Becoming ... Usher

See how the sexy Grammy nominee went from choirboy to chart-topper. By Serena Kappes

BROTHERLY BOND

Usher and little brother James, now 19, have always been close (left, celebrating Easter when the budding singer was 9). Recently, his younger sib (right, in 2002) got to play a prank on Usher, pretending to shoplift for an episode of MTV's Punk'd.