Guest Blogger: Semir B.

Chris Brown, a native from Tappahannock, Virginia is known as one of the greatest r&b singers out there. For his great voice, he has been in a lot of music videos in the past five years or so. Joining Jive Records at the age of thirteen, Chris Brown made himself really fortunate in becoming what he wanted to since he was younger. Chris Brown was only 16 years old when he hit the top of the charts with his pop-flavored R&B single "Run It." That song blew up and really let out Chris Brown’s popularity. His first cd, named “Chris Brown” it was released November of 2005. The album “Exclusive” sets to be one of his greatest albums and has sold many copies worldwide. When the song “With You” came out, many people recognized that Chris Brown was a really great singer. Later on in his career he doubled his popularity by joining other great artists to make music, such as, T-Pain, Lil Wayne, Kanye West, and even joining his girlfriend Rihanna. This began to fall apart between him and his girlfriend as his squeaky clean image took a hit in February of 2009 when he was arrested and charged with beating his girlfriend, singer Rihanna, in a car on the day of the annual Grammy Awards. He pleaded guilty to a charge of felony assault in June of 2009, as part of a plea deal that led to a sentence of five years of probation and counseling on domestic violence. After all of the courts and pleading, Chris Brown has gotten back to business from where he ended. Even though most of his 2009 was ruined due to the incident with his girlfriend, He started on a new album that is coming out on December 14, of 2009 called “Graffiti.”