Justin Bieber talks Usher

Tell us how you got signed and a little about your relationship with Usher?

So, basically I was twelve years old and I was posting videos online just for my friends and family and other people started watching it and I started getting a lot of hits and views

Then a manager contacted me and ended up flying us down to Atlanta where I met Usher and was then flown out to LA and Memphis to meet with Justin Timberlake. We ended up signing with Usher at Island Def Jam.

He’s a great guy just as I met him I actually sang him my own song You Got It Bad. I was a little nervous but it was a lot of fun.

Usher starred in the for video One Time…

He didn’t star in it I starred in it! He made a co-appearance, in my video. He wouldn’t star in my video, that wouldn’t make sense right?

What kind of advice has he given you?

Usher gave me a lot of advice and I think the best advice he’s given me is basically just to stay humble through this whole experience.

Now is it true there was a bidding war between Usher and Justin Timberlake?

Well I don’t really know about it all I know is that they were going back and forth. So, basically I think Justin and Usher both wanted to sign me it was kind of like a bidding war, it was kind of like they were in a ring and Usher knocked him out so…

Have you seen J.T. since you decided to go with Usher?

I haven’t seen Justin Timberlake since the whole deal went down but I think he’d have no hard feelings. He seems like a really nice guy, he seems cool.