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Old 29-06-2010, 04:50 PM #1
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Default Usher "UK Acts Ruin R&B"

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Usher has claimed that the recent UK acts to break the US charts are bringing down the value of R&B.

The 'OMG' singer, who performed at Sunday's BET Awards in LA, said that British acts such as Taio Cruz and Jay Sean should be classed as pop music.

He told the Daily Star: "There’s a very fine line between what’s R&B and pop these days. Just because it’s sung by a male minority doesn’t mean you’re urban or R&B.

"Those artists are pop. The true value of R&B has been brought down."

Usher recently stated that he is a "worldwide pop icon".
He's actually got a good point. I'm so sick of Pop artists being labelled "r&b" or "urban" simply because they're black.
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