Usher was thrown a surprise birthday party on Tuesday (14.10.14).
The 'Scream' hitmaker was greeted at New York nightspot The Box by his friends Trey Songz, L.A. Reid, DJ Ruckus, DJ Cassidy and Def Jam's Shawn Pecas and was stunned at the celebration they had planned to mark him turning 36 that day.
A source told the New York Post newspaper's Page Six column: ''He was shocked.''