Usher is one of the new RnB artists that made their names known. He won several Grammy awards already and there’s no one else he could thank but his mother Jonetta Patton. First of all, his mom recognized his talent when he was singing at a choir. With this, she decided to give up her job so she could support her son to pursue a singing career. Lo and behold, Usher’s great talent and his mom’s sacrifices paid off.

Jonetta Patton was his manager back when he was reaping tremendous popularity with his songs such as “Yeah” back in 2004. They parted ways professionally but Usher rehired his mother as his manager again since his record sales didn’t do as well when he was managed by Benny Medina. Now, Jonetta Patton is not just a manager but she founded her own independent record label called JPat Records. After being a manager and having 2 successful songs, Usher and J Lack who is an award winning producer, and now she has her own record label! Talk about having a cool mom? Usher has that!

JPat Records now has 2 acts to represent. The first act her record label represents is Kwiet Storm which is an RnB group based in Chicago. The second act is Donte J from Philadelphia who also sings RnB. And who knows? Maybe someday Usher would want his mom’s record label to represent him too! Surely we’d hear more about Jonetta Patton. She’s not just known as Usher’s mother but she has many labels under her belt.