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Home · News

Tameka and Usher Raymond Timeline

Tameka and Usher Raymond Timeline
By · June 22, 2009October 29, 2020
01
August 3, 2007

Earlier this month Usher filed for divorce from wife and celeb stylist Tameka Foster after less than two years of marriage. See our timeline of the couple’s love.

On August 3, 2007, Judge Penny Brown Reynolds and her husband, Reverend Edward Reynolds, marry Tameka and Usher at the Mariott Hotel in Atlanta. Note: They were never married in a lawyer’s office.

Read our exclusive interview with the Tameka Foster Raymond’s BFF on her pending divorce »

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02
November 26, 2007

Tameka gives birth to first child, Usher Raymond V.

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03
February 10, 2008

Usher and Tameka attend The 50th Annual Grammy Awards together in Los Angeles

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04
April 20, 2008

Usher and Tameka dine at Via Veneto Restaurant in Los Angeles.

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May 18, 2008

Usher appears on MTV’s “TRL” and proclaims how much he loves his wife.

“I love my wife very, very much. There was a little rumor earlier this week about us separating. It ain’t true. We in love. Get outta there. Matter of fact, I’m tired of people continuing to talk so much trash about me, know what I’m saying?”

Read our exclusive interview with the Tameka Foster Raymond’s BFF on her pending divorce »

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May 27, 2008

Usher goes on ABC’s “Good Morning America.” Again, he speaks highly about his wife and his role as a husband.

“When I became a husband, I became a great man. Everybody knows what I used to be. Now, [I’m] a man of integrity. To be a father—daddy—to my family [and] my wife is the most incredible thing ever.”

Read our exclusive interview with the Tameka Foster Raymond’s BFF on her pending divorce »

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June 9, 2008

Usher performs at The Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York. Tameka is with him backstage.

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08
June 12, 2009

Usher files divorce papers at Superior Court in Atlanta.

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09
June 24, 2008

Usher performs at the BET Awards on Tuesday June 24, 2008, in Los Angeles and Tameka accompanies him.

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July 25, 2008

A three-and-half months pregnant Mrs. Raymond poses with actresses Keshia Knight Pulliam and Tasha Smith at the U-Cast Podcast series hosted by Usher Raymond at Tiffany & Co. in Atlanta.

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July 26, 2008

Usher and Tameka attend “New Look Foundation” finale gala.

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12
August 2008

Usher & Tameka attend a wedding ceremony for video director Little X in Toronto, Canada.

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13
September 4, 2008

Tameka is there to support Usher as he performs at the NFL Opening Kickoff concert in Columbus Circle Thursday, September 4, 2008, in New York, where he also performs with Keith Urban.

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October 14, 2008

Tameka attends Usher’s 30th birthday party at The Mansion Hotel in Atlanta. Usher was photographed with Tameka’s longtime friend and assistant Maya Fox-Davis but media calls her his “girlfriend.”

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November 15, 2008

Adriana Lima and Usher on the runway during the 2008 Victoria’s Secret Runway Show, held at the Fountainebleau Hotel and Resort, in Miami Beach, Florida. The next day Usher flies home to be with Tameka to celebrate Usher V’s 1st birthday at the Atlanta High Museum of Art.

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December 10, 2008

Tameka gives birth to the couple’s second son, Naviyd Eli Raymond.

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17
New Year’s Eve 2009

Usher throws a surprise birthday party for Tameka at the Bank Nightclub in Las Vegas, where he flies in her family and close friends.

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January 17-20, 2009

Usher performs at the "We Are One: Opening Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington and was styled by wife Tameka, who spent the entire weekend with him to witness the presidential inauguration.

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19
February 4, 2009

While Usher is recording album in Las Vegas, Tameka flies to Brazil for a vacation with friends. While in Brazil she decides to get liposuction on a whim, but never does after going into cardiac arrest as a result of anesthesia. Usher cancels his performance at the Grammy Awards to fly to Brazil and tend to Tameka in the hospital. They spend Valentine’s Day together in Brazil, but he is unable to get an extension on his Visa and is forced to fly home early, according to Tameka’s sister.

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20
March 2009

Throughout the month Usher was recording his upcoming album in Los Angeles and Miami, and was flying home on weekends to be with Tameka and his family.

In June, images surfaced of Usher and Def Jam employee, Grace Miguel, about town. One week later, the crooner files for divorce unbeknownst to wife who learns the news through media reports.

Read our exclusive interview with the Tameka Foster Raymond on her pending divorce »

See photos of Tameka and Usher in happier times »

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