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Naviyd Ely Raymond and Beyonce

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Key Takeaways

• Naviyd Raymond went viral for singing Beyoncé’s “Love Drought” in a classroom whereas in China.
• Social media praised his vocals and humor, with followers calling it the “Beyoncé expertise.”
• This isn’t his first viral second — Raymond has additionally linked up with GloRilla, Doechii and PinkPantheress.

Expertise runs deep in Usher’s household. On Tuesday (Might 27), the R&B icon’s second-eldest son, Naviyd Raymond, went viral after sharing a clip of himself exhibiting off his vocals in a classroom, in China, of all locations.

“I informed them I sung and ended up right here,” Raymond humorously captioned the video wherein he took on Beyoncé’s “Love Drought.” Doing his greatest to croon alongside, he sang, “And all of the loving I have been giving goes unnoticed / It is simply floating within the air, lookie there / Are you conscious?”

The video’s overlay learn, “Y’all, I can not make [this s**t] up” with a crying face emoji. After all, social media had a ball within the feedback part, particularly contemplating that he selected a Beyoncé tune as a substitute of 1 from his father’s intensive catalog.

“[Does] Usher understand how humorous his youngster is?” one TikTok consumer requested. One other joked, “Usher has produced the funniest youngster, dawg. He performs an excessive amount of.” Another person stated, “Needed to give ‘em the Beyoncé expertise,” which is particularly humorous since Bey’s “Cowboy Carter Tour” isn’t scheduled to do any reveals in Asia.

The one factor most individuals appear to agree on: Raymond is hilarious. And this positively isn’t his first viral second. Final yr, he danced alongside GloRilla to her verse on Huge Boogie’s “BOP.” Shortly after that, he linked up with Doechii to lip-sync a soundbite from “DENIAL IS A RIVER.”

We’d be remiss to not deliver up Raymond sliding into PinkPantheress’ DMs from Usher’s personal Instagram. “I assumed it was Usher, but it surely was really Usher’s son. I used to be like, ‘Oh my goodness,’” the “Boy’s a liar, Pt. 2” artist recalled throughout Advanced’s “What’s In Your Telephone?”

She added, “His son being like, ‘Oh my God,’ then Usher, two minutes later, being like, ‘I’m so sorry. My son is a superfan.’ That was fairly wild.” As followers would possibly keep in mind, Raymond finally received to see her carry out reside shortly after that amusing incident.

From TikTok covers to shock DMs, Raymond is constructing a digital presence that’s equal components humorous and gifted. Whether or not he’s singing Beyoncé or linking up with GloRilla, Usher’s son is clearly carving out his personal lane — and the web is watching.