Usher claims to be the “King of R&B”: “I deserve it”

Usher crowned himself king of the R&B.

It appears on SiriusXM’s “Bevelations” and Andy’s Radio The eight-time Grammy winner couldn’t help but strike his own horn.

“King, whatever you want to call it,” hit maker “DJ Got Us Fallin ‘In Love,” told host Bevy Smith. “Yes, I worked until I own it and I deserve it.”

– And I won’t ask for it anymore. You give it. Because I was working for it, ”he added.

Elsewhere in an interview, Usher, whose real name is Usher Raymond IV, ended a conversation about R&B being a dying species after Diddy recently suggested it.

“When I hear people, even like Puff, say,” You know R&B is dead. ” Sounds crazy to me, “said hit-maker” Climax “. “Sounds, sounds, sounds crazy.”

“You know, especially knowing that he was a pioneer in understanding this and took advantage of it. You know, the source of R&B has created a breath of life that has been breathed into hip-hop. It wouldn’t, Usher continued.

“There wouldn’t be hip-hop if it wasn’t for R&B, so it’s blasphemy to hear me say, hear people say anything, especially hip-hop cats, say anything about R&B.”

On Instagram Live with music producer Timbaland last week, Diddy, whose real name is Sean Combs, stated that “R&B is dead right now.”

“This is R&B. R&B is timeless, it won’t go away, ”added Usher.