Usher's Baby Blues

Britney had the kiss. Janet, the nipple. And now, proving guys too aren't above exploiting a sexy scandal to sell some records, USHER has a love child. Or doesn't. Lyrics on the buff R.-and-B. star's new album, Confessions, are fueling gossip that his recent split from his girlfriend Chilli, of the band TLC, was caused by another woman's carrying Usher's baby. "My chick on the side said she got one on the way," the hip-hop heartthrob croons on the CD. Usher's publicist insists there is no baby and denies speculation that the controversy was hatched to whip up publicity. Stunt or...

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