songz will be opening up for R&B lover boy Usher on his OMG Tour this fall.

“It’s an absolute honor for myself to go on tour with him this fall,” Songz confirmed while introducing Usher’s performance at the 2010 MTV Music Video Awards on Sunday.

The long anticipated concert series — in sport of Usher’s hit album Raymond vs. Raymond — will kick off at the Key Arena in Seattle on Nov. 10. Songz will be performing music from his extensive catalogue — plus the newly-released Passion, Pain & Pleasure , which hit stores Tuesday.

CLICK Here To Find Out When Usher & Trey Will Be In A City Near Your….

Move over, Justin Bieber! You may be the protege, but it appears R&B’s one-time crowned prince has still got it. Platinum-selling artist Usher performed his hits “DJ Got Us Fallin’ In Love” and “OMG” at the MTV Video Music Awards at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday night.

Usher will kick off his 25-date OMG Tour at Seattle’s Key Arena in November Jive Records said Wednesday.

“Songs like ‘OMG,’ ‘DJ Got Us Fallin’ In Love,’ ‘There Goes My Baby,’ ‘Papers,’ ‘Daddy’s Home,’ ‘Lil Freak’ with Nicki Minaj and ‘Hot Tottie’ with Jay Z have dominated the airwaves since last February,” Randy Phillips, president and chief executive officer of AEG Live, said in a statement this week. “Now is the time for one of our greatest entertainers to go live and we are thrilled to be part of the ultimate Usher experience. Usher is bringing his fans an evening they will not soon forget. This will be the ‘must see’ concert tour of 2010!”

Fans will be able to purchase tickets for the North American tour beginning Sept. 17!

November Tour Dates:

Nov-10 Seattle, WA Key Arena
Nov-12 Oakland, CA Oracle Arena
Nov-13 Las Vegas, NV Mandalay Bay
Nov-14 Anaheim, CA Honda Center
Nov-17 San Diego, CA Sports Arena
Nov-18 Los Angeles, CA STAPLES Center
Nov-19 Phoenix, AZ Jobing.com Arena
Nov-23 Houston, TX Toyota Center
Nov-24 Dallas, TX American Airlines Center
Nov-26 St. Louis, MO Scottrade Center
Nov-27 Kansas City, MO Sprint Center
Nov-29 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre
Nov-30 Montreal, QC Bell Centre

December Tour Dates:

Dec-2 Detroit, MI TBD
Dec-3 Chicago, IL Allstate Arena
Dec-5 Atlanta, GA Philips Arena
Dec-7 Greensboro, NC Greensboro Coliseum
Dec-8 Baltimore, MD 1st Mariner Arena
Dec-10 Newark, NJ Prudential Center
Dec-11 Norfolk, VA Scope Arena
Dec-13 New York, NY Madison Square Garden
Dec-14 Boston, MA TD Garden
Dec-16 Philadelphia, PA Wells Fargo Center
Dec-17 Washington, DC Verizon Center
Dec-18 Hartford, CT XL Center

The track is the first release off of Usher’s new album, Versus EP.

We’re getting our first behind-the-scenes of the new video for Usher’s Pitbull-assisted single “DJ Got Us Fallin’ In Love.” In the upcoming vid, the crooner shows off his impeccable dancing skills by gliding across the floor to the rhythm of the blasting beat.