Topic: Chris Brown

Rihanna Reportedly Going To Rehab So She Can Get Over Chris Brown

Rihanna Reportedly Going To Rehab So She Can Get Over Chris Brown

As we all could have easily guessed, there are many people who aren’t down with Rihanna and Chris Brown‘s reconciliation late last year. From Lena Dunham to (allegedlyKatie Perry to anybody who doesn’t believe in defecating in the eyes of women, the world was displeased. But even though they split, it’s still impossible to know how the most important person here feels about the situation: Rihanna. More »

Chris Brown Might Go To Jail

Chris Brown Might Go To Jail

Look, I have never been much of a fan of Chris Brown. It’s not because I don’t like his music. It’s – and I feel I have to keep reminding people of this – because of that time he beat up Rihanna so badly she had to go to the hospital. I’ve really never understood why anyone loves Chris Brown, because I do not think that making up good pop songs gives you an excuse to be a terrible human being. I would be open to the possibility that he has changed, except he never seems to change in any way.

And now maybe he is going to jail, and I don’t feel all that bad about it. More »

Rolling Stone Celebrates Chris Brown’s New Album, Glosses Over His “Bad-Boy Antics”

Rolling Stone Celebrates Chris Brown's New Album, Glosses Over His "Bad-Boy Antics"

Do you remember how, at this year’s ceremony, some Grammys producer begrudgingly alluded to The Thing Which Shall Not Be Named (Chris Brown savagely beating Rihanna exactly three years before) by calling it an “unfortunate incident”? We were astonished that any mouthpiece for a mainstream institution like the Grammys could be so oblivious and callous–just kidding, we weren’t remotely astonished. Nor are we ever astonished when cowardly publications refer to Chris Brown as a “controversial figure” as opposed to, say, an “violent, unrepentant abuser.”

Well, this week Rolling Stone did everyone better. More »