ATLANTA, GEORGIA - DECEMBER 11: Usher and Bryan Michael Cox attend Ladies Love R&B Wednesdays at Flo Atlanta on December 11, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Prince Williams/WireImage)
Usher Raymond, the king of R&B shine, just dropped a lawsuit, the track sounding cold, aimed right at his longtime rider, Bryan-Michael Cox (BMC). This ain’t a love song, it’s a debt track—$4.9 million, that’s the score, all stemming from a restaurant loan that went sour.
The Deal Drop
Check the docket: November 14th, Fulton County court, A-Town’s legal beat. Usher, the veteran voice, says he wired nearly $2 million to a crew of three—BMC, his man Keith Thomas, and Charles Hughes.
The pitch? Homage ATL, a high-end spot to claim ground on Piedmont Road, deep in the lavish Buckhead zone. This was early 2024. Usher cuts the check—$1.7 million—straight to an attorney’s escrow, Alcide Honoré (now listed as a defendant, too).
Usher’s legal team is clear: No investment, just a short-term loan for the land purchase. Property deal tanked. When Usher called for his money back in August, the silence was loud.
The Missing Masters
They coughed up a milli ($1 million), but the rest? $700K went ghost.
After Usher pressed play on the demands, Honoré finally hit him back: “Uh, my bad, that bread is gone. Used it for restaurant overhead, you know, expenditures.”
Hold up. Usher says BMC, the legendary producer who engineered hits like “Confessions Part II” and “U Got It Bad,” orchestrated the whole thing, and his partners “misused” the short-term cash. Now, Usher’s asking for $4.9 million in damages, legal fees included, looking for the judge to hit the mixer.
The Producer’s Pushback
The beat flips. Bryan-Michael Cox steps to the mic on the ‘Gram, issuing a denial. He says he didn’t “orchestrate the failed deal,” claims he wasn’t even in the room for the transaction, and says the legal beef is strictly between the others.
The final bar? BMC says the 27-year bond with Usher is still tight.
But Usher’s lawyers aren’t buying it. They say whatever those “other purposes” were for the $700K, Usher never signed off on the spending. The demand is full repayment plus the penalties. The singer is demanding a trial by next summer.
The irony? Just a month after Usher hit them up for the paper, the two were caught on camera vibing together at a show, proving the friendship is a complex rhythm, even when the money’s out of tune.
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