Usher Back With Mama

Usher is going back home. Back home to mama, that is. The Atlanta-born singer let go of high-profile representative Benny Medina and re-hired mom Jonnetta Patton as his manager, E! News is reporting. “With an artist like Usher, the bar is set really high,” Medina told E!. “Whether it was management, marketing or the music, we achieved a No. 1 single and a No. 1 album…I had a great time and we parted ways amicably.” Usher’s publicist, Patti Webster, also voluntary left during the manager change. The R&B singer’s split from Medina reportedly stemmed from the lackluster success of Usher’s current release, ‘Here I Stand’. The aforementioned is the only album Benny and Usher collaborated on. His 2004 blockbuster, ‘Confessions’, was released while he was under the tutelage of his mom (and it was THE bomb). So, now that mama’s had all this time off, let’s see what Ms. Patton has under her sleeves for Usher. Mom and son reunited - sweet.