(Photo by Josh Brasted/Getty Images for OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network) In January 2017, JAY-Z reportedly sold his 33 percent stake for $200 million, while Usher opted to remain as a co-owner of the company.Tameka Foster Raymond attends a cocktail reception for “Queen Sugar” at Liberty Kitchen on Jin New Orleans, Louisiana. In 2017, Tidal was worth an estimated $600 million, making Usher, JAY-Z, Beyonce and the rest of the owners very, very rich.
Even with the surrounding controversy, the subscription numbers continued to climb and the company's value skyrocketed. Critics claimed it was simply a ploy for rich musicians to get richer. There was immediate backlash following the announcement, especially when JAY-Z removed all of his music from competing streaming services. That same month, the rapper, backed by fellow celebrity owners of Tidal, like Usher (seen here with JAY-Z in 2016), Beyonce, Kanye West, Madonna, Rihanna and more, announced the launch of the streaming music service - meant to rival iTunes, Pandora and Spotify. In March 2015, rapper and music mogul JAY-Z acquired the streaming services Tidal and WiMP when he purchased Aspiro, a Swedish tech company, for an impressive $56 million. In 2009, Usher filed for divorce amid rumors he'd been unfaithful. During that time, she gave birth to two sons, Usher Raymond V on Nov. Usher and Tameka were only married for two years.
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However, in 2008, he brought her back on his team, only to formally (and finally) end their professional ties in 2010. Due to the conflict, Usher and his momager severed their business relationship. Although the singer was hurt by his mom's decision not to support his marriage, he was very much in love with Tameka at the time. The couple (seen here three months before their wedding) experienced a lot of backlash over their relationship due to their seven-year age difference, the fact that Tameka had three children from previous relationships and had only divorced the father of two of her children five months before marrying Usher. 3, 2007, Usher married celebrity stylist Tameka Foster in a private ceremony without his mom, Jonetta Patton, in attendance. Although they broke up in December 2003, Chilli says Usher was her first "real love." When Usher released his fourth album, "Confessions," in 2004, fans thought the lyrics about cheating were his admission of wrongdoing in his relationship with Chilli, but she later claimed that wasn't the case. Eight years after they first met, the two were finally at a place in their lives where they could act on their emotions and spent the next two years in a high-profile romance.
In the same interview, Usher said he was "nervous as hell" whenever Chilli came to the studio because he thought she was the most beautiful woman he'd ever seen.
She later admitted in a VH1 interview that when she first met Usher, she was charmed by his beautiful eyes and charismatic personality, but that felt strange to think those things about someone so young.
Although the pair met in 1993 when 14-year-old Usher was first signed to LaFace Records, Chilli was seven years his senior and at the time, too old to date the burgeoning young star. Also in 2001, Usher and Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas (from TLC) began an intense love affair.
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