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Who is Usher’s wife, Jennifer Goicoechea?
Usher's speech at the BET awards had to be heavily-censored
USHER has had a glittering career as a singer, songwriter, and dancer.
After the star took home the Lifetime Achievement Award at the BET awards, fans want to know more about his wife, Jennifer Goicoechea.
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Who is Usher's wife, Jennifer Goicoechea?
Jennifer is a record executive who works as the senior vice president of A&R at Epic Records.
Epic Records represents a range of big artists, including Travis Scott and Meghan Trainor, and is owned by Sony Music Entertainment.
According to , Jennifer was raised in Miami, Florida, by an Italian mother and a Puerto Rican father.
She is now based in Atlanta, Georgia, and has also worked as the director of The Rhythm & Soul (Urban) Department at ASCAP, per her LinkedIn .
She attended Full Sail University from 2003 to 2004, where she studied recording arts.
Usher was joined by Jennifer at the BET awards where he won the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award.
After accepting the award, the eight-time Grammy winner gave a 15-minute-long speech that was heavily censored.
The network has since apologized to the singer, claiming that an “audio malfunction” is what led to part of his speech being “inadvertently muted,” according to .
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But, in a TikTok video that was uploaded after the ceremony it appears certain moments of Usher’s speech were censored due to his use of profane language.
Who are Usher's kids?
Usher has four children, including Usher V, Naviyd Ely, Sovereign Bo, and Sire Castrello.
He shares his two eldest sons — 15-year-old Usher "Cinco" V and 14-year-old Naviyd Ely — with his ex-wife, Tameka Foster, per .
Jennifer is the mother of his two youngest kids, including daughter Sovereign Bo, two, and son Sire Castrello, one.
The couple welcomed Sovereign Bo on September 24, 2020.
On October 12, 2021, Usher and Jennifer announced that she had given birth to a son, who was born on September 29, 2021.
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The now 44-year-old dad shared a sweet photo of the newborn all snuggled up in a blanket to his Instagram.
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He captioned the snap: “Hi my name is Sire Castrello Raymond … I am the newest addition to the Raymond crew.
“I was born Sept 29 2021 at 6:42pm weighting 7lbs 13oz. Hear me roar … A.K.A Ra Ra .👶🏽 ♎️Gang”
When welcoming his first daughter in 2020, Usher shared that his two sons were overjoyed by the fact that they were going to be the older brothers of a little sister.
The U Remind Me singer said: "[They’re] elated and excited. Babies always bring such joy to a family. Really excited for my young one -- well, my bean's arrival."
When did Usher and Jennifer Goicoechea get married?
The couple got married in Las Vegas after Usher's star-studded Super Bowl Halftime performance on February 11, 2024.
Before this, Usher and Jennifer have been linked together since October 2019, when they were spotted kissing backstage at the Hollywood Bowl.
In 2020, they were spotted attending A-list events together as a couple.
Usher was married to Tameka from 2007 to 2009, and though they didn't have the smoothest divorce, it's thought that the pair are on good terms now.
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The singer then married Grace Miguel — who worked as his manager — from 2015 until 2018.
They split on good terms and without children, though Grace has her own children separately.
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