Usher Thanks Michael Jackson, Snubs Justin Timberlake At VMAs

Usher took home ‘Best Dance Video’ for ‘Yeah’ at the MTV Video Music Awards in Miami on Sunday night. Usher said upon accepting the award: “As Diddy said earlier, make sure you all go out and vote. Vote or die. Yeah, man. Real talk, man. Listen, I want to thank God, my lord and savior, for giving me the feet and the rhythm. I want to thank my choreographers, all of my team on the road with me, Leslie, Kendra, Flo… I love you, too. I want to thank my team that keeps me focused. Tamika, KP, Mark. Did I thank the fans on the last one? (Cheers and applause) Well I’m going to thank my fans on this one for sure. Check it out, man. Listen, a long time ago I was a little — you know, obviously, a little kid, and all I had was MTV to look a to get a little motivation on how to move. I just want to thank Michael Jackson. I want to thank Jackie Wilson. I want to thank all of the classic performers that continue to just give me great motivation to make hot videos. So I guess there ain’t really no comparison between me and Justin no more, right? Y’all going to start with this? There’s no competition between me and Justin Timberlake. I’m setting the record straight. That’s my man. Chattanooga, Tennessee, ATL, this is all for you, man. Thank you for taking care of me.”

Jackson’s Hearing Impaired

August 24, 2004 – David Letterman joked during his Late Show monologue on Monday night, “Are you following the saga of Michael Jackson? The latest is that his plastic surgeon had to take a piece of his (Michael) ear to construct part of his nose and as a result of the surgery he’s actually deaf in his left nostril.”