Usher Brings Taraji P. Henson, Victoria Monet to Strip Club at NY Show

Usher‘s first of four nights at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center for his electrifying Past Present Future tour featured collaborators and friends joining him onstage including Taraji P. Henson, Victoria Monét, Yung Miami, Fat Joe and Ja Rule.

The Grammy-winning artist performed a career-spanning set including tracks from his ninth studio album Coming Home released earlier this year. Throughout the two-hour show, Usher serenaded the audience with career hits including 2001’s “U Remind Me,” “Love in This Club,” the lead single from his 2008 album, Here I Stand; and “U Got It Bad” from 2001’s 8701.

During the second half of the show, Usher walked out into the audience and down through the crowd, reemerging with Henson and Yung Miami. They were soon joined by Monét who sang her hit single, “On My Mama.” (Usher and Monét recently collaborated on R&B slow-jam “SOS” in August, the first drop from Monét’s upcoming Jaguar II Deluxe.) As the set transitioned to “I Don’t Mind,” a dancer and pole appeared in the middle of a small stage, momentarily turning the show into a makeshift strip club as the audience roared in approval as Henson and Monét threw fake $100 bills with Usher’s face on it into the air.