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I’m first fools!!

Everybody have a good day today!

That’s actually a good picture of them.
I’m also getting tired of this

NEYO IS RIGHT THIS IS INEXCUSABLE FOR A SIX FOOT ONE MAN WHO KNOWS KARATE TO BEAT A WOMAN IN THE FACE….NO SORRYS CAN HEAL THAT..

I hate you leogame3!
You suck! LOL

First! Ne-Yo should leave it alone and let them sort it through. I swear everyone is a therapist now.

@Oh Snap!
SORRY.. Gold!!!!!!!!

@Oh Snap!
I RUUUUULE!!!!!!!

I think she is pretty in that picture. But Ne-yo needs to stay out of it. Chris knows he messed up. You don’t need to tell him. And you need to mind your own business before Xzibit puts you out there like he did Diddy.

You know Neyo is right for the 1st time…LoL

so he confirm he saw THEM tear hair out of each other and argue. I’ve seen them kiss and make up like other couples do. The had an abusive relationship…. She was hitting him also lmao … ri ti stop the bulsshit clear chris name. I’m stilling looking at this photo… lmao you r not beat up you r funny looking with no make up.

Who care she is going to take him back! and he is going to hit her again

yes tom, and i will beat you!now stfu!

RERE TO NE-YO MIND YOUR OWN DAMN BUSINESS!THE SHIT IS OVER!

WOW that Rihanna hand on Ne Yo’s back is HUGE!!!

@leogame3

I concede…puttin my head down in shame

@Bossip Administrator!!

AM I LYING??????? NO! YOU STFU!

BULLSHIT……
PLAYING THE VICTIM CARD THAT BITCH IS GOOD….
OF COURSE SHE WENT TO THE PARTY MORE PUBLICITY…
THAT GIRL AINT DUMB..
AND THE SUNGLASSES THAT WAS GOOD TO..

LOL
GET A GRIP SO HER EYE IS STILL BLACK BUT HER LIP IS FLAWLESS…..LOL
THESE STORIES ARE GETTING SO FUNNY

ne-yo STFU and come out of the closet…. people are making it seem like this bitch is innocent, she is guilty as hell too

Im not even a fan but… Go Neyo!!!!!

Yeah, yeah, yeah, blah, blah, blah, yadda, yadda, yadda!

“They tear hair out of each other and argue” – So this basically means that Ne-Yo has seen them lay hands on each other. So, why is it so hard to believe that they both have a problem? Like I said before, I am not a fan or stan or either of them, however, I believe that they both have a problem with laying hands on each other. All of the blame can’t go on Chris because he’s a man. A woman is not suppose to be laying hands on a man either.

from rihannas battered pic, she looks exactly like him hahahahaha cant stop laughing

Bossip isn’t that interview old just like many of the others you keep posting up? Trying to still gather blog ratings? Leave Neyo alone, he’s not taking sides. Funny how when Jay Z took a side and KAnye took a side, people supported them and had nothing to say. It is inexcusable. I agree that women tests men and if a woman hits a man she should be prepared to get hit back or arrested. The law says the use of necessary force or constraint. Really unless she had a gun or a knife, Chris didn’t use necessary force. He lost it which is possible. Men need to push their pride to the side and call the cops and sue women for assault just like women do men. That’s better than beating the hell out them.

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CUTE PIC OF THEM BOTH!!! LOVING HER HAIR IN THIS PIC…. ALSO I’M GLAD SHE DIDN’T LET THIS SITUATION STOP HER FROM CELEBRATING HER BIRTHDAY…

“I haven’t had a chance to talk to Chris yet” why? because he doesn’t want to talk to you, girl.

Everybody is so quick to judge! Lets pull skeletons outta errybody else’s closet. Its not cool for a man to hit a woman at all…but women don’t need to think its ok to hit men…ERRYBODY keep ur hands to urself!!!

LOL @ Rihanna’s man hand on Ne-Yo’s shoulder… that’s a big mitt.

@Lady Architect

AMEN SISTAH

FYI: to the ppl who are saying that Chris is this huge guy….take a gander at Rhianna…she isn’t a small girl herself.

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Good for Neo… He’s acttually right.

Yeah, Ne-yo can relate, his boyfriend beats that ass when he doesn’t deepthroat.

Her hand is as big or even bigger than her face. And if he hit him with that ring, then he might have had a bad reflex.

@Lady Architect

I tell my son the same thing. Leave, call the cops and put her ass in jail. Next time Chris needs to put on the crocidile tears and call the cops.

I bet she won’t hit him again or think twice about it.

Oh wow, that dress was cute

“So, why is it so hard to believe that they both have a problem? Like I said before, I am not a fan or stan or either of them, however, I believe that they both have a problem with laying hands on each other. All of the blame can’t go on Chris because he’s a man. A woman is not suppose to be laying hands on a man either.”

Well said.

If she’d gotten beaten in the face so horribly, you best believe the wounds wouldn’t be healed in 2 or 3 weeks. This chic wasn’t beaten like everyone is making it seem. But Chris definitely should have found another way to handle this, even if it meant running from her, if she was all up on him.

Catfish-lookin’ nigga says that shit’s inexcusable, so listen!

@ Reign,

you bring up a good point. And since no one has seen Chris do we really know what he looks like? I heard or saw somewhere that the LAPD said he had no marks, but then again they said she was all jacked up.

Will Ne-yo and other celebrities stop commenting on the Cb and riri situation before the media dig up some skeletons in their dusty closets! Enough all really. I want the real truth in this matter, finally.

That is NOT a pic from the B-Day party. I hope you all don’t think that. I think that’s an old pic. She wouldn’t look that good this quick.

Rihanna big ass hand and head looks like the bride of frankenstein..I guarantee you she got some heavy licks in on Chris ass that night in the car remember she has two brothers who ass she kicks.

And far be it for me to defend Bossip but these stories are not as old as you think. Everyday there is a new story because everyday, there is something new in this drama.

Like how CB is now rumored to be remove from the list of people Ciara is working with on her new album. Nobody really wants to be affilated with him right now in the industry, as far as working with him, because he is seen as tainted goods.

If this shit blow over in a few months, and again, the public begins to soften up and forgive him, then musicians and artits will want to work with him again.

Personally, I think that Ne-Yo is a friend to CB. It’s good that he at least still wants to talk to him to find out what happened. He doesn’t need to reprimend him like he’s a child but it’s good that at least there is somebody willing to talk to him, albeit, in a “you can’t do that shit” tone.

Whew! Ne-Yo is probably gonna let him have it!

THATS RIGHT NEYO TELL HIM ANYWAY WHOS GOING AROUND ASKIN EVERY CELEB ABOUT CHRIS N RIH LET THEM GO THE COURT 1ST ALREADY.

JB_1030,
lol crocodile tears…That’s something new to me. With the laws today you gotta be careful with the “if someone hits you then hit them back” or whatever because that could be considered assault more than self defense. It’s crazy but my parents have to teach my brother that way too.

ENGOUH IS ENOUGH ALL YOU PEOPLE ARE DOING IS HELPING HER CAREER. I DON’T KNOW ABOUT ANYONE ELSE BUT, I DON’T RAISE MY KIDS MALE OR FEMALE TO BE ABUSERS OR TO BE ABUSED BY MALE OR FEMALE. RIRI IS NO SAINT AND IF YOU CAN THROUGH A PUNCH THEN YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO TAKE ONE. SO PEOPLE GET LIVES AND LIVE THEM. SHE WASN’T THE FIRST PERSON MAN OR WOMAN THAT LOST A FIGHT AND SHE WON’T BE THE LAST. THIS ISH HAPPEN TO WOMEN EVERYDAY AND IT IS NOT MENTIONED BUT BECAUSE SOMEONE IS IN THE PUBLIC HER PLIGHT IS BIGGER THAN A NORMAL WOMAN PLIGHT – I THINK NOT. ALSO THERE IS A VIDEO OF JAY-Z HITTING A WOMAN BUT BECAUSE THE WOMAN IS NOT FAMOUS IT WAS ALRIGHT FOR JAY-Z TO HIT HER? GIVE ME A BREAK. UNTIL YOU TREAT ALL ABUSERS (JAY-Z) THE SAME, GET THE HELL OF CHRIS BACK.

Sarah Goode was the first African American women to receive a U.S. patent. Patent #322,177 was issued on July 14, 1885 for a cabinet bed. Sarah Goode was the owner of a Chicago furniture store.

Dr. Meredith Gourdine was born in Newark New Jersey on September 26, 1929, and grew up in the streets of Harlem and Brooklyn. Meredith Gourdine attended Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, and received a Ph.D. in Engineering Science from the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena.

Meredith Gourdine pioneered the research of electrogasdynamics. Electrogasdynamics is a way to disperse fog and smoke. By applying strong electrical forces to either you can control those elements. He was responsible for the engineering technique termed Incineraid for aiding in the removal of smoke from buildings. His work on gas dispersion developed techniques for dispersing fog from airport runways. Meredith Gourdine also created a generator that allowed for the cheaper transmission of electricity. He held more than 40 patents for various inventions.

Meredith Gourdine built a multi-million dollar corporation that is based on his ideas in the field of electrogasdynamics (EGD). Using the principles of EGD, Meredith Gourdine successfully converted natural gas to electricity for everyday use. Applications of EGD include refrigeration, desalination of sea water, and reducing the pollutants in smoke.

Meredith Gourdine served on the technical staff of the Ramo-Woolridge Corporation from 1957-58. He then became a Senior Research Scientist at the Caltech Jet Propulsion Laboratory from 1958-60. He became a Lab Director of the Plasmodyne Corporation from 1960-62 and Chief Scientist of the Curtiss-Wright Corporation from 1962 to 1964. In 1964, he served on the President’s Panel on Energy.

Meredith Gourdine established a research laboratory, Gourdine Laboratories, in Livingston, New Jersey, with a staff of over 150.

As an interesting side note, Meredith Gourdine won the silver medal in the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki for the long jump. Meredith Gourdine is also blind. He died in Houston, Texas on November 20, 1998. Meredith Gourdine was serving as the president of Energy Innovation, Inc. of Houston, Texas at the time of his death.

Roscoe L. Koontz was born in St. Louis, Missouri in 1922. He graduated from Vashon High School in St. Louis. His college education at Stowes Teachers College was interrupted by a three-year hitch in the U.S. Army during World War II. While in the army, he received technical training through a special pre-engineering army training program at West Virginia State College. Upon discharge from the army in 1946, he returned to Tennessee State University and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry.

Roscoe L. Koontz was among the first formally trained health physicists through his participation in the first Atomic Energy Health Physics Fellowship Training Program, sponsored at the University of Rochester in 1948. He designed a pinhole gamma ray camera and collimator and helped to design and fabricate automatic air and water sampling equipment and radiation activity measuring devices.

Health physics became a recognized profession around 1942. When Roscoe L. Koontz entered the field, there were few rules and guidelines and procedures for health physicists to follow. Together with their instructors, the early students, like Koontz, originated many of today’s practices, instrumentation and techniques to protect people from the hazards of ionizing radiation.

BOSSIP STOP TALKING ABOUT THIS BORING SHIT OK SHE GOT HER ASS BEAT LETS MOVE ON NOW!!!!!!!!!!

@ RE RE

You said what I said last week. I think he elbowed her in her ish in order for her to stop and everyone is putting blame on Chris because he’s a man.

Granville T Woods 1856-1910
Biography of a Black Edison
By Mary Bellis, About.com

Born in Columbus, Ohio, in April 23, 1856, Granville T Woods dedicated his life to developing a variety of inventions relating to the railroad industry.

The Black Edison
To some he was known as the “Black Edison, both great inventors of their time. Granville T Woods invented more than a dozen devices to improve electric railway cars and many more for controlling the flow of electricity. His most noted invention was a system for letting the engineer of a train know how close his train was to others. This device helped cut down accidents and collisions between trains.

Granville T Woods – Self-Education
Granville T Woods literally learned his skills on the job. Attending school in Columbus until age 10, he served an apprenticeship in a machine shop and learned the trades of machinist and blacksmith. During his youth he also went to night school and took private lessons. Although he had to leave formal school at age ten, Granville T Woods realized that learning and education were essential to developing critical skills that would allow him to express his creativity with machinery.
In 1872, Granville T Woods obtained a job as a fireman on the Danville and Southern railroad in Missouri, eventually becoming an engineer. He invested his spare time in studying electronics. In 1874, he moved to Springfield, Illinois, and worked in a rolling mill. In 1878, he took a job aboard the Ironsides, a British steamer, and, within two years, became Chief Engineer of the steamer. Finally, his travels and experiences led him to settle in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he became a person dedicated to modernizing the railroad.

Granville T Woods – Love of the Railroad
In 1888, Granville T Woods developed a system for overhead electric conducting lines for railroads, which aided in the development of the overhead railroad system found in cities such as Chicago, St. Louis, and New York City. In his early thirties, he became interested in thermal power and steam-driven engines. In 1889, he filed his first patent for an improved steam-boiler furnace. In 1892, a complete Electric Railway System was operated at Coney Island, NY. In 1887, he patented the Synchronous Multiplex Railway Telegraph, which allowed communications between train stations from moving trains. Granville T Woods’ invention made it possible for trains to communicate with the station and with other trains so they knew exactly where they were at all times.
Alexander Graham Bell’s company purchased the rights to Granville T Woods’ telegraphony patent enabling him to become a full-time inventor. Among his other top inventions were a steam boiler furnace and an automatic air brake used to slow or stop trains. Wood’s electric car was powered by overhead wires. It was the third rail system to keep cars running on the right track.

At Odds With Thomas Edison
Success led to law suits filed by Thomas Edison who sued Woods claiming that he was the first inventor of the multiplex telegraph. Woods eventually won, but Edison didn’t give up easily when he wanted something. Trying to win Granville Woods over, and his inventions, Edison offered Woods a prominent position in the engineering department of Edison Electric Light Company in New York. Woods declined preferring his independence

LMAO @ Just Saying throwing out the random black history notes.

@ AvaSpeaks

LMAO @ Just Saying throwing out the random black history notes.
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The Origins of Black History Month:

What we now call Black History Month was originated in 1926 by Carter Godwin Woodson as Negro History Week. The month of February was selected in deference to Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln who were both born in that month.

The son of a slave, Carter G. Woodson was born in New Canton, Virginia on December 19, 1875. He began high school at the age of 20 and then proceeded to study at Berea College, the University of Chicago, the Sorbonne, and Harvard University, where he earned a Ph.D. in 1912.

Carter G. Woodson founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History in 1915 to train Black historians and to collect, preserve, and publish documents on Black life and Black people. He also founded the Journal of Negro History (1916), Associated Publishers (1922), and the Negro Bulletin (1937). Woodson spent his life working to educate all people about the vast contributions made by Black men and women throughout history. Mr. Woodson died on April 3, 1950 and Black History Month is his legacy.

Carter G. Woodson, however, would be sad to know that out of all the hundreds of Black men and women who produced so many substantial inventions (from the development of crop rotation, the traffic light, the mail box, gas mask, fountain pen, typewriter, telegraph, golf tee, automatic gear shift, commode toilet— to the method of dry cleaning clothes, the electric lamp, and the automatic car coupler and air brake for the railroad) benefiting this country, only four Black inventors have been inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in Akron, Ohio.

During the last four years, the Patent and Trademark Office has been working closely with the National Inventors Hall of Fame Foundation to rectify this situation and honor the true story of Black History.

The four black inventors inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame are:

George Washington Carver – Inducted in 1990
Percy Lavon Julian – Inducted in 1990
Mark Dean – Inducted in 1997
James E. West – Inducted in 1999

NE-YO need to STFU u always talkin BS about CHRIS and then have the nerve to refer to him as ur friend… everything happen for a reason.. now CHRIS no who to spit on and who to shake hands with…Chris & RiRi jus keep u’ll head up its jus some rainy days the sun will come out again soon…

Chris didn’t grow up with the best examples of how man should treat their women. Yet, I remember my sister-in-law with her match-stick temper chasing my brother out his own damn house evry other week-end with a butcher knief. She has even cut him on his arm once and he never hit her dead on in her face. To this day they are still married but don’t live together. If police came– guess who got hauled off. But never, never, never hit his woman because it takes a bigger man to not kick the shit out of someone smaller than you, when you really want too.

AFRICAN AMERICAN INVENTORS:

Each listing has the name of the black inventor followed by the patent number(s) which is the unique number assigned to an invention when a patent is issued, the date the patent was issued, and a description of the invention as written by the inventor.

William B Abrams
#450,550, 4/14/1891, Hame Attachments Part for a draft horses’ collar.

Elijah Abron
#7,037,564, 5/2/2006, Substrate sheets with removable strip

Christopher P. Adams
#5,641,658, 6/24/1997, Method for performing amplification of nucleic acid with two primers bound to a single solid support

James S Adams
#1,356,329, 10/19/1920, Propelling means for airplanes.

George Edward Alcorn
#4,172,004, 10/23/1979, Method for forming dense dry etched multi-level metallurgy with non-overlapped vias
#4,201,800, 5/6/1980, Hardened photoresist master image mask process
#4,289,834, 9/15/1981, Dense dry etched multi-level metallurgy with non-overlapped vias
#4,472,728, 9/18/1984, Imaging X-ray spectrometer
#4,543,442, 9/24/1985, GaAs Schottky barrier photo-responsive device and method of fabrication
#4,618,380, 10/21/1986, Method of fabricating an imaging X-ray spectrometer

Nathaniel Alexander
#997,108, 7/4/1911, Folding Chair

Ralph W Alexander
#256,610, 4/18/1882, Corn planter check rower

Winser Edward Alexander
#3,541,333, 11/17/1970, System for enhancing fine detail in thermal photographs

Charles William Allen
#613,436, 11/1/1898, Self-Leveling Table

Floyd Allen
#3,919,642, 11/11/1975, Low cost telemeter for monitoring a battery and DC voltage converter power supply

James B. Allen
#551,105, 12/10/1895, Clothes Line Support

James Metthew Allen
#2,085,624, 6/29/1937, Remote control apparatus

John H Allen
#4,303,938, 12/1/1981, Pattern generator for simulating image generation

John S Allen
#1,093,096, 4/14/1914, Package-tie

Robert T Allen
#3,071,243, 1/1/1963, Vertical coin counting tube

Tanya R Allen
#5,325,543, 7/5/1994, Undergarment with a pocket for releasably securing an absorbent pad

Virgie M. Ammons
#3,908,633, 9/30/1975, Fireplace Damper Actuating Tool

Alexander P Ashbourne
#163,962, 6/1/1875, Process for Preparing Coconut
#170,460, 11/30/1875, Biscuit Cutter
#194,287, 8/21/1877, Process of Treating Coconut
#230,518, 7/27/1880, Refining Coconut Oil

Moses T. Asom
#5,386,126, 1/31/1995, Semiconductor devices based on optical transitions between quasibound energy levels

Marc Auguste
#7,083,512, 8/1/2006, Coin and token organizing, holding and dispensing apparatus

Just Sayin

Thanks for enlightening us with Black History. Especially people I don’t know.

I wonder iof this will stay as part of the “underground black history”. Examples of underground black history

R. Kelly Pees on Little GIrl and now is making millions on people in a closet

Al Green turns to a vegan and only eats Grits and Greens

Michael Jackson, Genius by day and Chester by night

Chrianna – Truth be told to no one

Michael Vick – Dog gone

Diddy – Somewhere ova the rainbow he will find his true love

this thing of celebs wanting to weigh in on the situation is irritating me.. if Cb whopped my ass, i would be talking about left right and center.. she is busy celebrating when CB is in the dog house right now yet she knows she has something to do with it.. i am really irritated by this chick and the CB is wrong part..It could turn out that she was the one abusing CB all this time and he just got to a point where he had enuf..His sister even said, what happens between two people noone knows..His aunt came out and said that if you keep on doing something to someone for a longtime, one day they are going to react..Cant wait till chris starts to talk then we will all hear what his side is and i being you little miss alien head over here will not be as innocent as she looks.. that is y she is not going into detail coz she knows she is a guilty as hell..the 5th is round the corner people and CB better air out that dirty laundry for his own sake and his careers! This is last pity party she is going to have, mark my words!!!!

@ jb_1030

Just Sayin

Thanks for enlightening us with Black History. Especially people I don’t know.

I wonder iof this will stay as part of the “underground black history”. Examples of underground black history

R. Kelly Pees on Little GIrl and now is making millions on people in a closet

Al Green turns to a vegan and only eats Grits and Greens

Michael Jackson, Genius by day and Chester by night

Chrianna – Truth be told to no one

Michael Vick – Dog gone

Diddy – Somewhere ova the rainbow he will find his true love
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LMAO…

im sure Ne-yo has been bitchslapped by his male lovers.

he can relate.

Breaking news!

After the exposure of the news Rihanna gave Chris herpes, the member of the largest STD online dating site

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increase quickly. The users on that site said Rihanna has an account on that site. Do you believe it?

*cheers for Just Sayin for sharing the Black History factoids*

I just bought some of the new black civil rights pioneers stamps.

@ Sydney

*cheers for Just Sayin for sharing the Black History factoids*

I just bought some of the new black civil rights pioneers stamps.

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Anytime…

I have to get me some of those…

Just sayn

I love black history especially when we find out stuff and are like no freaking way. Like I didn’t know that Republicans were for blacks in the begining and now when I tell people that they get really offensive and don’t believe me.

Maybe I should write a book about the Undercover Black History. Let me get my patent on that real quick before someone steals my idea. But then everyoen would be like that is messed up. Oh well, that will make them think twice.

Stop making excuses for Chris. He beat a woman with closed fists on her face. He pummelled her.

Great advice from the “Queen”. I wonder is Ri told ms. queen what started the whole shit,since his response to Chris seems a bit mild for ‘inexusable’. People kill me.

@Just Sayin

Keep it going. You’re refreshing my memory, and some of the names were unfamiliar to me.

The new stamps are very nice — There are two history figures on each stamp, including Medgar Evers, Fannie Lou Hamer, Ella Baker, Charles Hamilton, Houston, etc.

my bad, inexcusable

@ jb_1030

Just sayn

I love black history especially when we find out stuff and are like no freaking way. Like I didn’t know that Republicans were for blacks in the begining and now when I tell people that they get really offensive and don’t believe me.

Maybe I should write a book about the Undercover Black History. Let me get my patent on that real quick before someone steals my idea. But then everyoen would be like that is messed up. Oh well, that will make them think twice.
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I say run with it…

Confucius – “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step”

@ Re Re
That is the truth! Riri’s face did met that dashboard, my face met a dashboard before and I looked the same way Riri did in that pic the only difference was my seat belt snapped and that’s why my face met the dashboard, plus the person driving had to slam on the brakes also; because a crazy driver cut us off and had the nerve to slow down at the same time. My face was in pain that crap hurts like h*ll.

@ Sydney

I read the autobiography of Fannie Lou Hamer. Now she got the beat down. Rhi Rhi what you got was nothing compared to her. And hers was over the right to vote and for being black not some text message.

@ Sydney

@Just Sayin

Keep it going. You’re refreshing my memory, and some of the names were unfamiliar to me.

The new stamps are very nice — There are two history figures on each stamp, including Medgar Evers, Fannie Lou Hamer, Ella Baker, Charles Hamilton, Houston, etc.
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Now I’m gonna go to the post office at lunch.

WILL YALL PLEASE QUIT PUTTING COUPLES NAMES TOGETHER. THAT IS THE STUPIDIST THING ANYBODY IN THEIR RIGHT MIND WOULD DO TO PEOPLE. WHAT IF SOMEONE DID YOU LIKE THAT. THEY HAVE THEIR OWN IDENTITY. HOW WOULD YOU FEEL IF EVERYTIME SOMEONE SEEN YOU AND YOUR OTHER HALF WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE, DO YOU LIKE THAT EVERYTIME THEY ADDRESSED YOU. WOULD’NT YOU GET TIRED OF IT ALSO……PLEASE RESPECT THEM AND THEIR NAME. CHRIS AND RHINNA, BRAD AND ANGELINA, MARY J AND KENDU,…YOU GET MY DRIFT.
PLEASE STOP THAT.
A LOYAL READER….I USED TO LOVE TO READ BOSSIP, BUT IT’S REALLY GETTING ANNOYING TO ME NOW. SOMTIMES I HATE THAT I STUMBLED UPON YOUR WEBSITE.

YOURS TRULY,
EX-LOYAL READER

@jb_1030

Yes, Ms. Hamer was severely beaten for her activism. What was the name of the book you read?

A new biography on Ida B. Wells was published last year, and I would love to read it.

@Just Sayin

I’ve made a habit of buying the black history stamps every February. They were really late this year with their release, but better late than never, lol.

@Just Sayin

Keep it going. You’re refreshing my memory, and some of the names were unfamiliar to me.

The new stamps are very nice — There are two history figures on each stamp, including Medgar Evers, Fannie Lou Hamer, Ella Baker, Charles Hamilton, Houston, etc.
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I said it once and I’ll say it again, we need a black history channel devoted to showing nothing but specials on African-American doctors, lawyers, inventors, slavery, etc. they have an American History channel we need a Black History Channel

@jb

I just read that Ms. Hamer was also sterilized by a white doctor without her knowledge nor consent as part of a program in Mississippi to reduce the number of poor blacks in the state. So sad. . .

Info on the police beating of Ms. Hamer:

“On June 9, 1963, Hamer was on her way back from Charleston, South Carolina with other activists from a literacy workshop. Stopping in Winona, Mississippi, the group was arrested on a false charge and jailed by white policemen. Once in jail, Hamer and her colleagues were beaten savagely by the police, almost to the point of death.”

@elle

Have you watched any of the black history documentaries this month on PBS? They have a pretty good line-up. In the past, I’ve watched some really interesting programs on slavery, and they were very informative.

Sydney,
The book it called This Little Light of Mine.

The book went into some detail about everythign she went through all for the sake of the equality. It is very enlightening and makes you think that we need to get it together so what she endured was not in vain.

Ne-yo wants to sit down and “talk” to Chris, maybe give him a little back rub, massage his feet, kiss him gently on his neck, etc.

@ elle,

I just tried to purchase http://www.blackhistorychannel.com and it was taken. The people who own it are just holding it to make some money. They put up bogus stuff to make it seem like they are not just sitting on the domain.

@jb_1030

Thank you — I’ll look for that.

The name of the Ida B. Wells biography is “Ida: A Sword Among Lions,” by the way.

I don’t understand why anyone who has the right to vote doesn’t exercise it, given what sacrifices were endured by our predecessors to fight for basic equality.

Jenn said:
First! Ne-Yo should leave it alone and let them sort it through. I swear everyone is a therapist now.

I SO AGREE AND BOSSIP YOU GETTING A LIL CRAZY WITH THE EVERY 10 MIN. POST OF THIS! ITS TIRED! He ain’t talkin she aint talkin…everybody talkin but them…I’m over this!

ANDREW JACKSON BEARD

Railroad employees and farmers owe a big thanks to Andrew Jackson Beard. Beard was an African-American inventor and Renaissance man. Beard was born in Alabama in 1849 and spent the first 15 years of his life as a slave on a small farm. A year after he was emancipated, he married and became a farmer in a small city outside of Birmingham. After an unbearable trip to Montgomery to sell bushels of apples, Beard decided to quit the farming business and get a real job. As a result of his extensive farming experience, he was able to develop and champion his first invention, a plow. Three years later, he patented a second plow. These two inventions earned him almost $10,000 and enabled him to enter the lucrative real estate business.

But, his most important invention wasn’t patented until 1897. It was the automatic railroad car coupler (aka the Jenny Coupler). This invention allowed two railroad cars to lock automatically by bumping into each other. Prior to this invention, a railroad employee would have to drop a bin between the two connectors of the railroad cars. Often times they could not get out in time and many lost their limbs and even their lives.
Beard’s invention eliminated this risk. Beard was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in Akron, Ohio for his life-saving invention.

@jb_1030

Have you heard of the book Medical Apartheid? Ms. Hamer’s sterilization experience just reminded me of it. It was a highly acclaimed book that details historical race-based experimentation, including the Tuskegee Experiment.

@Just Sayin

I remember reading about Andrew Jackson Beard.

This is taking me back to my black history quiz bowl days, lol.

@ Sydney

@jb_1030

Thank you — I’ll look for that.

The name of the Ida B. Wells biography is “Ida: A Sword Among Lions,” by the way.

I don’t understand why anyone who has the right to vote doesn’t exercise it, given what sacrifices were endured by our predecessors to fight for basic equality.
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That has baffled my mind as well. :-/
Even if you don’t think it will count for something in government then do it out of respect.

@JUST SAYING BIG UP CUZO…BOSSIP NEEDS TO SEND YOU A CHECK FOR ALL THAT HISTORY, GOOD LOOK HOMIE!!

@Just Sayin

“Even if you don’t think it will count for something in government then do it out of respect.”

Exactly. I couldn’t believe it when I read/heard some people say that they weren’t going to vote in the November because they thought their vote wouldn’t count, or some other pitiful excuse.

People put their lives at risk to secure that right for us — I was one of the first in line at my precinct to vote. I was so happy, it was overwhelming.

Hi Glok, Oshie

I had some Hush Puppies in honor of Black History month.

SYD! THATZ YOU? OF COURSE ITZ YOU….HEY DARLING!

@ Glok9n: The real glok !!!

@JUST SAYING BIG UP CUZO…BOSSIP NEEDS TO SEND YOU A CHECK FOR ALL THAT HISTORY, GOOD LOOK HOMIE!!
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They owe me a check already so I won’t be holdin my breath for another one.

Good friends are better than a man ( and man-drama ) anyday.

Glad she went out, she needs to be amongst love so she doesn’t listen to Chris beggin’ and also she can know there is a life out there withotu his crazy ass.

If they’d been together he would be there celebrating too, that’s what’s sad.. BUT she celebrated without him which shows she has some self pride and isn’t thinking her life is over because she got hit. It could be easy to get depressed and desperate thinking he’s the only one out there… which he’s not anyway..

@ Sydney

@Just Sayin

“Even if you don’t think it will count for something in government then do it out of respect.”

Exactly. I couldn’t believe it when I read/heard some people say that they weren’t going to vote in the November because they thought their vote wouldn’t count, or some other pitiful excuse.

People put their lives at risk to secure that right for us — I was one of the first in line at my precinct to vote. I was so happy, it was overwhelming.

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I was gonna Crip walk all the way to the polls but it was raining and I didn’t want to snap an ankle.

I wanted to smile so bad my lips were shakin.

@Just Sayin

“I had some Hush Puppies in honor of Black History month.”

LOL!

I think there’s a new exhibit at the Museum of African Art I may check out.

JUST SAYIN..THEY OWE YOU ALREADY?.. WHAT? I HEAR YA…FUK THEM THEN RIGHT?, LOL!

@THE GOOD GOOD! YOU THE ONE FOR ME SEXY! ID NEVER LAY A FINGER YOU OTHER THAN TO CARESS YOUR SEXY BODY!

@Just Sayin

“I was gonna Crip walk all the way to the polls but it was raining and I didn’t want to snap an ankle.”

LMAO! You’re cracking me up!

I was so excited, I don’t think I slept the night before Election Day. I wanted to be the first in line, so I was up at the crack of dawn. Everyone looked energized, and I had fun talking with other people in line while we waited to vote.

I think I shed a tear after I completed my ballot, lol.

@Just Sayin

“I wanted to smile so bad my lips were shakin.”

Why didn’t you smile, brother? LMAO!

We’re free now.

Ri Ri better have her own best interest at heart! Alot of Chris’ friends in the music biz is also Ri Ri’s friends and they are looking out for Chris’ best interest not Ri Ri’s!!

If these so called friends in the music biz is really friends of Ri Ri, they would have had Chris apologize right way to Ri Ri and to his fans and then face the consequences of his actions!

OMG!! I can not believe that some people actually think that what Chris Brown did was OK. I luuuuv Chris Brown but I am not a big fan of Ri-Ri or her music. There is no what anyone can justify ANY man hitting ANY woman for ANY reason. I REAL man would just walk away from a woman who put her hands on him (if that is what happened) PERIOD. Abuse is nothing to laugh at. God forbid if this would happen to you mother, aunt, sister, cousin, or anyone else that you love. How funny would it be then???? Thanks Just Sayin for the black history notes.

IM OUT! IMMA LET YALL HAVE A CIVIL CONVO WITHOUT MY IGNANT AZZ!!

Don’t go, Glok. . .

@ Sydney

@Just Sayin

“I was gonna Crip walk all the way to the polls but it was raining and I didn’t want to snap an ankle.”

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If you saw me you wouldn’t even think I knew about Crip Walkin, but I was gonna snap a tendon trying.

@Just Sayin

So how exactly do you “Crip Walk?” LOL!

Pardon my ignorance.

Chris is Ne-Yo’s boy and he’s looking out for him. So his job in contacting Ri Ri is to help Chris not Ri! Ne-Yo needs to remember that it’s the public that have the last say in this incident!

@ Sydney

@Just Sayin

So how exactly do you “Crip Walk?” LOL!

Pardon my ignorance.
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Haaaaaaaaa

Here are a few examples:

ZZZ. . . two weeks later and people are still talking about this shit.

@REALa-town SHAWTY

like I said earlier in this post Ne-yo and other celebrities need to stop talking about the chris and riri situation before the media finds some skeletons in their dusty closets!

Is it march 5th already? Dang, i want the real truth to come out.

Ri Ri needs to forget about all the trappings of fame and fortune and stand up for herself! You can be singing songs like “Take a Bow” and then hugging Chris Brown at the sametime! Your fans and the public in general ain’t stupid!!

NE YO!! WHO’S DEMO TAPE IS THAT IN YO POCKET???!!!

@Colonel Stinkmeaner

HIS OWN DEMO TRING TO SELL IT TO PRINCE….

This is a weird situation.

It’s gonna be weird for them to be in a relationship if they get back together because mostly all of her non-public friends won’t be able to stand him.

I mean from some of these pics, it look like she had this guy really in her life, I mean going with her to Barbados, posing with some of her friends. Yikes!

I don’t see how this situation is gonna let up soon. Of course people are still talking about this stuff two weeks later. These are two very popular entertainers who got into a fight. I mean this is serious. He hit Rhianna.

I mean I can see the family getting involved in this an having an intervention and maybe they will get back together that way, but in the public’s eye, this is not going to be as easy to fix.

@jb_1030

I WAS SO SHOCKED WHEN I SEEN RKELLY AND THAT LITTLE GIRL…….
BUT I CANT EVEN LIE I STILL BE GROOVING TO STEP IN THE NAME OF LOVE…..
THATS MY SHIT…LOL
AND LIKE IVE SAID B4 I WILL PROBABLY DOWNLOAD ANOTHER C BREZZY SHIT…
BUT THAT SHIT IS MESSED UP
BOSSIP KEEP SAYING THERE IS NO RIGHT FOR HIM TO HIT A WOMEN LIKE THAT BUT IM ABOUT TO GO BACK AND POST WHAT THEY SAID ABOUT DIRTY GUCCI…

I’LL BE BACK………………….

@ Snook. i’ll be waiting.

Glad she celebrated her b.day…one monkey don’t stop no show damnit!!!

I agree with Ne-Yo…but Chris needs to get more than a ‘little’ smarter, he needs to totally turn his whole mindset around b.cuz obviously he is f’ked up in the membrane.

@jb_1030

THIS IS WHAT BOSSIP SAID(AND I QUOTE):

“Gucci Mane jump-punching the broad in the face was some kinda uncalled for, that’s for damn sure. But, the ebonics and f*ckery spewed by her after is also quite tragic. SMH”

EMPHASIS ON BOSSIP SAYING AND I QUOTE “KINDA UNCALLED FOR”

WHAT A DAMN SHAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Off topic, but has anyone heard about this new ban in Jamaica?

Miami, FL (AHN) – The Jamaican Broadcasting Commission has banned all sexually explicit music, and music that depicts violence, from the country’s airwaves.

The ban went into effect on Feb. 6. It covers all songs meant to promote the act of “daggering,” a dance move that simulates sexual intercourse.

The ban includes music played on both radio and television. DJs have no leeway in the ban because the songs can’t be played even if the lewd lyrics are bleeped.

@ Shook
Thank you for putting them out there. I don’t see them want to put him under jail

@ Bossip

Did you forget about this incident?

NYC Gal

Ri Ri better have her own best interest at heart! Alot of Chris’ friends in the music biz is also Ri Ri’s friends and they are looking out for Chris’ best interest not Ri Ri’s!!

If these so called friends in the music biz is really friends of Ri Ri, they would have had Chris apologize right way to Ri Ri and to his fans and then face the consequences of his actions!

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@ NYC Gal…

The real issue isn’t the fact these so-called men aren’t friends of Rhianna’s…the real issue is alot of these Hip-Hop and R&B fools don’t see anything wrong with going upside a woman’s head period.

They think that shyt is a right of passage and makes them look more gangsta or like a ‘real’ man. Alot of these fools do it and see absolutely no problem with it…from Diddy to Larry Johnson to Terrence Howard. Their women getting that azz beat…

And I suggest ladies play close attention to the entertainers defending Chris…if you can still support them YOU ARE NUTS.

@ AKA, why you calling Chris a monkey? Are you hanging out the the NY Post cartoonist too?

If Chris Brown had one ounce of morality in that 19 year old body of his, he would have come out from day 1 and apologize for his behavior and seek counseling (I don’t mean from his Pastor)! For him to be listening to his lawyers speaks volume of his character!

Oops, there was a thread about the music ban yesterday.

My mistake.

@jb_1030

THEY SITING UP HERE TRING TO TAKE UP FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND WOMEN RIGHTS OR WHATEVER THEY THINK THERE DOING WHY WOULD THEY CALL THE GIRL GUCCI MAN PUNCHED IN THE FACE ON VIDEO MAY I ADD, AND I QUOTE ” A BROAD”

COME ON BOSSIP IF YA’LL GOING TO BE A SO CALLED ACTIVIST FOR WOMEN GETTING BEAT…BE AND ACTIVIST FOR ALL….

Mz_Magnificent1 AKA The OFFICIAL Go Gyrl

@ NYC Gal…

The real issue isn’t the fact these so-called men aren’t friends of Rhianna’s…the real issue is alot of these Hip-Hop and R&B fools don’t see anything wrong with going upside a woman’s head period.

They think that shyt is a right of passage and makes them look more gangsta or like a ‘real’ man. Alot of these fools do it and see absolutely no problem with it…from Diddy to Larry Johnson to Terrence Howard. Their women getting that azz beat…

And I suggest ladies play close attention to the entertainers defending Chris…if you can still support them YOU ARE NUTS.
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You are so on point with this!! This is sooo true!!
They all got to support Chris because they own business will be on blast!! I personally ain’t supporting anyone who abuse women!!! This violence against women!

Sydney

Gaze away.

Okay, People make mistakes, WHO are we and you to critizize Chris Brown, I am sure that he is sorry for his actions, and I am sure Rihanna is texting him to her fingers turn blue, SO…Of course they are standing behind Chris Brown, The hard core Racist, and BITTER women want this young boy to fail! AS long as god can forgive him, YOU bitter hoes and should too!

@Ms. Sugar walls♥back in da place♥

OKAY GIRL BREATH IN AND NOW BREATH OUT…LOL
THAT WAS FUNNY AND TRUE

Bossip wants Chris Brown beheaded – you might as well admit that for you do zilch to stop any kind of violence apart from sensationalizing for traffic!!

Ne YO sit your I’m gay but I hide it ass down! I don’t have a problems with homosexuals, but I do have an issue with niggas who lie about it! You can’t talk to nobody about being a man when you can’t even stand for who you really are! Punk Ass Nigga!

Ne-Yo looks super cheezy in this picture…and is he still trying to “shop” his music(with that big ole cd hanging out his pocket)
This pic looks old so he was probably hoping he would be Rihanna’s man back then

Opps I meant *THESE high school and middle school kids…” sorry about the typos guys!!!

I mean let the shyt breath already. Rhianna is NOT the first and last who will get her ass whipped. Let her be happy and be able to heal and know at LEAST she walked away with LIFE instead of some other women who ended up in the grave.

Mz_Magnificent1 AKA The OFFICIAL Go Gyrl

I told me lil sis I’m getting my hands on her Chris Brown albums and I’m throwing them in the trash…I want her to know he was wrong and that she shouldn’t support him anymore.
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Do you think he cares that you throw them out? He already made money off of them. And also do you listen to R. Kelly, Michael Jackson, Tupac, Mystical, Gucci Man, Jay-Z? Were you watching Mike Tyson fight when he was released? Do you no longer step in the name of love? And are you saying that if someone who hasn’t even entered a plea yet is guilty before being officially charged? So I guess you didn’t watch trapped in the closet?

Film

LMAO

Thanks, I will.

Hey

@ Mz_Magnificent1 AKA The OFFICIAL Go Gyrl.

He is dead-wrong so DON’T make excuses for him…and he has a movie coming out shortly DON’T take your ass to the theater and see it either or let your daughters see it. I told me lil sis I’m getting my hands on her Chris Brown albums and I’m throwing them in the trash…I want her to know he was wrong and that she shouldn’t support him anymore.

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Be sure to throw your money away while your at it because the MF’s who’s picture is on your money have done FAR worst to Black Women and Men then CB could ever do.

Keep it in perspective… please………………

@Mz_Magnificent

“This high school and middle school kids are laughing about this situation…alot of them think it is a joke and some of these young girls are actually standing up for Chris Brown. This is where parents, teachers and adults need to step in and let them know it is not cool…and DEFINITELY not a humorous situation.”

So true — and a number of them are involved in abusive relationships.

NeYos’s big greezy ass lips are inexusable too !!

You’re welcome, but I had to give you permission first, Ms. Ross.

thats just like bossip not posting the full story… ne-yo says that he wont take any sides and that he never judges anyone

Film

LOL

I appreciate that, Mr. Parks.

Everyone says he needs to apologize. How do you know he hasn’t already done it, to her and her only. Why does he need to say he is sorry to us? Did he do something to you personally? If he died tomorrow would you really care or would your life go on? It’s a messed up situation, but I don’t need him to apologize and repent to me. There is someone more important that he has to ask for his forgiveness from.

F&^% that! Its a recession.. Sorry Chris Brown looks like you need to get a job like the rest of us….oh well. too bad so sad for you. Life sucks sometimes. Yall weren’t making any money off of Chris Brown’s career so why the “F” you care so much if he has one? so stupid. There will always be another lightskin bou who can jump around and hold a note, sheesh!

The thing that is really sad about this situation is that the example the women in his life is setting. They would rather have all the money and material things that Chris throw at them than call him out on his behavior.

If his mama really cares about rearing a good human being, she would have step up to the plate and turn her son in because she is the example that he’s looking up to.

I personally believe in the Cosby philosophy: I bring you in this world and I will take you out!!

ugh neyo’s comment should have been filed under “ho sit down” what are you doing bossip? Neyo always bashing chris everytime he gets a chance. Im starting to thinK that nigga ethier jealous or has a little thing for the boy. Like look at who the people are who spoked out against chris..Kanye West- media whore always trying to stay relavant who actually “assults” camera crews…Jay Z a man who himself raps about engaging in illegal activities, got caught on camera mushing a girl in her face, has a wife who somedays does not even wanna claim him, and cannot even afford for rihanna to stop bringing in mula b/c lets face it who is really left on def jam since he became prez….roseanne barr- NUFF SAID….Ne-yo- where has he been lately almost forgot he was still on the scene and bow wow- a midget that every1 is trying to forget about. These people are not going to get brownie points so they need to just be on the hush like all the other celebrities have and just say they are praying for the both of them oppose to trying to get their kudo points.

Chris Brown should have got himself a dark skinned girl like foxy, then he could have beat her all he wants and no bruises would have shown, us lightskin sistas are fragile. You can’t deny the picture. And all you defending Chris Brown, just sad.

@nyc gal

whatever. Maybe she did step up by getting A LAWYER to go with him. EVERYONE has the right to legal representation.

YO QUESTION…HOW DOES A CLOSETED HOMO TELL ANOTHER DUDE HOW TO RUN A HETERO RELATIONSHIP?

WOMP-WOMP…NE-YO’S BROKE WRIST ASS NEED TO SIT DOWN AND WRITE SOME MORE BITCHASSNESS FOR RIHANNA, J-HUDSON & BEYONCE

how ironic neyo was just on mtv just now statng “I saw the picture,” he said solemnly. “That just really — that hurt me to my heart, man. Again, I still don’t know what happened, ’cause I haven’t had the opportunity to talk to Chris yet. But to take it to that level really hurt my heart. All I can say is, I’m praying for both of them” Neyo admitted that he dosent even know what happened himself so why did he continue to put his opinion? Clearly no one is talking till MArch 5th so maybe all these celebs should follow suit!

@ LAdy shady

Your comment is sad

@ Lady Shady

Let me make sure you not a jackass…

Are you saying dark skinned women deserve to be beat but not light skinned women?

typical high school behavior, ne-yo is the guy that wants the girl, chris brown is the star basketball player that has the girl. rihanna is the hottest chick in high school. No matter what you say ne yo you will never get the girl just like in high school we all know you are a FAG

mAN UNTIL I HEAR THE WHOLE STORY OR THEY GO TO COURT… CHRIS IS INNOCENT UNITL PROVEN GUILTY.

I WAS NOT THERE.. I HAVE NO PROOF. NO WITNESS….. SHE COULD HAVE PUT AN ORANGE IN A SOCK AND WHIPPED HER DAMSELF!! WHO KNOWS WHAT HAPPENED BETWEEN THE TIME HER LEFT HER THERE (WHICH SHOW HE DID WALK AWAY) AND WHEN THE POLICE ARRIVED. I SAW THIN LINE BETWEEN LOVE AND HATE.

AND ON BOTH OF THEIR BEHALF THERE IS NOT TELLING WHAT ONE CAN DO IN A FIT OF RAGE OVER LOVE!!!!

THAT IS BASED UPON LAW AND NOT EMOTIONS FOR EITHER ONE OF THEM!!!!!!

CHRIS REMEMBER ALL THESE FOLKS TALKING SIDEWAYS ABOUT YOU WHEN YOU ARE DOWN AND MAKE SURE THEY DON’T TRY TO RIDE THAT WAVE WHEN YOU EMERGE. FAIRWEATHER FRIENDS IN HOLLYWOOD AND NY ALL OF THEM ARE FAKE!!!!!

I don’t understand what people are talking about. Unless some crazy, super-elobarate story comes about, the fact is most likely that they got into an argument of some sort and perhaps a fight and then Chris took it way too far and injured her face.

How hard is that to comprehend?

The question now is why it happened and what led up to the initial injury-showing blows? That’s all the public really wants to know. Why and what happened.

If the boy is truly sorry, like I think he is, then again, if he cares about his career, then yes he should come out in public and apologize, to the fans, the ones that buy his records. He probably already apologized to Rhianna and they probably have already talked. But she can’t buy a million records for him, so yes, he needs to come on back out and re-apologize to the fans.

I mean things just probably got way out of control, if that’s what happened, the public wants to hear it.

Don’t take this as condoning his behavior. Even if he gets jail time for what he did, it’s still up to the public, if he’s truly sorry and gets help, then the public will forgive him.

Dude

@ Mz_Magnificent1 AKA The OFFICIAL Go Gyrl.

He is dead-wrong so DON’T make excuses for him…and he has a movie coming out shortly DON’T take your ass to the theater and see it either or let your daughters see it. I told me lil sis I’m getting my hands on her Chris Brown albums and I’m throwing them in the trash…I want her to know he was wrong and that she shouldn’t support him anymore.

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Be sure to throw your money away while your at it because the MF’s who’s picture is on your money have done FAR worst to Black Women and Men then CB could ever do.

Keep it in perspective… please………………

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@ Dude…

I guess I should just up and move to Europe then??? I’m not talking about some old, rich white man I’m talking about a young BLACK man who finds nothing wrong with abusing a young BLACK woman.

This is definitely in perspective…alot of our very own Black men find absolutely NOTHING WRONG with beating their women. Alot of Black males are being taught that it is fine to do so!!! The females that support Chris are just showing these men it is fine to beat a woman and we will support them even if they whoop our azz!!!

Hell no I will not let my younger sister support this jerk…I want her to know you do not support shyt like this and you should hold men to a higher standard. I don’t want her to think if a man beats you he really “loves” you…that is how alot of young girls think.

They think it is cute that their boyfriends get mad cuss them out from time to time or physically grab them b.cuz it shows he “cares”…they think its cute.
This is how a young girl thinks…”damn I made him go off b.cuz I got it like that”.

Kids are watching our (our meaning adults) reaction to this situation, therefore, the way this subject is approached is serious b.cuz it is a very deep topic…like someone posted before alot of our children (teens) are in abusive relationships and they don’t even know it.

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@nyc gal

whatever. Maybe she did step up by getting A LAWYER to go with him. EVERYONE has the right to legal representation
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Yeah, Chris’ mama got him a lawyer to protect his interest which is in turn her interest!! Chris is the money machine in the family!

Not every incident needs a lawyer first especially when you’re in the public’s eye. Some incidents can be handle with a confession of guilt with legal ramifications pending.

Chris should have apologize quickly before or very soon after the incident happened. I personally do not see a remorseful Chris!! Chris is only sorry that this beat down of Rihanna was made so public!!

@Mz_Magnificent

“Kids are watching our (our meaning adults) reaction to this situation, therefore, the way this subject is approached is serious b.cuz it is a very deep topic…like someone posted before alot of our children (teens) are in abusive relationships and they don’t even know it.”

You’re absolutely right. This is a serious topic that is affecting a number of teens.

Charles Blow, a black columnist for the New York Times, nytimes.com, recently wrote about the rise in abuse in teen relationships. Here are some info/stats cited in his column:

“And, according to the National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center:

Researchers have found that female youth suffer more from relationship violence, emotionally and physically. They are much more likely than males to have serious injuries and to report being terrified. In contrast, male victims seldom seem to fear violence by their dates or girlfriends, often saying that the attacks did not hurt and that they found the violence amusing.

So why all the violence? Well, researchers don’t seem to know for sure, but the CDC’s Dating Violence Fact Sheet included these rationales:

• Several studies suggest that adolescents do not see the negative consequences of dating violence and violence in their friends’ lives (Hotaling and Sugarman 1986). 31% of adolescents report having at least one friend who is in a violent relationship (Arriaga and Foshee 2004).
• Acceptance of dating violence among friends is one of the strongest links to future involvement in dating violence (Bergman 1992; Arriaga and Foshee 2004).
• Adolescents often believe that unhealthy relationships are the norm. Many relationships seen on TV, in the movies, and in magazines are unrealistic or unhealthy examples of relationships.”

I think that it would had been better if Chris had said he was sorry a little quicker too. However, if he had said it too quickly, then he still might had been tainted in the public’s eye because then he would had been admitting to a whole bunch of stuff that would had came out after he apologize. Sorta like jumping the gun.

I just think that maybe after like two days, he should had said that he was sorry about everything that was going down, and to how this is affecting Rhianna and how hurt and sad he was about all of this.

But still, it could had went either way. If he brings up his past then some people would had said that’s not an excuse.

Sounds like Chris was damned all the way around.

YO CHECK OUT THIS DUDE CONGRATULATING CHRIS BROWN ON BEATING RIHANNA AND SAYING WOMEN LOVE GETTING HIT LOL

http://roissy.wordpress.com/2009/02/23/chris-brown-is-alpha/

http://roissy.wordpress.com/2009/02/24/hitting-a-woman-will-turn-her-on/

nyc…how the hell do u know what his mama did or did not do…Do you know her personally…Hell she was a victim of domestic violence herself…im sure she said something to Chris!

[...] late last year, stating “They tear hair out of each other and argue. I’ve seen them kiss and make up like other couples [...]

I think one reason why some younger people seem to accept domestic violence in the relationship is because they see it at home.

@Mz_Magnificent1 AKA The OFFICIAL Go Gyrl

I told me lil sis I’m getting my hands on her Chris Brown albums and I’m throwing them in the trash…I want her to know he was wrong and that she shouldn’t support him anymore.
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Do you think he cares that you throw them out? He already made money off of them. And also do you listen to R. Kelly, Michael Jackson, Tupac, Mystical, Gucci Man, Jay-Z? Were you watching Mike Tyson fight when he was released? Do you no longer step in the name of love? And are you saying that if someone who hasn’t even entered a plea yet is guilty before being officially charged? So I guess you didn’t watch Trapped In The Closet?

Thanks for posting those stats Sydney…alot of people are trying to down-play this issue and it is so serious I cannot emphasize that enough.

This is weird coming from Ne-yo because in his first music video ‘So Sick’ he pushes the girl against the wall while they are arguing…i guess people forget huh?

Ok.

Blah Blah Blah!!!! Riahnna knew what in the hell went down, I am tired of women always condoning what women do, because we are suppose to be the weaker sex! A woman can get away with killing a man, if she just say that he put his hands on her, but if it was the other way around, you women wouldn’t have sympathy for him! YOu would say : oh, she just got tired of the abuse! it seemed justified! WTF?

You Chris Brown stans need to chill. He don’t know you. I feel bad for Rihanna, but I’m not her stan, or Chris. Stans. All day every day like these celebrities know you because you attend a concert, buy their CD’s, and all this other stuff, but they could care less-even if you are a groupie, they do not care. You girls saying Chris Brown is your husband, produce a marriage certificate that says that. You can;’t because he’s your husband in your own deluded-stalker mind. If anything, both Chris and Rihanna need restraining orders on you psycho stans.

@AvaSpeaks

“I think one reason why some younger people seem to accept domestic violence in the relationship is because they see it at home.”

Yes, sadly, many of them have been/are exposed to violence at home, and their relationships mimic that dysfunctional model.

And if the behavior/acceptance isn’t corrected, that abuse may become a pattern in their adult relationships as well.

@Mz_Magnificent

Yes, I agree. This is an issue that cannot be downplayed or ignored. The stats among teens are at an all-time high.

“According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance – United States, 2007, the percentage of 9th to 12th graders who say that they have been hit, slapped or physically hurt on purpose by their boyfriends or girlfriends within the last 12 months is at 9.9 percent, an all-time high.”

You know, it’s funny how some people on here are so “passionate” about domestic violence. Yet that post about what happened to Eddie Curry’s ex didn’t reach no where near the amount of posts that these Chrianna threads have been getting.

And that was worse. He murdered her! And her child! Where’s the outrage in that?

And we chalk that up to, “chicks get beat everyday?” WTF?

@ Sidney

I was talking to somebody that teaches in high schools. She was saying that we may choose not to believe that Rhianna possibly has been abusing Chris, but in about 10 years, that will be a reality because as teens, these girls are abusing ALOT of their boyfriends and hook-ups.

These kids are getting worse.

Why is it when you ask someone a question to their post they don’t answer? Maybe they left, maybe I called them out and they can’t admit they have double standards.

Everyone on here who still steps with R. Kelly, or Bops their head to Tupac and want to prosecute Chris before he even goes to trial, are hypocrites. I said and I will keep on saying it. If you purchased R.Kelly’s CD since he got arrested then you are a hypocrite. If you purchased Tupac album after he was released you are a hypocrite. If you didn’t get rid of Gucci’s CD you are a hypocrite. If you paid to see Mike Tyson fight you are a hypocrite. Wrong is wrong across the board.

@AvaSpeaks

Honestly, I haven’t been able to read the articles about the murders of Eddie Curry’s ex and her child. The whole matter is beyond my realm of thinking — He’s a monster. That’s the only way I can describe him.

Yes, the stats are high among girls who are abusing boys as well. It’s as if violence has become an acceptable part of life, and I think a number of us have become desensitized to it, i.e. the comments about “women get beat every day,” “her injuries aren’t that serious,” etc.

This is a serious issue that will only increase in scope if it is allowed to fester. The behaviors that teens exhibit now are some of the same ones they will take into their relationships when they’re adults. If you’re hitting, slapping, kicking, punching the boy/girl you’re dating when you’re young, when does it stop?

You rihanna stans need to chill she don’t know you…dumbasses, this is a message board, any damn one with an opinion can post…your ass is still here posting messages as if you’re a stand in for God.

So Ne-Yo is stating he’s seen them physically fight? So basically Ne-Yo was Punk Bitch and never addressed Chris at that time he witnessed the physical altercations?
Maybe this could have been prevented?

Ne-Yo is just trying to look like a good guy now and capitalize off of this situation when really if you look at what he said he aint shit!

@ Black.Woman just fiqure speech when they calling themsleves his wife..right is right wrong is wrong… hanging the boy b4 his court date.
no one did this to colby, allen iverson, james brown and many more

AvaSpeaks

I think that it would had been better if Chris had said he was sorry a little quicker too. However, if he had said it too quickly, then he still might had been tainted in the public’s eye because then he would had been admitting to a whole bunch of stuff that would had came out after he apologize. Sorta like jumping the gun.

I just think that maybe after like two days, he should had said that he was sorry about everything that was going down, and to how this is affecting Rhianna and how hurt and sad he was about all of this.

But still, it could had went either way. If he brings up his past then some people would had said that’s not an excuse.

Sounds like Chris was damned all the way a
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I don’t agree with you. Chris needed to make an apology for whatever he was arrested for as quickly as possible. Then if there were other charges pending then he needed to seek a lawyer’s help!

Question: Who was Mary Todd Lincoln’s close friend and confidant for most of her life? Answer: Her modiste or seamstress, Elizabeth Hobbs Keckly. Keckly was born a slave in Virginia in 1818 and was moved around and loaned out to different members of her master’s family. She was eventually moved to St. Louis, Mo., where she bought her freedom in November of 1855. Throughout her time as a slave, Keckly worked as a seamstress. Once she was emancipated she moved to Baltimore with dreams of making dresses for upper-class women and opening a school for young African-American women.

Her Baltimore plans were unsuccessful. She then moved to the capital to try and find work. But, destitute as she was, Keckly didn’t have enough money for a license to remain in the city for more than 30 days. With the help of some of her patrons who knew the mayor of the city, Keckly found a place to stay and was eventually granted a license.

Eventually she ended up making a dress for Robert E. Lee’s wife, sparking the rapid growth of her business. After working tirelessly to finish a dress for one of her patrons, Keckly got a call from the White House. Mrs. Abraham Lincoln was requesting an interview.

Mrs. Lincoln hired Keckly to be her seamstress on inauguration day, March 4, 1861. Keckly became involved with the Lincoln family. She comforted Mrs. Lincoln when her sons passed away, and when dealing with the day-to-day difficulties of being a president’s wife. Mrs. Lincoln leaned on Kecklyeven more after the death of her husband. When Mrs. Lincoln fell on hard times after President Lincoln’s death, Keckly had an idea to write a book to help her friend financially and to clear her good name.

With her book, “Behind the Scenes: Thirty Years a Slave, and Four Years in the White House,” Keckly intended to show the world that Mary Todd Lincoln was misunderstood. But advertisers labeled it as a ‘literary thunderbolt’ and a tell-all book by a black woman who had no business talking about the former first lady. Lincoln felt betrayed, and Keckly’s sewing business suffered. She continued to work as a seamstress and teach young African-American women the trade. Keckly later accepting a faculty position at Wilberforce University and organized a dress exhibit for the Chicago World’s Fair.

Keckly’s gowns are displayed at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.

Holy damn! This chick gets lighter by the min. She’s almost as pale as me!

@ Sidney

Yes this is true. Not to mention that Chrianna are in that group. These “19″ and “21″ years old are much different now than when I was in college. And I am only 32.

I look at some of my younger sorors and I think to myself, how in the heck did you get in my magnificant sorority? I mean the way they act, the way the young guys are acting. It’s completely diffent and some of them accepting CB mistake as norm, it’s heartbreaking.

My only defense of CB is that this is probably a situation that got out of control and he got out of control. He should get help and he is most likely completely devasted and sorrowful about his horrible mistake. But forgiveness and the chance to learn from this is possible. He can change and better his life.

It just seems like either some people here are saying “Rhi deserved it” or “provoked him” or they go the other extreme and say CB should be throw in jail and punished severely. Like he committed the worse crime in the world.

I’m her big fan. I have invited over 5.000 fans to a celebrity&millionaire romance site called’ MillionaireLoving. C O M ‘ we built a big fan club for her at the forum, it is very hot, guys, let`s join if you are her fan too.

LMAO @ both the Chris stans and the Rhianna stans.

@NYC Gal

I already said that Chris should had apologized quicker. But he didn’t. So move on to Plan B.

Where are people getting this: Chris and Rihanna were in a car accident. Chris fled the scene and left Rihanna because he didn’t have a lisence. And Rihanna’s injuries are from the accident.

Well, even if this is true. Chris is still a punk for leaving his girl in a car unconscious and bruised up.

I’m nobody’s stan. I’m watching the parade go by and commenting on it.

Despite Tiger Woods iconic status, it’s safe to say the Professional Golf Association hasn’t always been in love with African-Americans.
One of the first African-Americans to play in the PGA was Dewey Brown. He became a member of the PGA in 1928. Brown learned the game as a caddie and became a renowned club designer and teacher during the 1920s and 30s. He even crafted a set of clubs for President Warren G. Harding. In 1934, the PGA terminated Brown’s membership because they found out he was African-American. During the six years he was a member, everyone assumed he was white because of his light skin color.

Brown was not the only black American in the golf world in the early part of last century. George Grant, a dentist from Boston, designed the first golf tee registered by the United States Patent Office in 1899. John Shippen was the first black American to play in the United States Open, in 1896, even though some competitors threatened to withdraw. And Joseph Bartholomew, a noted architect, designed and built more than a half-dozen golf courses in the New Orleans area. But because he was black, Bartholomew was not allowed to play on the courses he built.

Tiger Woods haven’t been in love with being African American either.

NYC Gal

AvaSpeaks

I think that it would had been better if Chris had said he was sorry a little quicker too. However, if he had said it too quickly, then he still might had been tainted in the public’s eye because then he would had been admitting to a whole bunch of stuff that would had came out after he apologize. Sorta like jumping the gun.

I just think that maybe after like two days, he should had said that he was sorry about everything that was going down, and to how this is affecting Rhianna and how hurt and sad he was about all of this.

But still, it could had went either way. If he brings up his past then some people would had said that’s not an excuse.

Sounds like Chris was damned all the way a
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I don’t agree with you. Chris needed to make an apology for whatever he was arrested for as quickly as possible. Then if there were other charges pending then he needed to seek a lawyer’s help!
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Why does he have to apologize for making Criminal threats? That is the original charge. How many times have you said ooh I could kill him or her?

@NYC

So make an apology for making a criminal threat. Then ooh now I have mroe charges let me get a lawyer now. Why would you wait to get a lawyer when you got arrested and charged with one crime? That doesn’t make sense. So you are saying let him go to court on March 5th without a lawyer and when tehy make more charges then he can say oh I want a lwayer before I make me plead. Naw partna, I going with my lawyer when I turn myself in, when I go to make my plea and anything else I may need to do with the court proceedings.

@AvaSpeaks

Just this Sunday, a woman in Maryland was shot to death by her estranged husband outside her church. He is being held without bond. The victim had asked her husband to leave their home last week.

The details of their marriage haven’t been disclosed, but I wouldn’t be at all surprised if abuse was part of her daily reality.

This is why a so-called “dust-up” or “fight that went too far” cannot be ignored, in my book. It is a pattern for abuse to develop and worsen over time.

@ jb and NYC

And I put “victim” like that because at that time, we didn’t know who the victim really was. It was later revealed the next day that is was Rhianna.

That was in no disrespect to Rhianna!

jb_1030

@Mz_Magnificent1 AKA The OFFICIAL Go Gyrl

I told me lil sis I’m getting my hands on her Chris Brown albums and I’m throwing them in the trash…I want her to know he was wrong and that she shouldn’t support him anymore.
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Do you think he cares that you throw them out? He already made money off of them. And also do you listen to R. Kelly, Michael Jackson, Tupac, Mystical, Gucci Man, Jay-Z? Were you watching Mike Tyson fight when he was released? Do you no longer step in the name of love? And are you saying that if someone who hasn’t even entered a plea yet is guilty before being officially charged? So I guess you didn’t watch Trapped In The Closet?

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Personally, I don’t care if Chris Brown has all the money in the free world…those albums are going in the GARBAGE. I can’t talk about it if I can’t BE about it…I cannot tell my younger sister to not support him but show no action behind my words, that is ridiculous.

No, I’m not one of those people that call R.Kelly “Chester” than buy his music…I can’t stand him and I think he belongs behind bars. Especially, after he named HIMSELF the Pied Piper…I was too through.

Its not hard for me to not support someone that is obviously making a mockery of not only themselves but their supporters as well. As for the “innocent until proven guilty” plea…I guess you don’t know that our so-called “public officials” can be bought off.

Many judges, lawyers, and congressman are child molesters and women abusers themselves…who do you think is participating in underground concierges to go on trips to Thailand to sleep with children away from the media or using services that provide women who has been kidnapped and sold into underground sex trade organizations????

Certainly not Joe-Smoe that lives next door…its the folks with alot of money or power. Lets not get too deep into this b.cuz I can seriously go all day…

I prefer to save my money for worthwhile individuals such as Jill Scott, Jazmine Sullivan, Q-Tip, or even Kanye. Hell at least ‘Ye isn’t knocking women upside their heads or screwing underage girls.

Rumor has it that he was picked up by his crew, not running thru the bushes like Kunta Kinte and told her to call whomever to pick her up because he was thru. Doesn’t sound like any love lost there…carry on.

@ Ava

But I am questioning why does he need to apologize for anything before he is formally charged? Why does he need to publically say he is sorry for anything. This is a private matter for two people who have not made one comment. So if it comes out thatthe “Victim”, Rhianna did something first, do you require her apology too? Did you require one from the Tupac, R. Kelly, Michael jackson, Gucci, Mike Tyson? Especially before they went to court?

My point is everyone wants him to apologize to us. What ifhe already did it to her in private? We don’t don’t what is really going on. Only what these sites put out and sometimes they are not true.

@ Sidney

You could be right. I mean didn’t in the earlier reports they were saying that Rhianna told the police that the abuse was “escalating”?

So again, I see no other way around this. If Chris wants to save his career, then he needs to re-apologize from his own lips and get serious and focus and start to get professional help and devote his time and effort to domestic and family violence issues.

Then in time, if he is sincere, which I’m sure he will be, the public will forgive him. He can still produce and write songs and act in the meantime. But to get back to the level of growing success that he was experiencing in music, I don’t think that can be done without an sincere apology.

With all of the “facts” that we know, plus who knows what Rhianna MAY say later on, the damage is being done too much. Don’t you think?

You Chris Brown stans need to chill. He don’t know you.
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The same goes for you BLACK WOMAN! Rihanna wouldn’t give u a dollar if you were stranded. Calm down.

Negrodamus Believes Ne-Yo has been abused in everyone of his relationships.

@ jb

If Rhianna done some bs in this mess, hell yeah she should apologize. And if she has been abusing him, then she needs to get help too.

However

I was like you. Before the pic came out. Now that is has, Chris needs to move on to Plan C and fast. I totally understand what you mean, but again, if chris wants to save his career, this is something he must do, seriously. It’s not fair, but it’s true.

Because in the public’s eye, her beating him is just “rumors”. It doesn’t matter if she has been beating his ass everyday since the 4th of July, she didn’t bruise up his face and leave him in a car. That’s how the PUBLIC is looking at it. Not me or you, but the ones that directly affect his career.

For every 100 hits she could had given him, if he hits her 1 time, he is going to be the one that gets the brunt of it. Simply because of the whole mantra, “a man should never hit a woman”

That’s why I want ALL of the facts to come out. I don’t believe that CB was a serial abuser or that he tried to kill her. I think things got out of control and he went way too far.

Negrodamus Believes Ne-Yo has been abused in everyone of his relationships.
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@Mz_Magnificent1 AKA The OFFICIAL Go Gyrl

You make a good point about the things tht go on in other countries, but my point is, people are ready to his this young man’s head because he is seen a a good guy. But let a thug do something and it’s ok.
I see you don’t listen to R. BUt you didn’t say anything about TUpac, or Mike Tyson both convicted and spent time in prison for sexual assualt against women. So that is my point if you stand up for one, then stand up for all.
ANd trust even though he is accused of this and if he gets off lightly, he will be back because we could care less about what someone else did as long as its not us that it happened to. If he did do what he is accused of, making a criminal threat (that’s the only charge so far) then yes he should pay.

Women of an abuse organization were on the Steve Harvey show defending Chris, and said that her bruises looked like bruises from self-defense…

carry on.

@ Ava, I thik we agree on many points, especially the fact that all the facts of the case need to come out first.

@AvaSpeaks

Yes, I agree that Chris Brown should focus on working through his issues, and I think that should take top priority above all else, including a rumored reconciliation with Rihanna (plus, he’s facing a court date). And I believe that Rihanna would benefit from counseling as well.

As far as his public image, yes, the damage has been done. However, the black community is known for bestowing forgiveness freely and unconditionally, so he will still have a following.

These are only my opinions.

@ Just Saying

Thanks for the post!

Man. It would be awesome if ever went as hard at their neighbors as they are going at Chris Brown. Dude was wrong, yeah, but I hope everyone that is all, “he should apologize, he needs to pay, he needs jesus” don’t have any friends, relatives or neighbors being struck by their significant other. If so, helping them out before worrying about Chris Brown and Rhianna would make the world a better place.

Why does he have to apologize for making Criminal threats? That is the original charge. How many times have you said ooh I could kill him or her?

@NYC

So make an apology for making a criminal threat. Then ooh now I have mroe charges let me get a lawyer now. Why would you wait to get a lawyer when you got arrested and charged with one crime? That doesn’t make sense. So you are saying let him go to court on March 5th without a lawyer and when tehy make more charges then he can say oh I want a lwayer before I make me plead. Naw partna, I going with my lawyer when I turn myself in, when I go to make my plea and anything else I may need to do with the court proceedings.
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I don’t know what planet you’re living on but if I made a comment like “I would kill you” and there is evidence to support my actions. My ass needs to be locked up with the keys thrown in the deepest ocean!!

I have a conscious and I’m willing to apologize for my shortcomings and take responsibility for them. Whatever happens in the court of law or the court of public opinion as a result of my shortcomings or me trippin’, I’m willing to take like a woman!

Negrodamsu Believes there’s a people that bases its philosophy off of beating women.It’s called being “Muslim”

@ trying to understand

I’m confused by your statement.

You said that a woman from an abuse organization was defending Chris but said that Rhianna’s bruises look like self-defense?

Did you mean they were defending Rhianna? Or that Chris had self-defense wounds. I’m confused.

On another note, what is going on in N.O.?!?

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — An infant and at least four other people were shot Tuesday along a parade route packed with Mardi Gras revelers, police said. Two suspects were in custody and the victims were recovering.

Negrodamus Believes we all benefit from this altercation. No more Chris Brown and Rhianna’s busted lip is a valid excuse for not being able to sing.

@ Sydney

I am in agreement with you. We do forgive and forget. Soemtimes to easily. I think if he was older I might a different opinion. BUt I believe that it takes a village and we need to embrace him and make sure he gets help and not lost in a system where he will not get help. As well as making sure she gets help to. Too many young black adults are lost and no one wants to help them.

Oh my god, check the phone on his belt. And he is walking with a cd in hit pockett??

Negrodamus Believes Neyo sung “get a nigga back like that” to his ex-male lover who whooped his ass.

StunninSteele- you are so right but it’ll fall on deaf ears, here. The next door neighbors problems aren’t sexy enough to be concerned about. It’s easier to escape your sister’s abuse by writing bs about celebrities that fall from grace and who proves to be mortal.

Besides what else would they talk about until the next celebrity arrest, beat down, drug bust or murder. Strike drug bust thingy that fool Fab got busted with 500 pounds…no biggie.

Well I know why I’m here, for amusement and entertainment…I get plenty.

STOP CRYING ABOUT THAT BIRD RIHANNA. I KNOW HOW THEM CHICKS FROM THE ISLANDS ARE AND I KNOW SHE STARTED THE FIGHT. SHE STARTED SWINGING AND GETTING LOUD FIRST AND HE PROTECTED HIMSELF. IF THAT WAS ANY OF YOU, YOUR SONS, OR YOUR BROTHERS YOU WOULD SING A DIFFERENT TUNE.

NYC,

I wan to come at you in so many ways. But I will leave it like this, wait until March 5th, when all the evidence is presented. And just to let you know, I am from planet Krypton!!!!

@ jb and Sidney

Yes we are forgiving and he will have a following. However, will other people work with him? Like producers, writers, his manager, his label? I mean there is more fallout, not just public opinion.

As far as him coming back. Do I think he can, yes I do. Even after this mess. But HOW and HOW LONG will depend on what happens between now and March 6th and even after that. This is still very fresh in people’s minds and the media train wheels are still spinning.

I mean he might come back, but not in singing. He “might” have to move on to acting or being a super-producer or something else. I mean this shit jsut makes him look worse and worse everyday. SO yes he can come back, as what and in what capacity, I don’t know.

But he can come back from this. Especially if he takes this experience and turn it into a positive. Like maybe become a film director doing movies and documentaries on domestic and home violence issues.

Or maybe he can become a Tyler Perry.

He can come back.

@ jb

Kal-El in the house!

@ Negrodamus

LMAOIMC!

@ trying to understand

restate that statement again. was the woman on the Steve Harvey show defending Chris or was she defending Rhianna. Your original statment confused me

Negrodamus Believes Asian and Spanish people morph into white folks while black people are sleeping.

@ JB…

I am not commenting on Tupac’s or Mike’s situations b.cuz they concerned “disputable” rapes. I was going to say as women but stratch that as HUMANS we should all have discretion and logic…and going to a man who you barely know hotel’s room in the whee hours of the morning is just DUMB as hell.

Now riding with a guy you have been dating for over a year (someone who should be protecting you from harm) and him beating your azz is an entirely different story…and lets not even talk about R.Kelly aka Chester. He married Aaliyah when she was 15 AND was caught on tape…the only thing that got him off was his money.

@JB and AvaSpeaks

I believe that you can always make a comeback in the black community — Always. The list of black offenders who still have careers is lengthy.

Now will he still have a crossover career? The jury’s still out on that, IMHO.

Good point, but yes I do still think he can have a crossover career. Again, as what, I don’t know.

I mean Kerry Washington and Sanaa Latham has been in “crossover” movies, yet are they hugh crossover stars? Not really.

Who knows? Who knows how long he can do the music thing anyway.

But I mean, is Rhianna the new “Madonna”? Or Janet or even dare I say it, “Beyonce”? Is her career going to explode because of this forever?

Or just a little while?

I don’t know guys. I just don’t know. If he ends up on a hot TV show, then there, he’s back.

Look at Chandra Wilson. Non-black people know her. Not because she is the new Halle Berry but because she is on a hit, highly rated show.

Will Rhianna have a killer career after this? What do you all think? When the sympathy sales go down, and months have gone on, is her 5th joint gonna be the hot shit?

Will she start acting in movies or do fashion?

I mean what’s gonna happen to her.

AvaSpeaks

@ jb and Sidney

Yes we are forgiving and he will have a following. However, will other people work with him? Like producers, writers, his manager, his label? I mean there is more fallout, not just public opinion.

As far as him coming back. Do I think he can, yes I do. Even after this mess. But HOW and HOW LONG will depend on what happens between now and March 6th and even after that. This is still very fresh in people’s minds and the media train wheels are still spinning.

I mean he might come back, but not in singing. He “might” have to move on to acting or being a super-producer or something else. I mean this shit jsut makes him look worse and worse everyday. SO yes he can come back, as what and in what capacity, I don’t know.

But he can come back from this. Especially if he takes this experience and turn it into a positive. Like maybe become a film director doing movies and documentaries on domestic and home violence issues.

Or maybe he can become a Tyler Perry.

He can come back.

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You also got to remember that Ike Turner never recovered from the abuse charges! He still was able to make a living doing music but it was very late in his life and he died soon afterwards. Payback is a b**ch! Tina Turner never filed abuse charges against him for all those abuse she suffered!

@ Ava

Rihanna is already cross over. I don’t think it’s going to make her an untouchable superstar like Madonna. At the end of the day she is still going to have to have talent to reach that status.

She’ll be a Janet. People will give her more hype, but she’ll be capable of falling. Everybody knew Chico De Barge was beating Janet, but it doesn’t stop her current records from flopping.

People are empathetic toward Rihanna but she can’t half step and still expect great results.

I’m no Beyonce stan, but aint nobody gonna feel that damn sorry for her ass to make her reach that status either without hard work.

@NYC Gal

“You also got to remember that Ike Turner never recovered from the abuse charges! He still was able to make a living doing music but it was very late in his life and he died soon afterwards. Payback is a b**ch! Tina Turner never filed abuse charges against him for all those abuse she suffered!”

Good point. And I think it helped considerably that Tina Turner has a huge crossover audience. And she also had her popular memoir, I, Tina, and the highly acclaimed movie.

Indeed, karma did catch up to ol’ Ike.

@ The Third Eye

Do you mean James? James was married to Janet, not Chico.

My Point of View on Cross Over Success

It’s definitely good for your bank account, but the fans you’ll have ain’t shit. They’ll trash you once you make even the tiniest blunder, gain weight, age, star in one bad movie, have one flop album, or face an obstacle in life. Whitney, Mariah, Janet, and Michael are living examples.

They damn near ex communicated Mariah after Glitter and her melt down, but when she dropped The Emancipation of MiMi they all was on her shit and singing We Belong Together.

They didn’t support Whitney during her drug abuse and marriage to Bobby Brown.

Janet was done after the superbowl event. But let that have been Madonna and the feminists and fans would have had her back. And what flack did J. Timberlake catch?

Well, Michael screwed his own self lol. And so did Chris.

As an African American I even find it hard to stand behind Chris. I just hopes he gets help.

And let’s think about this.

Some of these celebs that have and come back from their alcohol and drug addictions, let’s not forget the physical and domestic abuse that some of their spouses or significant other goes through as well. We don’t ever hear about those stories till we hear it on E! or VH-1.

That’s exactly why Angie Stone said what she said on BlackVoices.com. There are probably alot more people going thru some “hands-on” experience in this industry. Are we gonna expose them all? are we gonna have the same reaction that we are having to Chrianna?

It has been widely rumored for years that Lenny Kravitz cheated on Lisa and that was the downfall for their marriage. Yet, we love us some Lenny. And hell, he became a bigger star after that.

Celebdom is funny. Who knows what may happen to both Chris and Rhianna after this. Rhianna ain’t no guarantee.

Ashanti anyone? I remember when they named her, “Princess of Hip Hop & R&B”

@ Kahmmillion, “no women deserves to be beat”, it just looks worse on light skin. And all those people saying that domestic violence happens everyday are crazy, didn’t your daddies teach you that you all were princesses, and should be treated as such?! I guess not.

@ Ava

James, Chico I don’t know or care. One of them Debarge boys was smacking her around. The name is irrelevant, literally lol.

@AvaSpeaks

Totally off topic, but I had no idea that Mickey Rourke’s ex, Carre Otis, had done heroin until I saw the Barbara Walters special Sunday.

I didn’t hear any mention of his reported abuse of Otis. He has done a lot of dirt. I considered going to see The Wrestler, but I just couldn’t muster up the interest.

Plus, and I know it’s superficial, but his physical appearance is a little scary.

Y’all still arguing about who hit who and who did what?

Rihanna looks so pretty in this picture! She is beautiful.

I agree with Ne-Yo, what Chris did was inexcusable. I hope someone kick his ass…faggot Chris Brown got a text from a man, Rihanna saw it and was going to tell so the bitch Brown snapped and beat Rih. SMH, get well soon Rih.

@ The Third Eye

Confessions was one of those types of albums that it’s like, man, can he even top that?

I mean same with The Emanicipation of Mimi! I mean her next shit was good, but did it top that? Or of course, The Score from The Fugees. Or the Carnival from Wyclef?

Can Rhianna top Good Girl Gone Bad?

My prediction for Rhianna’s 4th joint is that it’s gonna sell like madness, only on the strength of this last album and the scandal. But again, will her 5th joint sell?

It may or may not happen.

Lenny’s 4th album Circus sold on the strenght of Are You Gonna Go My Way, but it wasn’t as good.

Same with Usher after Confessions.

So if her shit ain’t hot…dun, dun, dun.

Sydney

@NYC Gal

“You also got to remember that Ike Turner never recovered from the abuse charges! He still was able to make a living doing music but it was very late in his life and he died soon afterwards. Payback is a b**ch! Tina Turner never filed abuse charges against him for all those abuse she suffered!”

Good point. And I think it helped considerably that Tina Turner has a huge crossover audience. And she also had her popular memoir, I, Tina, and the highly acclaimed movie.

Indeed, karma did catch up to ol’ Ike.
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Rihanna has a difficult road ahead of her too because she can’t be dwelling on the abuse in every magazine, TV talk show, newspaper and every song. She herself needs counseling because if she gets into another abusive relationship and catch another beat down. The sympathetic public won’t be too sympathetic the second time around!

@ NYC

The public is sympathetic to just about any woman in hollywood who got, get, and stay screwed over by a man. Jennifer Aniston, Halle Berry, Tina T, Lisa Raye, Katie Holmes. I could go on and on.

@ NYC Gal

Do you mean the Black public or the non-Black, crossover public?

If Rhianna got into another abusive relationship, they would feed her to the wolves! People would be calling her all kinds of names. It would be horrible.

Or she could come out again looking like a helpless victim.

Who knows what’s going to happen with her. But 2009 is going to probably turn out to be a good year for her, career-wise.

[...] Ne-Yo to Breezy: “That Sh*t’s Inexcusable” (Bossip) [...]

@ Third Eye

Were we as kind to Lisa Raye though?

Or what about Jaunita Byrum?

And I don’t remember people hatin on Lisa Lopes when she burned her boyfriends house down. Remember that? They end up getting engaged! LOL! And she still stayed in TLC

@ Ava

People are just gonna get her next album just to see what’s she gonna sing about. And if sucks then people will give her pass and be like she went through too much. That’s if she drops it in close proximity to altercation. But if it’s 2 years from now she might be done. I just don’t count anyone out of the game anymore. People are constantly coming back.

@AvaSpeaks

I don’t know how true this is, but I read that Rihanna didn’t want to come forward about this incident — her mother convinced her to work with the police (again, this is unconfirmed). Also, her actions now indicate that she still has strong feelings for Brown, which is pretty common in abusive relationships. Often, women return to their boyfriends/husbands, and the cycle continues. They may feel some level of guilt, as if they somehow deserve blame in the matter (and this goes back to the battered women’s syndrome).

I have a strong suspicion that Rihanna probably won’t want to address this publicly, particularly if she still holds Brown in high affection. But who knows?

Halle was pretty open about discussing the mistreatment she experienced in her relationships/marriage, and I thought it was a double-edged sword.

*marriages*

You know, I don’t know about Halle.

I mean the word is out on her and how she is kinda “nutty” when it comes to the men.

My sorors were telling me about something our frat David Justice had said about her, he was saying that she is “crazy”, lol.

I’m gonna believe my frat over her, lol! I don’t know. I’m just kidding. You gotta watch those Omegas

I thought we had Lisa’s back. We talk about how ghetto she is, but that’s us keeping it real. But when it came down to how she was done by that dude we was behind her–I thought.

Jaunita Bryum. I wasn’t into that all that much so I don’t know.

Lisa Lopes went the wrong route. She was a victim and then decided to get even instead of seeking justice the legal way. We just took her as crazy ass Lisa but we still had love for her.

@ Sidney

Here is the thing though, will Rhianna still want to be with Chris if he is not “hot” anymore?

I mean this is a serious question to answer. After this, she might be able to get pretty much anybody she wants, maybe even Shia. Who’s to say she is going to stay with Chris if his career tanks after this mess?

Halle may be a little off. I don’t know the girl, but I have alot of biracial friends and they tend to be a little coo coo sometimes.

I’m just sayin. That’s just a small percentage. I ain’t saying all biracial people are nutz, so PLEASE nobody take offense to that.

@Ava

I think Rihanna will still want Chris even if he aint hot. Battered woman syndrome is stronger than Hollywood jump offs.

@ The Third Eye

Exactly! We took Lisa Lopes as “crazy-ass” Lisa. But it’s funny how when the woman gives the shit, it’s keeping it real.

But if the man retailates, like let’s say lil’ breezy, then it still abuse!

The double standards are hilarious! I was reading somewhere about some people trying to make a “Violence Against Women” law.

But nobody mad mention of a “Violence Against Men” or “Violence Against Spouses” law.

I’m telling you, if Phil Hartman could speak from his grave. I guess some people would say that it’s his fault he got shot because he was a man and he should had left.

@AvaSpeaks

So you’re a Delta?

The “crazy” label for Halle is the double-edged sword I was referring to — It seemed the more she talked about her relationship troubles, the more some people formed an opinion about her own stability.

If Rihanna truly “loves” Chris, it doesn’t matter whether he’s “hot” or not. In some cases of abusive relationships, the woman sticks by her significant other, no matter what. I think many people are in co-dependent relationships, and they need outside assistance in breaking free of unhealthy entanglements.

@AvaSpeaks

Vice President Joe Biden drafted the Violence Against Women Act, and it’s a big reason why many women’s groups supported his vp nomination last year.

The Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (VAWA) is a United States federal law. It was passed as Title IV, sec. 40001-40703 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 HR 3355 and signed as Public Law 103-322 by President Bill Clinton on September 13, 1994. It provided $1.6 billion to enhance investigation and prosecution of the violent crime perpetrated against women, increased pre-trial detention of the accused, imposed automatic and mandatory restitution on those convicted, and allowed civil redress in cases prosecutors chose to leave unprosecuted.

VAWA was drafted by Senator Joe Biden’s office with support from a number of advocacy organizations including Legal Momentum and The National Organization for Women, which described the bill as “the greatest breakthrough in civil rights for women in nearly two decades.”

@ Sydney

Yes I am

You know peeps, I was just reading this article dated like 2/9 about how “obsessed” Rhianna was with Chris. Let me see if I can find it.

I was beginning to hear about some obsessive behavior that she was exhibiting toward him in the past couple of months. In the article, it was saying that she was really co-dependent on him.

However

It was saying that like for example, if he goes away for a second, she’s wondering where he is, or if he isn’t with her, then she’s calling him trying to find out where he is. She needed to him to be around her all the time, etc.

That last part doesn’t quite sound like someone getting abused. Does it? I mean if I’m getting abused, I don’t think I would be looking for him to be next TO ME, every second.

@ Ava

Some abusers brainwash their victims into thinking they need them to survive and they’re nothing without them, so I kind of disagree with you on that note.

And her fame did blow up during the time she got with him, she would believe it IF that’s the case.

And there is a syndrome where even the abducted, captive, or hostage can even relate to captor and even learn to SERIOUSLY love the captor no matter how they’re treated.

@AvaSpeaks

That’s the way some women function in abusive relationships, as irrational as it may sound. I’ve also seen interviews with police officers who work domestic violence cases, and sometimes, the victim lashes out at them when they attempt to take her abuser into custody. There’s a destructive co-dependency at play, IMHO.

I just found this online about battered women’s syndrome, btw:

There are generally four stages in the battered women’s syndrome.

Stage One–Denial

Stage one of battered women’s syndrome occurs when the battered woman denies to others, and to herself, that there is a problem. Most battered women will make up excuses for why their partners have an abusive incident. Battered women will generally believe that the abuse will never happen again.

Stage Two–Guilt

Stage two of battered women’s syndrome occurs when a battered woman truly recognizes or acknowledges that there is a problem in her relationship. She recognizes she has been the victim of abuse and that she may be beaten again. During this stage, most battered women will take on the blame or responsibility of any beatings they may receive. Battered women will begin to question their own characters and try harder to live up their partners “expectations.”

Stage Three-Enlightenment

Stage three of battered women’s syndrome occurs when a battered woman starts to understand that no one deserves to be beaten. A battered woman comes to see that the beatings she receives from her partner are not justified. She also recognizes that her partner has a serious problem. However, she stays with her abuser in an attempt to keep the relationship in tact with hopes of future change.

Stage Four–Responsibility

Stage four of battered women’s syndrome occurs when a battered woman recognizes that her abuser has a problem that only he can fix. Battered women in this stage come to understand that nothing they can do or say can help their abusers. Battered women in this stage choose to take the necessary steps to leave their abusers and begin to start new lives.

@ NYC

I agree with you. I don’t think Chris needs to go to jail either. Now I know some people think he does, but I don’t. I don’t think he is an abuser.

BUT

When I say he should make another apology, I mean a heartfelt one too. No bs. I believe that he is sorry but he just needs some help in realizing there is a better way to correct this mistake.

Maybe somebody like a Steve Harvey or a T.I. or even his “friend” Ne-Yo can help him with this. Maybe he needs to take Will Smith on his offer for help.

That way he can come out a better person. That’s why I say, if all of what you and I say he does, then yes he can come back. Maybe not singing and “pop lockin” but he can come back better. That’s all I’m saying.

Are there stages or terms for someone like Chris, who has seen abuse?

@The Third Eye

“And there is a syndrome where even the abducted, captive, or hostage can even relate to captor and even learn to SERIOUSLY love the captor no matter how they’re treated.”

There’s a name for that condition, and it’s escaping my memory right now. I think that was part of the Patty Hearst case back in the 70′s.

@AvaSpeaks

Yes, as I saw written last week in a very insightful column on CNN.com, children who witness abuse are also abused. There are many repercussions to children being exposed to violence. More below:

A Cycle of abuse is abuse that occurs in a repeating pattern. Abuse is identifiable as being cyclical in two ways: it is both generational and episodic. Generational cycles of abuse are passed down, by example and exposure, from parents to children. Episodic abuse occurs in a repeating pattern within the context of at least two individuals within a family system. It may involve spousal abuse, child abuse, or even elder abuse.

A son, who is repeatedly either verbally or physically abused by his father, will predictably treat his own children in the same way. When a daughter hears her mother frequently tear down, belittle, and criticize her father, she will adapt a learned behavior which involves control through verbal abuse. Similarly, a child who witnesses his parents engaging in abusive behaviors toward one another, will very likely subject his or her spouse to the same abusive patterns. These are examples of generational abuse.

@ Sydney

Thanks. I couldn’t remember the term to save my life. Are you a psychology major?

@ Ava

Okay, don’t judge me peoples.

For Chris as a person I don’t think he’s an abuser he is boy or young man who lost his temper and made a mistake. I know abuse was in his home but I don’t think it was even factor in this case. He may want to seek anger management and counseling to be safe. And I don’t want him to be jailed.

Chris as celebrity: He needs to seek life long counseling for damage control and save his career. He doesn’t need to be jailed. And I hope he can persevere.

And keeping it real: I know if this was a non-celebrity I’d be like jail that foo.

He need to be somewhere trying to make a song about this…wait, I’ll do it…

@The Third Eye

LMAO, no, but I’ve actually been asked that before, or been told that I should have entered that field.

I just found the name of the syndrome, by the way, and Wiki cites Patty Hearst as an example:

Stockholm syndrome is a psychological response sometimes seen in abducted hostages, in which the hostage shows signs of loyalty to the hostage-taker, regardless of the danger or risk in which they have been placed. The syndrome is named after the Norrmalmstorg robbery of Kreditbanken at Norrmalmstorg, Stockholm, Sweden, in which the bank robbers held bank employees hostage from August 23 to August 28 in 1973. In this case, the victims became emotionally attached to their victimizers, and even defended their captors after they were freed from their six-day ordeal. The term “Stockholm Syndrome” was coined by the criminologist and psychiatrist Nils Bejerot, who assisted the police during the robbery, and referred to the syndrome in a news broadcast.[

@ Sydney

Thanks. I didn’t know the story behind. Bossip can be so educational lol.

I think one of Chris’ biggest regret is going to be not giving a full out, well staged news conference as soon as possible. Trust me. This would have helped him. Now it’s too late. I don’t know who is managing his career or who he takes advice from…but he should have done a news conference with no Q&A.

As much as the public can be tough on you, they also love to see you redeem yourself. Chris should’ve thought about the bigger picture. in the news conference, he could’ve talked about taking full responsibility for his actions, acknowledging he was at fault and feeling ashamed.

Even if he still felt Rihanna had some responsibility in her own beat down (total B.S.), this was about saving his amazing career at 19 years old. 10 years from now he wouldn’t care about Rihanna, but still would’ve had his career.

Bottomline. Chris waited to long to amend his wrongs in the public eye. Rihanna’s career will be more than fine IF she stays away from Chris.

But Chris should have come out in public and apologized. Now look what’s happened…dude is done.

Hey Syd

holding it down I see

AvaSpeaks

@ NYC

I agree with you. I don’t think Chris needs to go to jail either. Now I know some people think he does, but I don’t. I don’t think he is an abuser.

BUT

When I say he should make another apology, I mean a heartfelt one too. No bs. I believe that he is sorry but he just needs some help in realizing there is a better way to correct this mistake.

Maybe somebody like a Steve Harvey or a T.I. or even his “friend” Ne-Yo can help him with this. Maybe he needs to take Will Smith on his offer for help.

That way he can come out a better person. That’s why I say, if all of what you and I say he does, then yes he can come back. Maybe not singing and “pop lockin” but he can come back better. That’s all I’m saying.

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Chris is an abuser! Chris needs to acknowledge this if he truely wants help!

Professional help is not getting advice from Steve Harvey, Will Smith, Ne-Yo and surely not someone like TI whose about to do time!

Professional help is an intensive introspective analysis of your entire life done by a qualified therapist for aleast(in the case of Chris)2 or 3 days/week for 5+ years! Including visiting to domestic violence centers and doing therapy with his mom, dad and step dad present. If he doesn’t accept some type arrangement like this, he needs to explore his other option… doing time in jail for aleast 3 years!

All this should be done before he thinks about showing his damn face in front my TV!!

@ claroliza

VERY WELL PUT; I CONCUR!

@ the Chris supporters

what exactly does make a man an abuser?

Hey, Blaq!

@The Third Eye

LOL, I’ve learned some things on here myself. It depends on the topic.

I recall hearing a mention of the syndrome during an episode of Law & Order — a girl who had been raped identified with her attacker — and I found it very interesting.

@Claroliza

I thought the same thing in the past week. I don’t know who his publicist is, but the key is timeliness in crisis communications. You can’t wait for days and then put out a tepid statement — without any mention of Rihanna’s name — and expect to have much of an impact. And it was transparent that it was written by someone else, particularly with the line about the pastor.

@ syd

I am sure Chris attorneys have advised him not to speak in detail about the incident, and to not make apologies for something he has yet to be convicted of. Has he been charged with assault or just making threats?

Man, she gave me herpes guys! Wouldn’t you beat her up???

@blaq

As far as I know, he is charged with making a threat.

I don’t know — That statement just seemed so contrived and robotic. I realize the legal ramifications of disclosing more, but couldn’t they have at least issued a short statement sooner?

@ Sydney

LOL, I love me some Law & Order. And you’re so right about Breezy’s publicists. Why ain’t they on their J-O-B. I’d fire her quick, but that probably look good at this time.

Chris needs to lay low, announce he seeking long-term anger management and counseling and add a sincere apology. Stay relevant through appearances on the red carpet for award shows. Take the back lash from interviewers, be somewhat open about what’s going on in his counseling. Drop a inspirational (not gospel) album (no crumping, no poplocking in the video, or video hoes), and share his obstacles on Oprah, not reality Tv because it’s tacky and it can be edited by his people. All this should be completed no later than 2012 or no earlier than 2011.

@The Third Eye

Yes, I love Detective Goren. It was one of his cases.

LOL @ your plan of action

He should hire you!

Except I don’t know about Oprah having him on — She won’t even grant interviews to most rappers, and anyone on Gayle’s s**t list is probably on hers, too, don’t you think?

@ Sydney

I forgot Gayle trashed him. Yeah, Oprah is pretty much out the question until Gayle says it okay. If I was publicist I guess we’d just have to settle for Tyra lol.

But I guess that ain’t bad. Demographically speaking, his fans probably watch her show more than they watch Oprah.

@ sydney

no they are going to try and get him off. Then he hope Rhianna will come stand by his side thus encouraging public forgiveness and eventually the return to grace. Kobe had to get his wife to stay and shoot out a couple of youngins now he’s pretty much back where he started. The fact the victim was questionable didn’t hurt either, Chris wasn’t that lucky. Even if he does get off if she doesnt publically forgive him it’s a rap. If she does forgive him I think her popularity will take a major hit. Lastly pop stars are only that for so long. Chris is not a writer, producer who can stay in the biz on a low key and every time he’s mentioned that picture is going to pop up.

Didnt Rihanna let people speculate about her injuries and think the worse? She didnt say anything until the photo came out. If those photos werent leaked she probably wouldnt have said anything. And her statement was also NOT written by her and also RELEASED by her PR people.

And if Chris decides to seek counseling that is no ones business by his. He doesnt HAVE TO disclose that to the public.

AND while Im on it who is going to determine how sincere his apology is? Whos qualified for that job? Any one here a mind reader?

I guess some people just like a good ol fashion witch hunt.

AvaSpeaks

@ NYC Gal

Do you mean the Black public or the non-Black, crossover public?

If Rhianna got into another abusive relationship, they would feed her to the wolves! People would be calling her all kinds of names. It would be horrible.

Or she could come out again looking like a helpless victim.

Who knows what’s going to happen with her. But 2009 is going to probably turn out to be a good year for her, career-wise.

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WTF? I am talking about the general American public! The same one that voted for or against our President in the elections!!

I really believe that Rihanna should seek professional counseling too! She needs to address the issue of defending an abuser, staying with an abuser, accepting abuse and dealing with abuse!!

If she uses this incident to line her pockets or for publicity it will back fire on her! She needs to either write a book about her experience and donate ALL profits to domestic violence centers. Then do an interview about picking up, seeking help and moving on with life. The interview should never be for sympathy, pity or publicity.

Also, she could privately donate her time or give money to domestic violence centers but it should never be done to get publicity for her upcoming projects!

Rihanna must also become media savvy because she constantly talking about her abuse is $$$$ for the media! If the abuse is brought up in each interview, she needs to refer the interviewer to her book or her first interview and then say “I don’t want to discuss it while promoting my album or project”.

@The Third Eye

Yeah, I can definitely see him on Tyra.

@Blaq

I thought of Kobe’s news conference with his wife.

Spitzer did the same thing when he was caught red-handed.

So did Kwame Kilpatrick.

I’m starting to think this relationship really wasn’t real to begin with..but actually was a ploy to build Rihanna and especially Chris’ career.

Notice how the couple started coming out publically last year almost to the day of the attack, right around the Grammys and Clive Davis’ party??? HMMMMM.

If their relationship was a ploy, agreed in advance that it would run for one year, it worked too well–they made too good a couple! Far from hating, the public actually loved them and expected them to stay together and maybe even get married someday!! I’m sure they slept together and maybe even fell “in love.” They were so perfect together!

But Chris is ONLY 19. Too young, much too young for such a heavy commitment for such a young, rich, famous, and good looking young man, who has honeys (men and women!) all over the world literally hangin from his dcik!

He wanted to end the relationship, as per the terms of the original agreement, but Rihanna didn’t. As the end of the agreement neared, she started to pressure him more and more, he always felt pressured by this situation he was not ready for (even though he was hittin it!), and he tried to hold her to the plan because she “knew it wasn’t a relationship” and it was over as agreed! But Rihanna wasn’t trying to hear that, because they were so great together and were so “in love….”

We know how guys get when girls try to turn a FB relationship into a real one, right? It doesn’t work!! How you started up is how you gotta end up in a situation like that.

If Rihanna was older and wiser, she would have let Chris go, started dating other people, and let him come back to her on his own when he was ready. Oh, she’d have to close her legs (to Chris) also:)

Due to the extraordinary pressures of this fake situation, feeling trapped and enraged Chris lost his patience and temper and blew!!

The rest is history.

Get well Rihanna, you didn’t deserve this. Can’t wait to see you back out there lil mama.

Chris get it together and make the amends needed to salvage your career. You’re too talented to let it all go down the drain like this.

This is just my .02 — any thoughts??

@ Spill

I heard this talk before. It sounds believable just due to the fact there was ploy to make it seem as if her and Jay had a “thing” to elevate her career. Which she supposedly had no idea about.

Hey Third Eye

Yeah, I do not condone what happened in any way, shape or fashion

And Chris may, in fact, have some deep seated issues

But I really don’t think he is an abuser, I think he got in over his head and then when he tried to get out he totally fcuked up

I wish the DA would come on out with the charges they plan to pursue so these kids can figure out what’s up and get their lives back on track..come what may

?

Didnt Rihanna let people speculate about her injuries and think the worse? She didnt say anything until the photo came out. If those photos werent leaked she probably wouldnt have said anything. And her statement was also NOT written by her and also RELEASED by her PR people.

And if Chris decides to seek counseling that is no ones business by his. He doesnt HAVE TO disclose that to the public.

AND while Im on it who is going to determine how sincere his apology is? Whos qualified for that job? Any one here a mind reader?

I guess some people just like a good ol fashion witch hunt.

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Let the NYPD do a Chris Brown beat down on an unarmed black man with the results of Rihanna’s. I hope you be as sympathetic with the police as you are with Chris!

spill as in spilling it.

Hmmm…too pat, too clear, and you probably know it’s true. However, still pieces are missing. You didn’t add the main filler. Did his new chick call as he was telling her to stick to the plan, cause the melee?

Rihanna’s applehead ass is cute…

@ trying to understand

I don’t know whether this theory is true, and so don’t have all the details, but it fits, doesn’t it?

If you look at the pictures of that night, Chris was clearly off, he was not into Rihanna AT ALL.

I was just looking at all their pics on Getty Images (part of the grieving process of letting them go! Such a CUTE couple, I was a huge fan), when I noticed that the first pics of them that came out officially were of them together at …. Clive Davis’ party!! HMMMM…ding ding ding.. too coincidental..and the theorizing began from there..

I think Chris was finally done with this fake relationship, the year was up, and he was takin Rihanna’s azz home as planned that evening when he probably did get a text/call from a jump off..he was being out about his shyt cause he and Rihanna were no longer together any way shape form or fashion, and he was glad as hail cause even though he cared for Rihanna and he had enjoyed tappin that azz, he could not wait to get into some new p*ssy and be single and free, and simply kirked the hell OUT when Rihanna tried to cock block and continue to pressure him to death to stay with her when he is not 29 but 19…

Again, this is just my 2 cents

Should Rihanna have been beaten for that? Hell no

Should Chris go to jail for this incident? Don’t know, Imma need the DA to bring out the charges so I can evaluate them

[...] Ne-Yo who sort of confirmed Brown and Rihanna’s relationship late last year, stating “They tear hair out of each other and argue. I’ve seen them kiss and make up like other couples [...]

[...] the movie, Rihanna hit up the Hollywood Hills for a birthday party in her honor. “People were scrambling at her feet to make sure her every wish was granted. There [...]

um Gen X

ppl think Chris ought to better apologize to RIHANNA, you know, the victim?

Did you take your meds today? You seem angry, was wrong boo boo

@NYC gal.

Let the NYPD do a Chris Brown beat down on an unarmed black man with the results of Rihanna’s. I hope you be as sympathetic with the police as you are with Chris!

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That’s not even a good comparison to their situation. The LAPD would’ve actually beat Chris where as the whole Chrianna situation…Well Rihanna’s fine. It took her two weeks to heal where as it took noe of my friends to 3 weeks to heal from a cut toe. (A cut toe!) Rihanna wasn’t to bent out of shap because she still went out and celebrated her birthday with her friends. “She’s still a little weak” My ass.

You can’t compare the LAPD to Chris Brown that was just ignorant on your part.

People are trying to compare more serious situations to this…Mess.

*An unarmed black man not Chris.

BTW Ne-yo looks funny as hail in this pic! Grinnin all big like the cheshire cat, lmao!

Dear God

@NYC gal.

Let the NYPD do a Chris Brown beat down on an unarmed black man with the results of Rihanna’s. I hope you be as sympathetic with the police as you are with Chris!

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That’s not even a good comparison to their situation. The LAPD would’ve actually beat Chris where as the whole Chrianna situation…Well Rihanna’s fine. It took her two weeks to heal where as it took noe of my friends to 3 weeks to heal from a cut toe. (A cut toe!) Rihanna wasn’t to bent out of shap because she still went out and celebrated her birthday with her friends. “She’s still a little weak” My ass.

You can’t compare the LAPD to Chris Brown that was just ignorant on your part.

People are trying to compare more serious situations to this…Mess.

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I asked what proof would the unarmed black man have to show that he was beat down breezy style by the police?

Lemme add one more wrinkle..

I think Chris Breezy would have stayed with Rihanna and just kept his shyt on the low til he got tired of jump offs one day..but the shytstorm about her cold sore was too much and he was done…enforce the agreement and let this fake shyt of a relationship be at an end dammit!!

JMO

she is hot cute. I love her so much. BTW, I saw her profile with many nice photos on a dating site. It seems called ‘Ri ch ki ss.c om’. And more she’s a certified millionaire there. is she serious to find new love there?

@ Dear God

That’s not even a good comparison to their situation. The LAPD would’ve actually beat Chris where as the whole Chrianna situation…Well Rihanna’s fine. It took her two weeks to heal where as it took noe of my friends to 3 weeks to heal from a cut toe. (A cut toe!) Rihanna wasn’t to bent out of shap because she still went out and celebrated her birthday with her friends. “She’s still a little weak” My ass.

You can’t compare the LAPD to Chris Brown that was just ignorant on your part.

People are trying to compare more serious situations to this…Mess.

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Let me play the devil’s advocate on police abuse. Police have the right to beat down an unarmed black man only if provoked!

An unarmed black man that ended up with bruises like Rihanna’s wasn’t really abused because it took only two weeks to heal and he was on TV walking and talking.

Real police abuse is when the victim is either six feet deep or on life support! An unarmed black man that start shyt got to be able to handle shyt!

Police abuse is not serious shyt because the police is the law and they have the final say!

I hope that all the idiots who keep using the refrain “keep your hands to yourself” know that you sound like a bunch of morons with a 4th grade education. That little phrase does not do justice to the magnitude of what domestic violence is about.

In the event that Rihanna did get physical with Chris, there is still no justifying the brutal beating that she got. and please don’t tell me it wasn’t that bad. Maybe in your crazy ass upbringing in order for a beating to be bad you need to end up in a coma.

look. I am grown enough to know that Chris and Rihanna loved the drama in their relationship. I’m sure it was the first time they both were in love and I am sure their chemistry, connection and sex life was on point. IMO, it looks like CB was the one who ar first was really into RiRi. Then the tables turned and she got more into him. But that happens in any relationship.

Unfortunately, a line was crossed by Chris.
I will be honest and say that maybe if he slapped her or smacked her around I would have been more forgiving. Again, these 2 seem like they had a very passionate relationship.

But a full beatdown complete with sending you to the hospital and leaving you on the side of the street.

that is dysfunctional…it’s no longer passionate or volatile. It’s brutal abuse.

Neyo got some nice dic* sucking lips. I would love to have a taste of that sweet ass of his.

@ claroliza
Rihanna did not get a full BEATDOWN why to some of you commentators insist on making her injuries worst than what they are? the most significant bruise on her wat the knots on her forehead which could have been caused by a variety of things so when march 5th rolls around and you find out he didn’t even “slap her around” god will be more forgiven to you for passing judgment

****@ claroliza
Rihanna did not get a full BEATDOWN why do some of you commentators insist on making her injuries worst than what they are? the most significant bruise on her were the knots on her forehead which could have been caused by a variety of things so when march 5th rolls around and you find out he didn’t even “slap her around” hopefully god will be more forgiven to you for passing judgment

Um spill…I have a lot of what ifs & maybes this or that going around in my head since I read your piece. I have looked at a lot of pictures. When the rumors of marriage started, that’s when things started to change big time…so of all the stories I’ve heard and read yours is the most plausible all the way around.

Now I’m wondering if he’s charged more harshly on a lie, (knowing she hit him first) will she step forward. Or will she let him swing and take the beating from his lawyers and his PR team? Will the stories start about her character (coming from everyone and their momma that has a tale)?

Because the digging has begun and no matter who she is, his lawyers are going to try to save HIM. Also, I find it curious that the younger women in the industry are being kind of silent. Hmm… g’ night.

Nobody checking for faggot ass Ne Yo, get some lip balm nigga

^^^^ I agree

@ Marquis

Lma0 i totally concur!

LMAO @ Marquis

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@ Marquis shut the fyck up with your wannabe Dr.Phil bullshyt.

A female doesn’t have to be 30 or been in an abusive relationship to know the whole Rihanna and Chris situation is fycked up…this shyt ain’t funny and you a dumbazz if you think it is.

Why do yall keep talking about that apologize bullshit what’s that suppose to do make Rihanna horrific wounds heal faster? and half of you think he owes you the apology look at Gail King she even had the nerve to say she is not going to accept Chris Brown apology like he was talking to her ass in the first place.Jackass women I guess as long as a man say he is sorry you love him again.

Exactly why I am so done with them both. Them toe are a circus and they deserve each other because they are tearing each other down… Keri Hilson, there is a new slot open.

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Correction… them two

ITS about damn time someone says it out loud, ne yo you da man. WHat Chris did is wrong and should be delt with accordingly. I hope he loses everything, even his butt cherry in jail, Kanye Pest might give him some action there,, if he would finally come out of the closet. BOYCOTT CHRIS BROWN FOR EVER………..DONT BUY HIS SHIT

Ne-yo is right. He has to learn differently than what he knows from his apparently childish relationship with Rihanna. I like Chris still. I like Rih Rih too. They will both recover. Enough of this high school mess!

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