The Jay-Z, Pharrell and Usher supergroup that by no means shaped

Legendary R’n’B vocalist Usher lately appeared on the famed Membership Shay Shay podcast with Shannon Sharpe, throughout which he spoke about his profession and the potential supergroup he may have shaped with Jay-Z, Pharrell Williams and Diddy.

Whereas talking to the retired NFL star, Usher (actual title Usher Raymond) detailed that he and his group sat down with the three legends and extensively mentioned the enterprise aspect of issues. Nonetheless, the singer claimed that the collective didn’t take off because of all events getting “distracted”. 

Explaining why it by no means labored out, Raymond disclosed, “Jay-Z, Pharrell, Diddy and me were supposed to be a group. 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.”

Discussing the enterprise talks that happened, Raymond continued, “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.” The subject of Jay-Z had come to the fore as Usher will be the headline act of this year’s Super Bowl LVIII halftime show on February eleventh. The efficiency will happen on the Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, Nevada, the place the San Francisco 49ers will play the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs.

Because the inventive producer of the previous 4 Tremendous Bowl halftime reveals, Jay-Z was the determine who approached Usher to let him know he would have the herculean process of entertaining the nation this yr.

In an interview with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe in September, Raymond recalled how Hov let him know he had been chosen, remembering, “[Jay] said, ‘It’s time, it’s magic time. It’s time for you to have that moment.’ I’m like, ‘What are you talking about?’ He’s like, ‘The Super Bowl’. I’m like, ‘Oh, you ready? Absolutely!’”

For the final two years, Usher has been performing as a resident artist in Las Vegas and can quickly be thrust again into the limelight. You may hearken to the vocalist’s interview within the video beneath.