Usher clarifies babysitting Beyoncé rumours

nme.com:

Usher has cleared up rumours surrounding whether he was Beyoncé‘s nanny early on in her career as a part of the girl group, The Dolls.At the start of her career, the ‘Formation’ star was in numerous girl groups – including Girl Tyme with former Destiny’s Child members LaToya Luckett and LaTavia Roberson.

Last August, Usher appeared on the Capital Breakfast radio show, hosted by Roman Kemp where he shared his first encounter with the Houston singer when she was just a child.“Fun fact, I knew Beyoncé when she was 12-years-old, 11-years-old,” he said. “She used to be in a group by the name of The Dolls.

I don’t know if I could consider myself their babysitter, but I had a time where I had to watch The Dolls.”This week on the Club Shay Shay podcast, the ‘Good Good’ singer clarified that he was not Beyoncé’s nanny but once had to supervise her and her former group members.“First of all, how can I be a nanny?

I’d be a manny,” Usher joked before explaining he supervised The Dolls once while they visited Atlanta.He added: “This is before Destiny’s Child became Destiny’s Child.