Usher has claimed that the recent UK acts to break the US charts are bringing down the value of R&B.

The ‘OMG’ singer, who performed at Sunday’s BET Awards in LA, said that British acts such as Taio Cruz and Jay Sean should be classed as pop music.

He told the Daily Star: “There’s a very fine line between what’s R&B and pop these days. Just because it’s sung by a male minority doesn’t mean you’re urban or R&B.

“Those artists are pop. The true value of R&B has been brought down.”

Usher recently stated that he is a “worldwide pop icon”.

I do agree that there is a fine line between R&B and POP and to be honest I would listen to Usher over Taio Cruz and Jay Sean any day, but for Usher to openly  disrespect the value of  UK music takes the P! Only UK people can slate UK acts like that, lol lol……what a cheek!