Usher might have taken some warmth from spectators for getting cozy with Alicia Keys throughout his 2024 Tremendous Bowl Halftime Present on Feb. 11, however whereas he has no apologies for that second, he does need to stroll again one thing else he did on stage a decade earlier.
Whereas chatting with Charlamagne Tha God and Jess Hilarious on a beforehand recorded interview that aired throughout The Breakfast Membership on Monday (Feb. 19), the eight-time Grammy winner mirrored on a second from his 2014 MTV Video Music Awards efficiency alongside Nicki Minaj, throughout which he received somewhat handsy at one level. “Have you ever seen a few of your previous moments, like whenever you have been on stage with Nicki Minaj and also you have been headbuttin’ her a–? Why was you so unhinged?” host Charlamagne requested him of the efficiency, which additionally included Usher slapping the “Tremendous Freaky Lady” rapper’s backside.
At first, the “Burn” crooner tried to elucidate and snicker it off somewhat. “Completely! That was Jamaican tradition! So that you gotta go to Jamaica. That was only a second that was enjoyable,” Usher — who simply launched his ninth studio album, Coming Dwelling, days earlier than the Tremendous Bowl — mentioned of the island nation’s dance tradition. “By the best way, it was me taking part in my bass, so I in all probability would’ve bumped my shoulder or my hand, however I had my bass in my hand and I used to be taking part in, so I type of bopped off her physique somewhat bit. For those who return and have a look at the video, you’ll perceive as a result of I did it there for the primary time.”
In the course of the pair’s efficiency of their 2014 collab “She Got here to Give It to You,” the crooner is down on one knee taking part in his guitar as he bumps his shoulder and his head in opposition to Minaj’s bottom to the beat earlier than getting up and spanking her behind.
“Oh no it was on beat and every part!” Charlamagne marveled as he mirrored on the efficiency. “It was on beat, and I used to be like, ‘D–n!’”
“I believe I used to be reaching a bit once I smacked her, although,” Usher admitted. “I shouldn’t have smacked her. I shouldn’t have did that.”
Jess then chimed in, throwing it again to how Usher had earlier within the interview talked about supporting fellow Black artists, “See, you gotta raise her up!”
Replied the crooner, “I was lifting!”
Watch Usher talk about his 2014 VMAs efficiency on The Breakfast Membership under:
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