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ways to work together, but Scooter told him, “We still have to have this conversation with Timberlake. I promised I’d bring the kid to meet him.”
We met up with Justin Timberlake at his place in Memphis. Jessica Biel was there. Scooter practically had to put his hands over my eyes to make me stop looking at her. Timberlake arrived, and I sang “Cry Me a River” for him.
“It takes a lot of balls to sing me my own song,” he said.But I guess he liked me, because he wanted to move forward with a deal and we spent the rest of the afternoon just hanging out watching March Madness basketball together. Timberlake was and still is just an amazing talent, and someone to this day I look up to and study his career. It was so surreal that he wanted to do a deal with me, just a kid from a small town in Canada. And so did Usher.
“His words spoke to me and I knew then that I’d found a friend for life”
I couldn’t believe things were finally coming together. I was almost afraid to believe it. The only thing I can compare it to is when I bungee-jumped off a bridge in New Zealand not long ago. It was a long journey to get there, but, at the last minute, there I was. Standing there. Ready. I had no idea what this was going to be like, but I knew it was going to be awesome.
Mom and I few down to Atlanta again, and Usher put us up in a super-fancy hotel that was like a different universe from anywhere I’d ever been. There were phones by the toilet and a safe in a drawer. The refrigerator was stocked with everything kids love to eat, and there was a huge basket of toys in my room. I got out a Rubik’s Cube and worked it out in about three minutes. (There’s a trick to it.) When I handed it to Usher, he looked at Scooter and said, “Who is this kid?”
When Usher talks to you one on one, he speaks very quietly, but he’s very intense and his eyes never break away from yours. When he talked to me and Mom, he spoke with a lot of passion and made a lot of sense.
“They’re like tag-team wrestlers”
“If you’re an astronaut going to the moon, there’s not a whole lot of people in the world with whom you can share that experience. Well, I’m a fellow astronaut. I’ve been to the moon. I can talk you up and get you back down safely. The beautiful part of all this is you don’t get a chance to see it while you’re in it. Now I actually get a chance to step back and watch it all happen again. Those incredible moments on stage... Even the obstacles, it’ll be a pleasure to watch, even though it’s agonizing, you know. But I can be more helpful because I’ve experienced that. Being the entertainer I am, I stand on the shoulders of giants that basically were trailblazers. And all of my experiences, I want to share. All my knowledge. I want to share it with you and help you make this moment happen.”
His words spoke to me, and I knew then that I’d found a friend for life. We made the decision to go forward with Usher, and I’ve never doubted it for a second. I’m the luckiest guy on earth to have him as my wingman.
Scooter and Usher formed a partnership to navigate my career, and that seemed like a perfect idea. There’s a lot Scooter can tell me, and I trust him, but he doesn’t know what it’s like for me dealing with living in the spotlight the way Usher does. They’re like tag-team wrestlers, only instead of bashing me over the head with folding chairs they make me drink lots of water.
THE REAL DEAL
When Usher talks, people listen. He called the guy who’d given him his start, L.A. Reid, CEO of Island Def Jam Music Group. This is the music-industry legend who launched Mariah Carey, Pink, Avril Lavigne, TLC, Outkast, Toni Braxton and a whole lot of other Grammy winners and multi-platinum mega-artists. The dude is a beast. In April 2008, Mom and I met Scooter and Usher in New York City for what I knew might be one of the most important moments of my life. Getting signed to a record deal at Island
We met up with Justin Timberlake at his place in Memphis. Jessica Biel was there. Scooter practically had to put his hands over my eyes to make me stop looking at her. Timberlake arrived, and I sang “Cry Me a River” for him.
“It takes a lot of balls to sing me my own song,” he said.But I guess he liked me, because he wanted to move forward with a deal and we spent the rest of the afternoon just hanging out watching March Madness basketball together. Timberlake was and still is just an amazing talent, and someone to this day I look up to and study his career. It was so surreal that he wanted to do a deal with me, just a kid from a small town in Canada. And so did Usher.
“His words spoke to me and I knew then that I’d found a friend for life”
I couldn’t believe things were finally coming together. I was almost afraid to believe it. The only thing I can compare it to is when I bungee-jumped off a bridge in New Zealand not long ago. It was a long journey to get there, but, at the last minute, there I was. Standing there. Ready. I had no idea what this was going to be like, but I knew it was going to be awesome.
Mom and I few down to Atlanta again, and Usher put us up in a super-fancy hotel that was like a different universe from anywhere I’d ever been. There were phones by the toilet and a safe in a drawer. The refrigerator was stocked with everything kids love to eat, and there was a huge basket of toys in my room. I got out a Rubik’s Cube and worked it out in about three minutes. (There’s a trick to it.) When I handed it to Usher, he looked at Scooter and said, “Who is this kid?”
When Usher talks to you one on one, he speaks very quietly, but he’s very intense and his eyes never break away from yours. When he talked to me and Mom, he spoke with a lot of passion and made a lot of sense.
“They’re like tag-team wrestlers”
“If you’re an astronaut going to the moon, there’s not a whole lot of people in the world with whom you can share that experience. Well, I’m a fellow astronaut. I’ve been to the moon. I can talk you up and get you back down safely. The beautiful part of all this is you don’t get a chance to see it while you’re in it. Now I actually get a chance to step back and watch it all happen again. Those incredible moments on stage... Even the obstacles, it’ll be a pleasure to watch, even though it’s agonizing, you know. But I can be more helpful because I’ve experienced that. Being the entertainer I am, I stand on the shoulders of giants that basically were trailblazers. And all of my experiences, I want to share. All my knowledge. I want to share it with you and help you make this moment happen.”
His words spoke to me, and I knew then that I’d found a friend for life. We made the decision to go forward with Usher, and I’ve never doubted it for a second. I’m the luckiest guy on earth to have him as my wingman.
Scooter and Usher formed a partnership to navigate my career, and that seemed like a perfect idea. There’s a lot Scooter can tell me, and I trust him, but he doesn’t know what it’s like for me dealing with living in the spotlight the way Usher does. They’re like tag-team wrestlers, only instead of bashing me over the head with folding chairs they make me drink lots of water.
THE REAL DEAL
When Usher talks, people listen. He called the guy who’d given him his start, L.A. Reid, CEO of Island Def Jam Music Group. This is the music-industry legend who launched Mariah Carey, Pink, Avril Lavigne, TLC, Outkast, Toni Braxton and a whole lot of other Grammy winners and multi-platinum mega-artists. The dude is a beast. In April 2008, Mom and I met Scooter and Usher in New York City for what I knew might be one of the most important moments of my life. Getting signed to a record deal at Island
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