Usher shut down rumors that he used a body double during one of his recent live shows. Fans have claimed that the singer hired a lookalike to perform in his place on his Raymond & Brown Tour with Chris Brown.
In a video posted to the tour’s official Instagram page, Usher shared his reaction to the multitude of claims that he’s employed a stunt double during a recent concert. Or even a clone. “Ya’ll are funny…clone?” he wrote. “They can’t clone this??”
He added, “How ya’ll come up with this? AI ain’t that advanced.”
The online speculation began after Usher’s Aug. 7 tour stop at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey. Numerous videos of his performance began to circulate online, with fans claiming that he looked different than usual. “Usher, why’d you have to play us all like that last night?” one concertgoer wrote on TikTok. “That is NOT Usher.”
Someone commented, “I’m confused. I see Usher, but then I don’t.” No one appeared to be actually suggesting that the singer scientifically cloned, but that he had hired someone to perform in his stead.
Usher’s tour with Brown continues through the end of 2026. The trek wraps on Dec. 12 at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa. Usher last toured in 2024 in support of Coming Home. Brown’s last tour was 2025’s Breezy Bowl XX, while his latest album, Brown, was released in May. Despite courting plenty of controversy over his career, Brown’s 2025 tour was his highest-grossing to date, notching $300 million.
Usher recently joined Jay-Z onstage during the rapper’s anniversary shows at Yankee Stadium. The singer showed up on night three of the concert run to do the Al Green sample on “Heart of the City.”
