Usher has revealed that he almost formed a supergroup with JAY-Z, Diddy and Pharrell.
During an interview with Shannon Sharpe on the former NFL star’s Club Shay Shay podcast, the singer told a story about the ultimate Hip Hop-R&B hybrid that never was.
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Usher said he, Hov, Puffy and Skateboard P went as far as discussing the business side of things, but the idea never panned out as they all got “distracted.”
JAY-Z, Pharrell, Diddy and me were supposed to be a group,” he said. “Yeah, that’s crazy. I didn’t say ‘No.’ I didn’t say ‘Yeah.’ I think that we just got caught up. I think we all got caught up in the moment.
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“We was talking about it and having secret meetings about it. We were talking about music and how we gon’ flip it and the business of it. And somehow, man, we just got distracted and it never happened.”
He added: “That’s the one I actually wish would have happened.”
Usher is set to headline the Super Bowl LVIII halftime show on February 11 at the Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, Nevada, where the San Francisco 49ers will take on the Kansas City Chiefs.
JAY-Z, who has helped the NFL produce the past four Super Bowl halftime shows in his role as a consultant for the league, was the one who informed Usher he would be performing.
“[Jay] said, ‘It’s time, it’s magic time. It’s time for you to have that moment’,” the Confessions crooner told Apple Music‘s Zane Lowe in September. “I’m like, ‘What are you talking about?’ He’s like, ‘The Super Bowl’. I’m like, ‘Oh, you ready? Absolutely.’
“And it was like this was destined to happen. I think that everything that led up to that moment, going to Las Vegas for my residency for the last two years. The legacy, obviously, that is the music, the celebration of entertainment in that place.”
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He added: “It’s the City of Lights. You know, it’s always been a place where entertainers go and find love and passion, connection to their fans. So for the Super Bowl to have made its way to Las Vegas while we were in Vegas, having such an amazing two years.”
Usher is also set to release his new album Coming Home on February 9. The 20-track project will boast features from 21 Savage, Latto, Burna Boy, Summer Walker, The-Dream, H.E.R., Pheelz and Jung Kook.
