JERMAINE DUPRI - DUPRI: 'USHER HATES BEING QUIET'

Producer JERMAINE DUPRI has promised USHER fans the R+B singer will be back in the charts sooner than expected, because he can't stand to be out of the public eye.

The cocky BURN hitmaker stepped out of the limelight last year (05) to focus on his acting career and filmed roles in flop movie IN THE MIX and the forthcoming DREAMGIRLS.

But only a year later, Dupri admits Usher is desperate to return to the music video channels and award shows.

Dupri tells MTV, "He called me like three or four days ago and was like, 'It's about that time.'

"I think (Usher's) getting the bug again. It's kind of boring for him to just be sitting around. He wants to hear himself on the radio and see himself on television."