Usher is giving Latto her flowers after she made historical past, turning into the primary lady to headline Atlanta’s HOT 107.9 Birthday Bash.
The star-studded annual occasion included a number of shock cameos from the “Sunday Service” hitmaker’s previous collaborators, together with Usher.
Nonetheless, he skilled technical difficulties throughout his set prompting Latto to step in to avoid wasting the present. Latto rushed onstage barefoot to fill in for Usher as he carried out “Celebrity.”
Whereas the crew sorted out the audio points Latto took over serenading Usher with a karaoke-style rendition of his beloved hit.
“Her mic was on,” Usher wrote on X (Twitter) alongside a slip of Latto singing.
Nonetheless, Usher went on to congratulate Latto for her historic efficiency.
“You recognize, we’ve this factor that we do in Atlanta, the place we simply appear to maintain making historical past,” he mentioned. “Tonight, Latto made historical past, being the primary feminine to [headline] Birthday Bash. [So,] we wanna give her, her flowers, one time.”
“He don’t play bout Large Mama!!!” Latto wrote, sharing the clip earlier than teasing her new album.
“16,000+ bought out in my metropolis!!! Actual tears watching all this footage!!!” she admitted. “Im flooding at this time idc yall wouldn’t perceive the sensation!!! Actual Atlanta KNOW I put in additional time yall actually watched me develop up SUGAR HONEY ICED TEA OTW.”
The album’s title, together with a tweet earlier than the occasion had followers speculating Latto was dissing Ice Spice following months of on-line pressure. She shared a photograph of a poop-themed cake alongside the caption “Suppose I’m the sh*t, b*tch ?????” seemingly a reference to Ice Spice’s “Suppose U The S**t (Fart)” tune.
Social media customers additionally seen her album title types an attention-grabbing acronym.