Grammy Award-winning R&B legend Usher recently brought out fellow legendary Grammy Award-winning singer Tevin Campbell to sing “Can We Talk” during his Las Vegas Residency show.
Usher surprised concertgoers by bringing Tevin out for a performance of his hit song “Can We Talk” (1993). The Atlanta native had reportedly done so during his Las Vegas residency at Park M.G.M.’s Dolby Live on Sept. 4.
“When legends come out to play… #UsherMyWay…thank you #TevinCampbell,” the “Good Love” artist said in an Instagram post.
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Tevin recently revealed that “Can We Talk” was originally meant to go to the 43-year-old entertainer.
“Well, that’s true. That’s actually true. L.A. [Reid] did want [Usher] to record it, but Babyface wanted me to do it, and they had a big fight over that,” he said during an interview with the State of Black Music Podcast on Jun. 30.
Usher even reportedly confirmed the claims during a 2017 interview with Ebony Magazine.
“So, L.A. Reid wanted Babyface to work on me and they were going through, you know, a lot of drama at the time,” he reportedly said. “They were kinda severing their ties … he got mad… And he built an entire album for me, and he gave the whole album to somebody else … Tevin Campbell!”
“Can We Talk” was the lead single for Tevin’s sophomore album, “I’m Ready” (1993) which went double platinum, making it the Texas singer’s best-selling single to date. He rose to stardom after the release of his first album, “T.E.V.I.N.” (1991), and even appeared in the iconic sitcom The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air that year. In the episode titled “Just Infatuation,” he was seen singing happy birthday to the character Ashley Banks.
On Aug. 17, Tevin publicly came out as a gay man during an interview with the People magazine podcast People Every Day. In the interview, he opened up about being an LGBTQ+ person during the ’90s.
“I didn’t hide anything about me. I didn’t try to act a certain way or anything. You just couldn’t be [gay] back then…There are a lot of kids, especially young Black boys that need to see representation. They’re not being taught to love themselves because of who they are,” he said.
