PHOTOS – Who is Usher Terry Raymond III, Usher Raymond IV’s dad?

On tonight’s VH1 Behind the Music R & B phenom Usher, or Usher Raymond IV, opens up on some of the most painful times in his life, including his 2005 breakup with TLC’s Chili (Rozonda Thomas), his marriage and breakup with Tameka Foster, and the his father’s absence in his life.

Usher’s dad, Usher Terry Raymond III led a fast life. He never established a relationship with his talented son, and died at age 52 after a life-long addiction to crack.

He was notorious in Chattanooga, where Usher spend the first part of his life, for being “one of the baddest guys.”

From the look of the photos, Usher’s dad definitely had a badda$$ pimp-style. The man was a dead-beat. He couldn’t ever kick his drug addiction, or be there for his child, but he definitely looked good in a hustla’ kind of way.

Usher not only inherited his handsome face, but he also probably had swagger and silver-talkin’ in his bloodstream.

These screen-caps are incredible. Dude is on the phone holding a wad of cash!

Usher’s mom describes Usher III as “into drugs, into havin’ a great time, and that was it.”