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USHER HANDS CAREER BACK TO MOMMY: Singer drops Benny Media and rehires mother.
*Fifteen months after Usher fired his mother as his manager, the singer has dumped her replacement, Benny Medina, and brought his mom back into the fold to steer his career.
In a short statement issued by his LaFace/Zomba label Wednesday, it was announced that the artist "has dissolved his management arrangement with Benny Medina and has re-engaged Jonnetta Patton as his manager."
Last month, the New York Daily News quoted sources who said Usher was unhappy with Medina's handling of his current album, "Here I Stand," which sold 433,000 copies in its first week compared to the 1.1 million copies of his last album, "Confessions," during its opening week in 2004.
"People have been telling Usher to listen to his mother," a source told the Daily News at the time. "Nobody knows how to sell him better than she does."
Disputing that he "fired" his mom, Usher said he "retired" her near Mother's Day last year to hire longtime industry vet Medina, who worked the "Here I Stand" project that has so far sold 948,000 units in the U.S. in its 10 weeks out.
Meanwhile, the singer has also cut ties with W&W Public Relations, a publicity firm that also serves as the official reps for Janet Jackson, Alicia Keys and Ludacris.
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