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USHER MAY REHIRE MOM-AGER: Word has it that he's in talks with mom Jonetta Patton to come back and handle business.
*The New York Daily News' Rush & Malloy column is reporting that Usher has been "quietly talking" with his mother Jonetta Patton about returning to her position as his manager.
The superstar fired his mom just before Mother's Day in 2007 and replaced her with Benny Medina, who has successfully guided the careers of Mariah Carey and Jennifer Lopez, among others.
"But now that Usher's new album has been slow off the mark, he's blaming Medina," according to Rush & Malloy. "True, the CD, 'Here I Stand,' debuted at number one. But Usher is said to have been disappointed that it sold 433,000 in its first week, compared with his last CD, 2004's "Confessions," which had sales of 1.1 million in its first seven days."
According to the columnists, Lil Wayne's "Tha Carter III" selling a million in its first week didn't help matters. "Usher was livid!," claims an insider. "He threatened to fire everyone."
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Jonetta Patton & Usher
The BET Awards was also reportedly a sour spot for Ursh. While the show pulled 6.3 million viewers when Beyonce opened it last year, the Usher-headlined show drew only 5.8 million.
"People have been telling Usher to listen to his mother," says a source. "Nobody knows how to sell him better than she does. Usher can be stubborn. But he may be ready."
The firing of Mrs. Patton was rumored to have been encouraged by Usher's wife Tameka Foster, but "now that Foster has given her a grandson, the two ladies are said to be getting along better," the column states.
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