Usher wants to be a good role model for his baby son. The 'Love in This Club' singer - who has a nine-month-old boy Usher Raymond V with wife Tameka - says he is taking the responsibilities of fatherhood very seriously.

He said: "Now I represent what he is to become. He's going to admire me, he's going to look up to me. He's going to say, 'I want to be' - or he should say - 'I want to be like my father. I want be a man of valor. I want to possess what my father has as a man.'"

Usher admits his relationship with his own father, who was also called Usher and died earlier this year, was troubled but says he holds no grudges as it taught him how to be a good parent.

He added to Essence magazine: "I don't judge my father because I forgave him for anything he'd ever done to hurt me unintentionally."

"I've learned you should never abandon that responsibility, which is to be there, reading with your child, being supportive of your child's growth."

Usher was recently forced to deny rumors he had split from Tameka and insisted he loved his wife and family to "death."

RELATED PHOTOS AND ARTICLES
Usher - Usher Hosts an Evening at LAX Nightclub in Las Vegas - November 3, 2007Usher - Princess Diana Memorial ConcertUsher - MTV TRL Arrivals for 08-14-2006Usher - BET's Usher - Usher Performs on ABC's Usher - Usher Hosts an Evening at LAX Nightclub in Las Vegas - November 3, 2007Usher - Usher Performs on ABC's
Usher Thinks David Beckham Is "One Of The Coolest"Usher Files For Separation From His Wife
Usher Performs on ABC's "Good Morning America" at Bryant Park in New York on May 30, 2008BET Awards 2008 - Press Room
Usher Listens To His Own Songs In The BedroomFan Grabs Cheryl Cole At Fashion Shoot
BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT ON THIS STORY!
Name: (optional)
E-Mail: (required, but never displayed)
Remember your info for next time?
Profanity and other defamatory language is not allowed. Please keep it clean.