Tag: Usher
Photos: Usher performs at State Farm Arena
Usher opened the first of six sold-out shows at State Farm Arena on Thursday night with a spectacle of a concert. Here, check out the scenes photographer Perry Julien captured at the show.
Usher’s Super Bowl performance is the halftime show Atlanta should have had
For the rest the world, this may have been Taylor Swift's Super Bowl but here in Atlanta, we weren't watching the game for Taylor, or Travis, or Brock Purdy, or Patrick Mahomes. No, we were watching the game for Usher, and not only did he not disappoint, he gave us the Super Bowl halftime show we deserved five years ago.
The CDC says to wash your hands for 20 seconds. 9 Atlanta songs to help you keep time.
If you can sing the chorus of "Ms. Jackson," you're washing your hands for 20 seconds, the amount of time the CDC recommends to help prevent the spread of coronavirus and other illnesses.
Listen: A Very Atlanta Christmas playlist
Featuring CeeLo, Gucci Mane, OutKast, TLC, Zac Brown Band, Cat Power, Lil Jon, Sugarland, and more.
Photos: The opening of Tyler Perry Studios was beyond star-studded
Tyler Perry marked the opening of his new, 330-acre Tyler Perry Studios at Fort McPherson with a gala that brought a monumental number of stars, including everyone from Oprah to Hank Aaron to Beyoncé to Andrew Young.
Sunday Night Skate: Clubs don’t have anything on Cascade’s rolling weekly party
These skate sessions have been one of the biggest social events in the Adamsville and Oakcliff areas since the rink opened in 2000. Stars like Bow Wow, Usher, and Jermaine Dupri skate here, and the 2006 movie ATL was largely filmed inside Cascade.
Meet Willie Watkins: Atlanta’s mortuary mogul
Nearly 40 years since Watkins turned a former Confederate general’s Victorian house in the West End into a funeral home, he has built a multimillion dollar empire that lays to rest roughly 1,500 people each year. Watkins organized the funerals of Coretta Scott King, Lillian Miles Lewis (Congressman John Lewis’s wife of 50 years), and family members of Usher and Real Housewives of Atlanta star Phaedra Parks.
Roll to soul at Cascade Skating Rink
Step into Cascade Skating Rink on Saturday, Sunday (the big night), Tuesday, or Wednesday and find a whole world of dance happening on wheels. The people who come here are regulars—and they’ve got the moves—so novices, you’ve been warned.
Jermaine Dupri made his name developing young hip-hop stars. With The Rap Game, he’s at it again.
Above all, Dupri says artists need an experienced industry hand that can steer their development, shape their image, offer advice on beats and lyrics. “That’s what The Rap Game is about,” he says, “that grind, that hard work.”
Everything you need to know about the Atlanta Falcons
A quick primer to help you fit in at any Super Bowl Sunday soiree.