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Chris Brown and Rihanna: The Whole Story
Brown's past comes back to haunt him in the aftermath of his alleged altercation with girlfriend Rihanna.
By Melissa Goldstein 02.12.09 6:26 AM
Chris Brown and Rihanna
It's a sad, but well-documented truth that those who grow up surrounded by domestic violence will sometimes replicate the same destructive pattern later in life.
Many are saying that this is the case with 19-year-old singer Chris Brown, who was arrested this past weekend for alleged domestic violence and felony battery against his girlfriend, 20-year-old Barbados-born singer Rihanna. The incident led to the cancellation of both their Grammy performances Sunday.
Brown was raised surrounded by domestic violence; his stepfather allegedly abused his mother. Ironically, in 2006, Brown told MTV the abuse was "an influence in me about how to treat a woman." He also stated, "I used to always feel the hate for anybody that disrespected a lady."
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Brown and Rihanna reportedly began fighting in Brown's rented Lamborghini when Brown received a text message from another woman after leaving Clive Davis' pre-Grammy party late Saturday [via New York Daily News].
Brown pulled over the car in L.A.'s Hancock Park neighborhood and an upset Rihanna is said to have tossed the keys out the window. A source "close to the investigation" who spoke with E! News said Brown responded by choking and threatening to kill the pop diva before she lost consciousness.
A neighbor, hearing a woman's screams, made a call to 911 and the police arrived to find an injured Rihanna left alone at the scene. They took photos to document the singer's injuries, which are described as "horrific" -- major contusions on both sides of the singer's face, a black eye, a split lip, bloody nose and bite marks on one of her arms and on several fingers [via TMZ.com].
She was then taken to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center for treatment and Brown later turned himself in to the LAPD and was charged with making a criminal threat. He was released on $50,000 bail.
Since the incident, sources have come forward alleging that this may not have been the first time Brown abused Rihanna. A source identified as a friend of Rihanna's described the pair's relationship as "volatile" to US Weekly and added that bruises were clearly visible on the singer's neck in early December. "I asked if everything was OK with her and Chris," the friend is quoted as saying. "She told me, 'We broke up again.'"
Life and Style magazine has reported that Brown's temper has manifested itself in violent ways in the past -- claiming that a fight between the singer and his mom that took place in a Miami hotel in 2007 saw Brown "screaming and throwing dishes," which prompted concerned hotel guests to call the police.
Brown's sister has spoken to Extra in his defense, describing him as "a good boy -- never violent," and adding that "He's doing good. He's coping." Rihanna's grandmother, meanwhile, told Barbados' leading newspaper, The Daily Nation, "I don't want people to worry. Rihanna is fine and she is doing well."
And while the two at the center of the storm struggle to come back from it, the incident has also sent shockwaves throughout the hip-hop community. A source told US Weekly that upon hearing the news, rapper Jay Z "hit the roof" and that Brown was now a "walking dead man" as a result. Self-proclaimed "big brother" to Rihanna, Kanye West, has openly talked about being "devastated" by the affair, and praised the singer's talent to Ryan Seacrest on his KIIS-FM radio show. "I feel like she is the most important artist in music and has the most potential. Her taste level and her age... she has the potential to be the greatest artist of all time."
Rihanna is said to be cooperating with investigators building a domestic violence case against Brown, according to a police source quoted by the Los Angeles Times. Currently Brown is scheduled to appear in court March 5 for arraignment on one felony count.
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WHO ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT??? I THINK YOU NEED ANGER MANAGEMENT.....
I feel bad for both of them. Obviously what he did was wrong & she didn't deserve it, that's not a question, but him growing up in a household where his mom was abused definitely had an affect on him. I think he deserves to face the consequences of his actions, but people shouldn't cast stones because they don't have to walk in his shoes. He may feel remorseful, we don't know, but I'm willing to bet that when the dust settles he'll issue a formal statement about how his childhood affected him in this way & how he plans to get help & speak out about domestic violence. If he doesn't handle it that way his career will go down the drain. Anyhow, I don't think he's a total monster, he's just as fucked up as the rest of us, but in his own way. Some people are total monsters, I just don't think he's one of them.
I AGREE I JUST DONT THINK HE IS A MONSTER AND PEOPLE NEED TO REALLY JUST LET THINGS DIE DOWN AND QUIT WITH THIER RUDE REMARKS.
What a joke!!! This is the funniest quote ever...
"She is the most important artist in music and has the most potential. Her taste level and her age... she has the potential to be the greatest artist of all time."
There is nothing deep about her or her music. She's very commercial and annoying. But still.... she didn't deserve a beat down!
Chris Brown: total dignity fail...I bet he's feeling like such a loser, seems like the entire country hates him, as we all should.
WHY WOULD THE WORLD HATE HIM........IM SURE HE FEELS BAD AS YOU STATE INYOUR COMMENTS BUT THERE IS TWO SIDES TO A STORY AND YES THERE SHOULD NEVER BE ABUSE IN ANY CIRCUMSTANCE IM SURE HE FEELS BAD BUT WHOS TO SAY SHE DIDNT SWING BACK AGAIN IT ALL ASSUMPTION IN TODAYS SOCIETY....LET THEM FIX THE PROBLEM THEY HAVE CREATED "BOTH" ITS THIER FAULT BOTH OF THEM .............
it's so miserable to hear another disastrous case of some agro-babyface disrespecting women and his mother. . .
Ladies, lets not let history repeat itself anymore; bag these assholes and throw them to the curb!
STORIES LIKE THIS ARE ALMOST EVERY 2 SECONDS BUT WHEN IT COMES TO WELL KNOWN STARS ITS LIKE PEOPLE ARE IN DISBELIEF....JUST KNOW THAT HISTORY TODAY ALSO INCUDES WOMEN ABUSING MEN SO SHOULD THEY BE THROWN TO THE CURB???? THINK VERY CLEARLY BEFORE YOU MAKE A JUDGEMENT IT AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY WORLD AND EVERYONE SHOULD BE TREATED THE SAME NO MATTER WHAT GENDER, SOUNDS LIKE YOUR JUST AGREEING WITH ALL OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE MAKING RUDE SENSELESS REMARKS SOUNDS LIKE YOU DONT HAVE A MIND OF YOUR OWN...I DO AND I BLAME THEM BOTH DO I BELIEVE THERE SHOULD BE ABUSE "NO" BUT I DO BELIEVE THEY BOTH CAUSED THIS AND NOT JUST ONE PERSON SHOULD BE THE BLAME JUST BECAUSE OF HIS GENDER.......PLEASE BELIEVE HE WILL COME BACK....
I FEEL BAD HOWEVER I THINK IT TKAES TWO TO TANGO AND I HEARD SHE HAD A BAD TEMPER AND SLAPPED HIM FIRST IT STILL BY NO MEANS MAKES IT RIGHT FOR EITHER TO HIT ONE ANOTHER BUT IT ALSO IS UNFAIR THAT HE IS GETTIGNTHE BAD RAP JUST FOR BECAUSE HES A GUY-WOMEN IN TODAYS SOCIETY ARE JUST AS BAD AS MEN AND STRIKE MEN AS WELL IM MORE THEN POSITIVE HE WAS ALSO STRUCK.....ITS AN EVEN WORLD TODAY AND HES CAREER SHOULD NOT BE AFFECTIVE AS IT LOOKS LIKE A VERY BAD ARGUMENT THAT LET TO ABUSE ON BOTH ENDS AS I STATED I KNOW WOMEN WHO WILL HIT A MAN AND THINK THEY WILL GET AWAY WITH BECAUSE OF GENDER..... THEY BOTH NEED HELP BUT BY NO MEANS SHOULD CHRIS BROWN BE THE BAD PERSON KEEP YOUR HEAD UP CHRIS YOU ARE A VERY TALENTED PERSON WHO CAN GET BY THIS AND LEARN FROM THIS AS WELL AS RHIAN NA-LEAVE CHRIS B ALONE TO DEAL WITH THIS AND MOVE ON WITH HIS CAREER.......
NOBODY DESERVES TO BE BEAT DOWN.......BUT THEY "BOTH" NEED HELP AND HE IS JUST HAS TALENTED AS SHE IS AND THEY BOTH HAVE ALOT OF GROWING UP TO DO.........REMEMBER NO KNOWS WHAT REALLY HAPPENED SO KEEP THOSE RUDE COMMENTS TO YOURSELVES AND RESPECT THEM BOTH SO THAT THEY CAN DEAL WITH THE OUTCOME THAT THEY "DEALT' WITH AND MADE HAPPEN. JUST BECUASE SHE IS A FEMALE DOES NOT MAKE IT RIGHT TO ATTACK THE MALE AND CALL HIM NAMES LET THEM BE AS THEY BOTH MADE A HORRIBLE DECISION. RHIANNA & CHRIS LAID THIER BED AND NOW HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE OUTCOME ITS AN EQUAL WORLD OUT THERE SO REMEMBER RESPECT WHAT YOU DONT KNOW AND DONT GO BY JUST WHAT YOU HEAR......
Honestly, just because you grow up with domestic violence surrounded by you, doesn't mean you will get influenced. That is very ignorant of you to say. I live in Stockton CA and it is the #1 worst place to live in this nation, believe it or not. I'm surrounded by gangs and violence, you just need to know when to make the right decisions. It's dissapointing how the world gets upset when Chris Brown beats up Rihanna when I've seen people in worse situations than this. Yeah, I have some faith for Rihanna but you know, you can't just make assumptions about this. Maybe Chris had a point in what he did, but hey what do I know? It's not my buisness and neither is it yours.
what you grow up with can have a huge influence on you!!!!!! ~Setting in the darkness of my mined~
UNDER MY UMBRELLA
-ELLA -ELLA
I MET A FELLA
-ELLA -ELLA
WHO BEAT THE HELLA
-ELLA -ELLA
OUT OF ME.....
all of us make our mistakes and do bad things but we all need a 2nd chance. and chris brown was around that kind of stuff so yeah that was going to happen. all he needs is some counseling and he would do better i mean chris is very talented he has done good things and hey he could learn from this
~Setting in the darkness of my mined~
It is crazy how we are so quick to accuse a Black 19-year old guy for allegedly beating a 21 year old female. Any other time we will let the beating of a woman by a White man slip through our fingers and give him a pat on the back saying that the woman deserved it, but once someone of color does something they should be hung or lynched. I really don't believe that he should be sent to jail or anything. There is two sides to every story and because she is a woman you assume that you know her side. Wow, she had bruises on her body and bite marks, but what did she do to deserve those bruises. She has to be accountable for her actions just as well as he is being accountable or being held for accountablility. I bet you once everything is said and done, she would walk out of this with her career and Chris Brown would have shit. Now after she ALLEGEDELY got her ass beat that she wants to still record a song with him and reconcile. Her lawyers don't want a restraining order against the alleged abuser. Something don't look right. I don't care if they are in the music business, if she was that hurt than she would filed a restraining order against him and would have press charges. Now that they are no longer a couple she wants to cooperate with the police and her lawyers and help press charges against him. If I was him I would have left the B**** and sued her for all this that she has put him through. If there was such a problem in their relationship and he wasn't faithful than why continue to stay with someone that you can't trust. It was his property that she destroyed and looked at. He pays the bills for anything that belongs to him. So, if he was seeing other females and talking to other females and not being faithful than she should have walked. I don't feel like she is a victim, but a person who would make somebody as a corporate and her image not tarnish but she is made out to be the victim. I really hope the best of luck with Chris Brown and his future endeavours and accomplishments and everything with this trial. As for Rhianna, I hope that you are happy with ruining his life and that you have a wonderful life being portrayed as the victim who was so-called beaten. You never had the right or authority to go through his personal belongings and read his messages. Girlfriends or goldiggers are considered as a Wife. Until you say "I Do" before God and your family and friends than you have that right but I really do hope you have learned your lesson by going through people stuff.
i think it is disgusting waaa hes dun i meen its pethetic x j.l x
watever if u hate that k and dum he did not do nothin to use and he maybe feel really bad about wat happend i still him number 1 fan and i dont care wat he did
oh wow he a crazy boii but i still love u chris brown even thou u hurt rihanna u will always recieves txt messages 4rm other female she need 2 badd up and get off ur head
i love rihanna so much, i can't wait to fuck her
Rihanna should learn to keep her hands to herself. Period.
well i think he is truly sorry not that im taking side or what not its just that chris is truly saddend for what he did of course rihannah shouldnt go back but they shpuld take some time off from each other and focus on whats reall inportant in their lives and thats their music i know chris still wants the relationship to last but ha says he woll never do it again but that can't be proved in anyway so they should really take a brake from each other i mean it would be a different story if it can be proved that he wont do it again but it cant soo i wish them both the best in their career
i think u guys are all wrong cause im a jerk hahahahaahhahahahahaaaaaa yerp thats right but anyway fuck u allll.
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