Five portraits by Gordon Parks, the photographer acclaimed for documenting African American life throughout the Civil Rights Era, frame the foyer inside Usher’s gracious Atlanta home. “I’m rebranding things,” he says—aware that not everyone will appreciate the gesture. But what we can reframe is being able to move forward.” For more than 30 years, Usher’s music has defied genre conventions, defining present and future trends, even as it draws on cultural markers from the past. That same spirit runs throughout his home, which he designed alongside longtime friend and collaborator Nicole Fuller.