The R&B luminary, who shares custody of his two sons Usher V and Naviyd with his ex-wife of two years, Tameka Foster, is a proud and passionate dad.
He has said he thinks of fatherhood as a gift that has made him more conscious of everything around him.
In a 2010 interview with W: "When you put the passion between a man and a woman up against having children, it doesn't hold a candle.
I've never known passion like what my children have helped me feel."