Usher And His Sons Featured In "W" Mag's Family Issue

Just FRIGGIN adorable!

Usher and his sons Naviyd (2) and Usher V (3) are featured in the December 2010 issue of W magazine, photographed at the Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles, CA.

“When you put the passion between a man and a woman up against having children, it doesn’t hold a candle. I’ve never known passion like what my children have helped me feel,” says divorced dad Usher Raymond IV, who shares custody of sons Usher V and Naviyd with ex-wife Tameka Foster. Of course, there are more practical considerations. “Mine was a little more of a rock star’s world before. When you have to childproof your house, everything changes—your furniture selection, your car selection,” he explains. “You become a lot more conscious, or at least I did.” Today the No. 1 hit in the House of Usher is the theme song to Thomas the Tank Engine. As for his own music, the R&B singer insists that the title of his most recent album, Raymond v. Raymond, refers not to his divorce but to his competing personas: the rock star and the family man. Both were partying hard on his 32nd birthday in October. “I’m here sitting by the pool with my kids just enjoying the simple moments of life,” he told me from Los Angeles, where his kids had flown from their home in Atlanta to see him. “And then later on tonight I’ll have a party, the kids will go to bed, and the other Raymond will come out.”

Styled by Patrick Mackie; Hair by Shizz Porter; Makeup by Cole Patterson. On usher: Calvin Klein’s cotton tank top. On Naviyd: Ralph Lauren’s cotton shirt; Armani Junior’s cotton t-shirt and cotton denim jeans. Converse sneakers. On Usher V: American Apparel’s cotton shirt; Ralph Lauren childrenswear’s cotton denim jeans. Nike sneakers.