Usher Project Restart

With the help of corporate sponsors such as Hibernia Bank, Visa, Giovanni The Margarita King and SunTrust Bank and civil leaders like Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin, Usher has invited 5,000 Katrina and Rita evacuees who were relocated to Georgia to attend the concert for free. The evacuees have already been contacted in Atlanta and tickets have been distributed. The remaining tickets for the concert are still on sale via Ticketmaster. A limited number of corporate suites and VIP seats are also available. All proceeds will benefit the Project Restart objective, which is to help Katrina victims settle into permanent or semi-permanent homes.

In response to the natural disasters along the Gulf Coast, Usher's New Look Foundation (http://www.ushersnewlook.org) launched Project Restart, a series of high-profile outreach events designed by the Foundation to raise funds for Katrina and Rita relief. One of the first areas to benefit from Project Restart is Houston, TX, where Usher made a personal visit today, Friday, October 7th at 2 PM CST and joined Hibernia Bank and Freddie Mac to donate a 2,500-square-foot, three-bedroom house, to a displaced family seeking permanent residence in Houston.

Project Restart is also offering concert goers the opportunity to get "Hands On" to assist in the long term recovery and rebuilding efforts in the Gulf Coast states. As part of this partnership with national Atlanta-based nonprofit Hands On Network, Usher will issue a challenge for "people-raising" that asks fans to sign up online to be a Hands On Hero, volunteering time, leadership, and special skills to help with Project Restart. Usher's Camp New Look kids will be working with the Hands On Network to recruit and register the volunteers.

Armani Exchange has produced limited edition Usher Signature long sleeve t-shirts to be sold online prior, during and after the concert. $25 from the sale of this limited edition t-shirt will benefit Usher's New Look -- Project Restart. To order a shirt or to make a pledge, visit http://www.armaniexchange.com/usher.

Usher Announces Special Guests

Usher Announces Special Guests for Project Restart Benefit Concert on October 9
Friday October 7, 9:12 pm ET

Concert Sponsors Freddie Mac, Hibernia Bank, Visa, SunTrust Bank, Armani Exchange, Hands On Network and Others Join With Superstar for Hurricane Relief

NEW YORK, Oct. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Grammy Award winning superstar Usher announced that he will be joined by celebrity guests Alicia Keys, T.I., Young Jeezy, and Usher's own US Records family (Rico Love, One Chance) as well as special surprise guests to perform at Project Restart -- a benefit concert for the victims of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita on October 9 in Atlanta, GA at Philips Arena. Project Restart is Usher's concept and vision to assist and support Hurricane relief. BET will tape the concert and produce a Project Restart special with concert footage interviews and documentary style moments with artists, fans and evacuees in attendance and will air the one-hour special on October 19th from 8pm - 9pm EDT.

With the help of corporate sponsors such as Hibernia Bank, Visa, Giovanni The Margarita King and SunTrust Bank and civil leaders like Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin, Usher has invited 5,000 Katrina and Rita evacuees who were relocated to Georgia to attend the concert for free. The evacuees have already been contacted in Atlanta and tickets have been distributed. The remaining tickets for the concert are still on sale via Ticketmaster. A limited number of corporate suites and VIP seats are also available. All proceeds will benefit the Project Restart objective, which is to help Katrina victims settle into permanent or semi-permanent homes.

Usher Lyrics: Yeah

Usher feat. Lil' Jon, Ludacris
Yeah


[Usher:]
Peace up!
A Town Down!

[Lil' Jon:]
Yeah, Ok! Lil' Jon!

[Usher:]
Yeah, Yeah Yeah, Yeah yeah, Yeaah
Yeah, Yeah yeah, Yeah yeah, Yeaah

[Usher (Verse 1):]
Up in the club with my homies, tryna get a lil V-I, but keep it down on the low key, cause you know how it feels.
I saw shorty she was checkin up on me, from the game she was spittin' in my ear you would think that she knew me.
So we decided to chill

Conversation got heavy, she had me feelin like she's ready to blow!
(Watch Out!, Watch Out!)
She's saying come get me, come get me,
So I got up and followed her to the floor, she said baby lets go,
That's when I told her I said

[Usher (Chorus):]
Yeah (yeah) Shorty got down low and said come and get me
Yeah (yeah) I got so caught up I forgot she told me
Yeah (yeah) Her and my girl used to be the best of homies
Yeah (yeah) Next thing I knew she was all up on me screaming:

Yeah, Yeah yeah, Yeah yeah, Yeaah
Yeah, Yeah yeah, Yeah yeah, Yeaah

[Usher (Verse 2):]
So she's all up in my head now, got me thinking that it might good idea to take her with me,
Cause she's ready to leave (ready to leave)
But I gotta keep it real now, cause on a one to ten she's a certified twenty, but that just ain't me. hey.

Because I don't know if I take that chance just where it's gonna lead,
But what I do know is the way she dance makes shorty alright with me.
The way she (get low!)
I'm like yeah, just work that out for me.
She asked for one more dance and I'm
Like yeah, how the hell am I supposed to leave?
And I said

[Chorus]

[Lil' Jon:]
Luda!

[Ludacris (Verse 3):]
Watch out!
My outfit's ridiculous, In the club lookin' so conspicuous.
And Rowl! These women all on the prowl, if you hold the head steady I'm a milk the cow.
Forget about the game I'm a spit the truth, I won't stop till I get em in they birthday suits.
So gimmie the rhythm and it'll be off with they clothes, then bend over to the front and touch your toes.
I left the jag and I took the roles, if they aint cutting then I put em on foot patrol.
How you like me now, when my pinky's valued over three hundred thousand,
Lets drank you the one to please, Ludacris fill cups like double d's.
Me and Ursh once more and we leave em dead, we want a lady in the street but a freak in the bed to say

[Chorus]

[Ludacris (Bridge):]
Take that and rewind it back, Lil' Jon got the beat to make ya booty go (clap)
Take that and rewind it back, Ursher got the voice to make ya booty go (clap)
Take that and rewind it back, Ludacris got the flow to make ya booty go (clap)
Take that and rewind it back, Lil' Jon got the beat to make ya booty go (clap)

USHER CAUGHT UP IN BISEXUAL PRANK

1. USHER CAUGHT UP IN BISEXUAL PRANK
   ContactMusic - Apr 14 1:52 AM
   USHER became the victim of a nasty prank on 1 April (05), when a US radio presenter falsely declared the R+B hunk was bisexual.
2. A single usher at John Paul's grave as the faithful file past
   WOAI - Apr 13 12:23 PM
   VATICAN CITY (AP) - A single usher stood before the white slab marking the grave. Politely, he accepted religious trinkets from pilgrims filing past beyond the ropes, placing them briefly on the gravestone for a blessing and handing them back.
3. David Usher moves to New York City
   Jam! Showbiz - Apr 12 9:24 PM
   Everyone's idea of hell is different. If you're David Usher, there's a place that's a little cleaner, a little friendlier but a whole lot more sinister and soul-sucking.
4. Donnie McClurkin Puts Focus on Gospel
   AP via Yahoo! News - Apr 13 11:54 AM
   Few gospel acts are as welcome in the secular music world as Donnie McClurkin. At last year's glitzy BET Awards, the nominees included Usher, Beyonce ... and McClurkin. At the annual Essence Music Festival, performing on a bill that featured Prince, Mary J. Blige and LL Cool J was ... McClurkin. And though gospel rarely gets airplay outside of Sunday mornings, one of the few to break through,
5. The Final Word ... Leesa Gordon on music
   Northwest Indiana Times - Apr 13 11:07 PM
   My favorite CD: Usher's "Confessions" because he's a great performer and he's really hot. The best song on this disc: "My Boo" because he's talking about me and it has a catchy tune.
6. Hip-hop mock rock arrives at Breslin
   The State News - Apr 13 9:53 PM
   Destiny's Child, 50 Cent and Usher will shake their stuff at the Breslin Center in a funky battle for hip-hop fame. Well ... that's what people impersonating them want you to think.
7. Faithful file past pope's simple tomb
   Rutland Herald - Apr 14 12:12 AM
   VATICAN CITY A single usher stood before the white slab marking the grave. Politely, he accepted religious trinkets from pilgrims filing past beyond the ropes, placing them briefly on the gravestone for a blessing and handing them back.
8. Malay Mail Online
   Malay Mail - Apr 13 9:05 PM
   The compilation Hot from Sony BMG is a must- have. It features 18 tracks from award-winning artistes such as Usher, Alicia Keys, Destiny's Child, Duran Duran and many more powerhouse performers.
9. Donnie McClurkin puts focus on gospel
   El Nuevo Herald - Apr 13 12:08 PM
   NEW YORK - Few gospel acts are as welcome in the secular music world as Donnie McClurkin. At last year's glitzy BET Awards, the nominees included Usher, Beyonce ... and McClurkin. At the annual Essence Music Festival, performing on a bill that featured Prince, Mary J. Blige and LL Cool J was ...
10. Longoria Helps Usher in New Vegas Lounge
    ABC News - Apr 11 5:18 AM
    Eva Longoria of 'Desperate Housewives' Helps Usher in New Las Vegas Lounge With Pussycat Dolls

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