Usher knows it all begun when he was young. 

Upon obtaining the award for Ideal Male R&B/Pop artist at the 2024 Bet Awards June 30, the 45-yr-outdated employed his acceptance speech to give a heartfelt shoutout to fathers all-about the state. 

“It’s vital to understand that fatherhood is so important,” Usher explained on phase at Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. “For all the fathers tonight at residence or in the viewers I would like for y’all to stand up just for two seconds for me. Significantly way too typically, we get to this moment and we say to our mothers, ‘Look Ma, I manufactured it.’ We really do not get a probability to say adequate, ‘Dad I did it’ So, this 1 is for all of the adult men out there being generals to their sons, and determination for our long term Black leaders—young adult males.”

And Usher—who is a father to Cinco, 16, Naviyd, 15, with ex Tameka Foster as nicely as Sovereign, 3, and Sire, 2, with spouse Jennifer Goicoechea—also committed element of his speech to remark on his profession top rated up to acquiring the 2024 Wager Lifetime Accomplishment Award.