USHER - USHER TO MENTOR TEENS AT SEMINAR

Grammy Award-winning R+B star USHER will help teach teenagers leadership skills at a seminar this weekend (17-19MAR06) in Cleveland, Ohio. The singer, real name USHER RAYMOND IV, wants to help teens learn how to succeed in the sports and entertainment industries. He will be the keynote speaker at the three-day Midwest Black/Hispanic Achievers Teen Leadership Summit, which is being sponsored by the Cleveland YMCA. More than 400 youngsters are expected between the ages of 12 and 18. Usher is also well known in Cleveland for being part of a group that bought the Cleveland Cavaliers basketball team last year (05) for $375 million (GBP221 million).