R&B star Usher has opened a summer camp to help some other prodigies-in-training
- Jul 15, 2005
AceShowbiz - "This is truly about learning the business side. You're not going to learn it all overnight, but maybe, just maybe, you'll learn enough to change your life." That's how R&B star such Usher views the importance of business, especially music business. Realizing that fact, the star has opened a summer camp to help some other prodigies-in-training.
Showing his deep concern toward the matter, Usher even dropped by for the first day of Camp New Look, an Atlanta program he recently started for minority youth in his home city. The two weeks project, aimed at honoring prodigies' specialties and learning about the respective industries, was held at Clark Atlanta University and joined by 150 campers aged 8 to 18.
The program holds discussion sessions with agents, managers and sports executives to learn the financial side of entertainment and sports. Moreover, there are also guest teachers that include Denver Nuggets forward Carmelo Anthony and Atlanta Falcons cornerback DeAngelo Hall. Participants have to later on complete the test on July 23, when they are expected to coordinate a charity celebrity basketball game and headline the halftime show.
