After eight Grammy Awards, a Super Bowl halftime performance in 2024, and multiple platinum-certified albums, it’s easy to forget that R&B superstar Usher was just a teenager when he first arrived on the scene.

Now 47, he’s looking to the next generation of talent. Usher sat down with Forbes’ Jabari Young to talk about his $1 million investment with rapper Big Sean and the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Detroit for an entertainment innovation hub inside Detroit’s Michigan Central. Young entertainers ages 14 to 24 will get access to mentorship and top-of-the-line production equipment to pursue their own creative path.

Usher says that $1 million is just the seed—he’s hoping to launch 500 hubs for creative and business training across the U.S. by 2050. “So many people are engulfed with this idea of being the king,” he told us. “I’m more interested in building a kingdom.”

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