Eng Chris Brown: Welcome to My Life (2017)

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[rumbling]

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[echoing tones]

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[SYnth chord]

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[echoing crowd chattering]

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[interviewer] You ever get
nervous before the shows?

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[chuckles]
Nervous before the shows?

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I don't think it's nervous,

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it's just like anxiety,
so to speak,

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but not in a stressful way.

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It's like me getting
ready, prepared,

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so it's just like, I'm
thinking about every moment,

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every step, and every second,
so it's just like,

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okay, cool, let's go out
there and do our thing.

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Some nights are stronger
than other nights,

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some nights I'm just
confident and just having fun,

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but some nights, it's like,
I got a point to prove,

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show them why I need
to be doing this.

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You know, it's disappointing
for me in certain ways,

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because I feel like, you know,

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certain aspects of
my career sometimes

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are overshadowed by
the negative stuff.

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So, it's like, it kind of like,
fucks with my head a lot.

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Now, how I transition
my creativity,

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it's basically all I wanna
kind of show, you know,

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'cause I'm tired
of giving people

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something to talk
about, you know.

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They should be talking
about how

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I'm the baddest motherfucker

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on the stage instead of--
[chuckles]

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You know, I'm the baddest
motherfucker in the courtroom.

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You know what I'm saying?

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I just try to keep a level head,

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whether whatever
problems going on,

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like, everybody goes
through their shit,

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I go through my shit
most of the time.

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You know, I got a problem
everyday, but it's like,

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I try to just keep
my head on straight,

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and I kind of channel
some of that energy,

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if I'm angry, if I'm
upset about something,

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I take it out on the stage.

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[booming]

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<i>♪ Swear to God I'm moving on ♪</i>

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[interviewer] <i>Standing</i> here
<i>with a guy right now</i>

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<i>that knows everyone
on the red carpet,</i>

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<i>and everybody wants
to work with him.</i>

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<i>It's been a blessing, I just,</i>

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<i>I just can't do nothing
but thank all of my fans,</i>

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<i>I just appreciate all the
support, it's been incredible.</i>

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<i>I I ain't goin' back no more,
I ain't goin' back no more</i>

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<i>[vocalizing]</i>
I <i>I ain't goin' back no more</i>

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<i>And the winner is,
Chris Brown.</i>

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[Chris] <i>I just wanna say,
thank all the fans,</i>

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<i>I love you with all my heart.</i>

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[interviewer] <i>You're 23 years
old, I mentioned you came out</i>

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<i>with your first music when
you were 16,</i>

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<i>you were discovered at 13.</i>

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<i>Oprah}
Chris Brown riding high,</i>

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<i>brand new CD out,
F.A.M.E., it's out today,</i>

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<i>already has three
number one hits,</i>

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<i>a fourth one
climbing the charts.</i>

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<i>reporter} He's been
labeled hip hop's bad boy.</i>

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[male reporter] <i>Chris Brown</i> is

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<i>accused of assault and battery.</i>

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[female reporter]
The <i>alleged fight</i> broke out

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<i>inside a Lamborghini
that was located...</i>

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[interviewer] <i>I'm gonna tell
you something,</i>

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<i>let me be honest.</i>

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<i>I was disappointed,
almost felt let down,</i>

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<i>because I said,
this kid could be</i>

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<i>the great superstar.</i>

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<i>He was sentenced to
five years of probation,</i>

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<i>and 180 days
of community labor.</i>

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[Rihanna]
<i>I lost my best friend,</i>

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<i>everything I knew switched.</i>

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[female reporter]
Brown reportedly

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<i>used a chair to smash a window</i>

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<i>-in his dressing room.</i>

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<i>- I guess he's not
a morning person.</i>

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<i>Interviewer} How are you
different?</i>

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<i>Chris} I've been humbled</i>

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<i>by the whole experience,
from me losing everything,</i>

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<i>most importantly, knowing that
what I did was totally wrong.</i>

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[interviewer] <i>It's also</i> been
said

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<i>people like comeback stories.</i>

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<i>For me, it's about
proving myself to my fans.</i>

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<i>I You put me on layaway</i>

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J" You just like to heart shop

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<i>r I think that it's over</i>

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<i>r I think that it's over</i>

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<i>I I swear to God
I'm moving on</i>

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I come from a small town,
Tappahannock, Virginia.

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As you see me
throughout my journey,

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I was about 15 when I started.

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<i>A' Oh, tell me fellas
have you seen her</i>

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<i>♪ It was about
five minutes ago ♪</i>

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It was a good start for me as a,

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as a kid, to be able to kind
of start off green, in a way.

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Chris was very, very active

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at a very early age, probably
one, before he was walking.

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<i>He started out in child care,</i>

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'cause I run a
child care center,

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and he was probably
one of the most active

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child in the facility itself.

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<i>Since he was, like, two,</i>

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he wanted to look at
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and dance, I mean,
he could come to my house

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and get in between the
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climb them and do
backflips, you know, so,

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he was always full of
energy, all the time.

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He would go over
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<i>and when that happened nobody
wanted him to spend the night,</i>

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<i>'cause Chris was
jumping from bed to bed.</i>

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<i>I was a fan of
Michael Jackson's</i>

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<i>all my life, of course,</i>

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so he would sit in
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he would try to mimic his moves.

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Being able to see stuff on TV,

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whether it be my idol,
Michael Jackson,

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<i>or anybody that I looked up
to at the time, you know,</i>

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I'd be able to try to
put myself in that world.

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I just tried to always
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"okay, I could do that,"
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being from a small town
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opportunities, but have
that mentality to try

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to push forward and be
something bigger and greater.

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In school, he liked to be

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the center of
attraction. [laughs]

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You know, it was
a cool upbringing,

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<i>real country, high school
of about maybe 500 kids,</i>

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<i>my graduating class
was probably about 30.</i>

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<i>Chris was a haPPY
go lucky type of kid,</i>

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was always smiling, always
moving around, dancing.

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Every now and then, you might
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even on the basketball
court he was somewhat,

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I guess you could say creative,

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<i>and always moving and
had different moves</i>

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<i>than the other kids.</i>

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[Joyce] <i>I used to go to
all of his games,</i>

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<i>he used to show off a lot.</i>

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He's like, doing his
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and I'm like, are we
playing ball here or what?

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He was really artistic,
he loved to draw.

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<i>They were mostly
drawing assignments,</i>

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and he was very good with
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and detail, and also
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He missed some time
basically because his,

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I guess the routines
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With my mom, she was
a supporter from day one

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with my music, and my dad,
you know, he was there too,

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he actually first taught me
how to moonwalk.

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He used to just do it on
gravel one day, and I was like,

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man, how did he do that.

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[Joyce] <i>He was a kid,
just acting out what he saw.</i>

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<i>But he actually sung on
church choirs at a early age.</i>

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<i>[Christine]
He was good at everything,</i>

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<i>whether he played
basketball or football.</i>

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<i>He had his own style.</i>

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<i>He might not have always
had the means to have,</i>

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like, the best of
everything, because,

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you know, times are hard.

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But he would take older
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tie them back a certain way,

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adjust them and
make his own style.

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He would dye his hair red.

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And then he would go to
school, then he'd sing,

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<i>like at basketball
games or football games,</i>

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<i>and all the girls
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<i>so, he really enjoyed that.</i>

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I hate performing when
there ain't no girls!

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When there ain't no girls
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out the performance,
'cause you can't just--

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[inhaling sharply]

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[girls screaming]

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Well, my success,
I would have to give it all

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to my family, you know,

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I think our values
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and whether it be your mom
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aunts, grandma and grandpa,

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I think everybody had
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approach at life.

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See, see, how she, you know she,

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you know she's really
feeling what you're saying

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when she laugh like that.

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[mimicing wheezy laughter]

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Listen, listen, listen,
look at her! Caught her!

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[Christine] <i>Chris's mom, she's
very supportive of his career.</i>

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<i>From the beginning she
always believed in him.</i>

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She's actually the one
that said, you can sing!

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<i>We“, his father worked
at the gas station,</i>

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<i>there was a guy came by</i>

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<i>and he said he was looking for
some talent,</i>

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<i>and his father said</i>

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well, you know, my son sings.

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It was something that I knew
that he was just interested in,

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so I just went with the flow.

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She pretty much dropped it and

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went to New York to be with him.

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<i>[Joyce] From there,
they did a little video,</i>

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<i>and the video got into
the hands of L.A. Reid,</i>

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and L.A. Reid saw it and
fell in love with him.

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<i>[Usher] When I heard about
Chris,</i>

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<i>L.A. Reid wanted my influence,</i>

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and he said, you know, I
really wish that you could

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have a conversation with Chris.

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I mean, you tell him
what you wanna tell him,

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as long as you tell
him to come with me.

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[interviewer] <i>Tell</i> me <i>about
the phone call from Usher,</i>

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<i>that was a little crazy.</i>

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<i>Yeah, I mean, it was exciting,</i>

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<i>because, like, I never
talked to a celebrity before.</i>

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[interviewer]
<i>Yeah?</i>

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<i>But, like, it
was my first time,</i>

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<i>he called me, and he
was like, what's up?</i>

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<i>And I was like, who is this?</i>

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<i>He's like, oh, Usher,
I was like, oh, word?</i>

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I told him to make his
decision where he goes

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based off of what's
real more than anything.

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You gotta rock with family.

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<i>So he was like, "Yeah, man,
I hear you about to get signed</i>

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<i>with a different label.</i>

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<i>I was just asking him,
like, who should I go with?</i>

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<i>And he was like, just make sure
it's the best decision for you,</i>

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<i>whatever decision you pick,</i>

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<i>and whatever decision you make</i>

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<i>is the best for you.</i>

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That was our first
conversation, across the board.

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It started from there.

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["Run It" by Chris Brown]

229
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His fame came instant, you
know, it came all at once.

230
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<i>He was discovered at the
age of 13 at a gas station</i>

231
00:08:54,534 --> 00:08:55,877
<i>where his father worked,</i>

232
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<i>now he is a platinum
recording artist.</i>

233
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<i>Ladies and gentlemen,
Chris Brown.</i>

234
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Being able to maneuver
at 15 and try to, you know,

235
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and having the success that
I did have at the time,

236
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I was like, man, this is crazy.

237
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When "Run It" came out, I heard
him screaming all the way out,

238
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Mom, Mom, my song
is on the radio!

239
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["Run It" by Chris Brown]

240
00:09:20,351 --> 00:09:21,694
[DJ Khaled] I remember meeting
Chris Brown for the first time

241
00:09:21,895 --> 00:09:27,402
in Miami, we just got
done recording "Run It,"

242
00:09:27,609 --> 00:09:30,032
and as soon as it got
done out the studio,

243
00:09:30,236 --> 00:09:32,159
it got in my hands and
I went on the radio

244
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and broke it, helped
break that record,

245
00:09:35,742 --> 00:09:37,585
it was a record I believed in,

246
00:09:37,786 --> 00:09:39,880
I knew he was gonna
be the next superstar

247
00:09:40,080 --> 00:09:42,048
the day I met him.

248
00:09:42,290 --> 00:09:45,715
<i>I remember the first time
Chris Brown came on 106 & Park.</i>

249
00:09:45,919 --> 00:09:50,174
I saw people lined up all
the way down the block,

250
00:09:50,381 --> 00:09:53,009
<i>and I didn't know, I thought
some kind of fire drill</i>

251
00:09:53,218 --> 00:09:53,969
<i>was taking place</i>

252
00:09:54,177 --> 00:09:55,349
<i>or something like that,</i>

253
00:09:55,553 --> 00:09:57,021
<i>and as I got closer,
I just, you know,</i>

254
00:09:57,222 --> 00:09:58,974
<i>and I saw all those kids,
and then I looked,</i>

255
00:09:59,182 --> 00:10:02,152
<i>and I saw they had spray
paint on the t-shirts and,</i>

256
00:10:02,352 --> 00:10:05,276
you know, the signs that
said marry me, Breezy,

257
00:10:05,480 --> 00:10:08,108
I love you, Breezy,
Chris Brown for life,

258
00:10:08,316 --> 00:10:10,694
and I was like,
what is going on!

259
00:10:10,902 --> 00:10:13,121
It was fun, but also
I'm sure it was very stressful,

260
00:10:13,321 --> 00:10:16,200
because he couldn't
just walk into the store

261
00:10:16,407 --> 00:10:20,332
and go shopping and just go
play basketball at the gym

262
00:10:20,537 --> 00:10:21,959
like he used to.

263
00:10:22,163 --> 00:10:24,586
It wasn't the same anymore.
He didn't understand that,

264
00:10:24,791 --> 00:10:26,418
because he figured he could
just go, and he'd be fine.

265
00:10:26,626 --> 00:10:28,094
I'm a normal kid,
I'm just Chris,

266
00:10:28,294 --> 00:10:30,763
I'm like, no, it doesn't
work that way anymore.

267
00:10:30,964 --> 00:10:33,934
Well, you know, being 14
and 15 with a record deal,

268
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you know, it's the best
feeling in the world,

269
00:10:36,136 --> 00:10:38,013
but it also comes with
complications, you know.

270
00:10:38,221 --> 00:10:39,564
<i>[Jamie] I think it's tough for
anybody</i>

271
00:10:39,764 --> 00:10:40,560
<i>to start out at 14, 15,</i>

272
00:10:40,765 --> 00:10:42,438
'cause you ain't
went to high school,

273
00:10:42,642 --> 00:10:44,895
you ain't had a chance to
like, just live a regular life,

274
00:10:45,103 --> 00:10:47,572
you've already been a star, so
a lot of that's overwhelming.

275
00:10:47,772 --> 00:10:49,524
[Chris] <i>Being that, most of
your family</i>

276
00:10:49,732 --> 00:10:50,733
<i>have dealt with poverty,</i>

277
00:10:50,942 --> 00:10:55,618
<i>and under minimum wage kind
of living most of your life,</i>

278
00:10:55,822 --> 00:10:59,918
$10,000 to me was like,
dang, I'm rich, you know?

279
00:11:00,118 --> 00:11:01,745
My son calls me, I'm at work,

280
00:11:01,953 --> 00:11:03,921
and he goes, Mom,
like, you know,

281
00:11:04,122 --> 00:11:06,341
there's people outside
our door recording

282
00:11:06,541 --> 00:11:09,090
and taking pictures,
from paparazzi to,

283
00:11:09,294 --> 00:11:13,765
even people you knew just made
it different and difficult

284
00:11:13,965 --> 00:11:15,683
having a normal life.

285
00:11:15,884 --> 00:11:17,261
I just was more
overwhelmed by--

286
00:11:17,468 --> 00:11:18,970
but just not letting
it shape me like,

287
00:11:19,179 --> 00:11:20,852
not letting the
money kind of shape

288
00:11:21,055 --> 00:11:22,147
what I wanna do as an artist,

289
00:11:22,348 --> 00:11:24,100
like with every family
you had problems

290
00:11:24,309 --> 00:11:25,526
and complications, you know.

291
00:11:25,727 --> 00:11:28,355
Sometimes jealousy and
envy plays a big role.

292
00:11:28,563 --> 00:11:30,110
It's kind of new to them,

293
00:11:30,315 --> 00:11:33,159
it's not really something
that even myself

294
00:11:33,359 --> 00:11:35,782
really could
comprehend at the time.

295
00:11:35,987 --> 00:11:38,160
His mom and dad, they
had a great relationship,

296
00:11:38,364 --> 00:11:41,789
and one day I guess they
were all together home

297
00:11:41,993 --> 00:11:45,497
as a family and then it,
you know, it fell apart.

298
00:11:45,705 --> 00:11:47,503
Chris not having a
father in the house

299
00:11:47,707 --> 00:11:50,176
made him to grow up faster
than what he actually had to.

300
00:11:50,376 --> 00:11:53,425
<i>It was a lot, it was more than
I knew that he could handle.</i>

301
00:11:53,630 --> 00:11:56,179
<i>[Jamie] What I always called
it is, is I'd tell Chris,</i>

302
00:11:56,382 --> 00:11:57,224
<i>it's God's balance,</i>

303
00:11:57,425 --> 00:11:59,678
<i>God is gonna give you
that great opportunity</i>

304
00:11:59,886 --> 00:12:01,980
to be something fantastic,
and then at the same time,

305
00:12:02,180 --> 00:12:04,182
he's gonna level
darkness around you

306
00:12:04,390 --> 00:12:05,733
that's gonna keep you balanced.

307
00:12:05,934 --> 00:12:07,277
So, with a person that's 14, 15,

308
00:12:07,477 --> 00:12:09,605
<i>hopefully they have
someone there to recognize</i>

309
00:12:09,812 --> 00:12:12,941
<i>the dark patches, and say,
"okay, yeah, we can do this,</i>

310
00:12:13,149 --> 00:12:15,026
<i>but you just gotta
be mindful of that.</i> "

311
00:12:15,235 --> 00:12:16,862
[Joyce] <i>Yeah, it was a
challenge, and this growing up</i>

312
00:12:17,070 --> 00:12:19,823
<i>thinking that he was
in this adult world,</i>

313
00:12:20,031 --> 00:12:22,454
<i>and thinking that he could
deal with the adults, too,</i>

314
00:12:22,659 --> 00:12:24,661
but no, just because
it's there for you,

315
00:12:24,869 --> 00:12:27,372
you're not gonna do that,
that is not what you do.

316
00:12:27,580 --> 00:12:31,050
For me, having my mother
there created a balance,

317
00:12:31,251 --> 00:12:34,471
and I think it was a bit
difficult, period, for him.

318
00:12:34,671 --> 00:12:35,593
[interviewer]
You <i>sound very</i> driven.

319
00:12:35,797 --> 00:12:37,014
<i>- Yeah, definitely.
- Yeah.</i>

320
00:12:37,215 --> 00:12:39,217
- You live with your mom, right?
- Yeah.

321
00:12:39,425 --> 00:12:40,927
I think he felt that he
had to take care of me.

322
00:12:41,135 --> 00:12:44,435
I gotta take care of my mom
because my dad is not there,

323
00:12:44,639 --> 00:12:46,232
I'm the dad of the house,

324
00:12:46,432 --> 00:12:48,526
or he felt that he was
the man of the house,

325
00:12:48,726 --> 00:12:52,151
that's how he thought, and
that's actually what he said.

326
00:12:52,355 --> 00:12:54,528
Your family you expect
to be your family.

327
00:12:54,732 --> 00:12:59,329
So, even family sometimes,
you know, change, and.

328
00:12:59,529 --> 00:13:01,202
At that point,
it was kind of hard,

329
00:13:01,406 --> 00:13:05,081
'cause Chris was back and
forth with me and his father.

330
00:13:05,285 --> 00:13:09,540
Um... and it was hard for his
father because I had left.

331
00:13:09,747 --> 00:13:11,670
He grew up so fast
he didn't really get to have

332
00:13:11,874 --> 00:13:17,176
a childhood or a teenage
life of a normal person.

333
00:13:17,380 --> 00:13:18,677
I actually wanted him
to actually speak

334
00:13:18,881 --> 00:13:20,178
to a psychiatrist

335
00:13:20,383 --> 00:13:22,351
<i>to just prepare him</i>

336
00:13:22,552 --> 00:13:23,974
<i>for what was about to happen,</i>

337
00:13:24,178 --> 00:13:25,771
because he blew up so fast,

338
00:13:25,972 --> 00:13:28,225
knowing that he would not
know how to handle it,

339
00:13:28,433 --> 00:13:31,152
so that he could talk about
it, and how it made him feel,

340
00:13:31,352 --> 00:13:33,446
but we never could
get him to do that.

341
00:13:33,646 --> 00:13:35,114
<i>I wanna be at
the pinnacle, like,</i>

342
00:13:35,315 --> 00:13:37,659
<i>the highest point to
where I'm known as like,</i>

343
00:13:37,859 --> 00:13:39,361
a legend, almost.

344
00:13:42,363 --> 00:13:44,582
Two years ago, this artist
was just another kid

345
00:13:44,782 --> 00:13:45,374
in high school.

346
00:13:45,575 --> 00:13:47,077
Now, two years later,

347
00:13:47,285 --> 00:13:51,165
he's one of the biggest
stars in the world.

348
00:13:51,372 --> 00:13:55,002
Tonight, performing at the
VMAs for the very first time,

349
00:13:55,209 --> 00:13:57,132
Chris Brown.

350
00:13:57,337 --> 00:13:59,931
[audience screaming]

351
00:14:00,131 --> 00:14:02,930
[rap music beat]

352
00:14:09,849 --> 00:14:11,192
<i>Chris}
I was backstage and my,</i>

353
00:14:11,392 --> 00:14:13,235
<i>my dancer, he ran in,
Moody, he was like,</i>

354
00:14:13,436 --> 00:14:15,154
"yo, you gotta see him,
he's on stage right now,

355
00:14:15,355 --> 00:14:17,483
he's crazy," and I was like,
"I'm coming, I'm coming."

356
00:14:17,690 --> 00:14:21,240
And out of nowhere, I heard
this groundswell of, like,

357
00:14:21,444 --> 00:14:24,539
hysteria, you know what
I'm saying, like, these,

358
00:14:24,739 --> 00:14:28,915
it was just loud, it was loud
as it was when I was on stage.

359
00:14:29,118 --> 00:14:32,292
[audience screaming]

360
00:14:35,124 --> 00:14:38,094
<i>So I ran out there, and
there he was, killing it.</i>

361
00:14:38,294 --> 00:14:40,092
Then I realized, "oh my God,

362
00:14:40,296 --> 00:14:42,970
he is truly gifted,
he's talented, man,"

363
00:14:43,174 --> 00:14:45,176
in a way that we haven't seen

364
00:14:45,385 --> 00:14:47,638
in a long, long time, you know.

365
00:14:47,845 --> 00:14:51,975
<i>He has a gift of, a gift
like Michael Jackson had,</i>

366
00:14:52,183 --> 00:14:53,981
that makes you scratch
your head and say,

367
00:14:54,185 --> 00:14:57,064
what else is he doing, because
I've seen these steps before,

368
00:14:57,271 --> 00:14:58,568
I've seen these moves before,

369
00:14:58,773 --> 00:15:01,196
<i>but what else
is Chris Brown doing?</i>

370
00:15:01,401 --> 00:15:03,153
<i>♪ Coming from wall to wall ♪</i>

371
00:15:03,361 --> 00:15:05,159
When I got in the game,
I kind of was like,

372
00:15:05,363 --> 00:15:07,866
I wouldn't say alone,
but I was, like,

373
00:15:08,074 --> 00:15:09,371
to myself I had to prove myself.

374
00:15:09,575 --> 00:15:11,077
People wanted to be
like, "okay, well, cool,

375
00:15:11,285 --> 00:15:13,583
what is this kid about,
or what can he do?"

376
00:15:13,788 --> 00:15:16,132
[man] <i>Chris Brown
is in the building.</i>

377
00:15:16,332 --> 00:15:21,179
<i>I remember Chris's first
BET Awards performance.</i>

378
00:15:21,379 --> 00:15:23,677
<i>[Terrence] I remember he came
out with that white jacket,</i>

379
00:15:23,881 --> 00:15:25,258
<i>I think I was
backstage at the time,</i>

380
00:15:25,466 --> 00:15:27,184
I had to present shortly after,

381
00:15:27,385 --> 00:15:29,228
and I just remembered
hearing the rumbling,

382
00:15:29,429 --> 00:15:31,022
and so we went, we're
looking at the monitor,

383
00:15:31,222 --> 00:15:33,896
<i>and we're just
watching this kid,</i>

384
00:15:34,100 --> 00:15:36,444
we're watching him kill it.

385
00:15:36,644 --> 00:15:38,271
This dude is really,
really special.

386
00:15:38,479 --> 00:15:39,401
I knew he was special,

387
00:15:39,605 --> 00:15:41,278
but I didn't realize how
incredible the dancing

388
00:15:41,482 --> 00:15:43,701
was until that day.

389
00:15:43,901 --> 00:15:47,371
And I feel blessed to have him.

390
00:15:47,572 --> 00:15:49,791
Really showed the
best of Chris's ability

391
00:15:49,991 --> 00:15:53,746
to sing and dance
and win over a crowd.

392
00:15:53,953 --> 00:15:55,250
Only person having
star power like that

393
00:15:55,455 --> 00:15:57,082
is Michael Jackson.

394
00:15:59,625 --> 00:16:03,926
There's Michael Jackson,
and there's Chris Brown.

395
00:16:04,130 --> 00:16:05,803
And that's just facts.

396
00:16:06,007 --> 00:16:08,726
Just like Michael Jackson
opened the door for Usher,

397
00:16:08,926 --> 00:16:13,898
I believe that Usher
opened the door for Chris.

398
00:16:14,098 --> 00:16:18,478
For any person,
African-American artists period,

399
00:16:18,686 --> 00:16:20,688
to have come up in that
time and be successful,

400
00:16:20,897 --> 00:16:24,697
and have that very delicate
mixture of being a singer,

401
00:16:24,901 --> 00:16:28,121
dancer, performer, entertainer,

402
00:16:28,321 --> 00:16:30,574
man, it was hard.

403
00:16:30,781 --> 00:16:33,660
<i>[Terrence]</i> He <i>was a trailblazer,</i>
he <i>was setting a</i> tone.

404
00:16:33,868 --> 00:16:37,338
You know, there was a shift
in how things were sounding,

405
00:16:37,538 --> 00:16:41,259
and there was this shift
that was happening from,

406
00:16:41,459 --> 00:16:44,463
you know, the grungey street
sound to how rap was just

407
00:16:44,670 --> 00:16:48,265
so hard, to how hip-hop and
R&B and everything was like,

408
00:16:48,466 --> 00:16:51,845
turning into more
dance, and more fun.

409
00:16:52,053 --> 00:16:54,101
<i>When I first
heard Chris's sound,</i>

410
00:16:54,305 --> 00:16:56,933
I was definitely, I just
remember, it was like,

411
00:16:57,141 --> 00:16:59,815
kids just getting always
down, like on the streets,

412
00:17:00,019 --> 00:17:02,818
and doing all these
beatbox dances, and, like,

413
00:17:03,022 --> 00:17:05,491
<i>I'm not a dancer, but I
definitely was dancing,</i>

414
00:17:05,691 --> 00:17:07,819
and I think what Chris
started was kind of like

415
00:17:08,027 --> 00:17:10,906
that confidence boost in,
not only males,

416
00:17:11,113 --> 00:17:12,786
but I think in females too,

417
00:17:12,990 --> 00:17:14,992
and I think he paid
a lot of respect

418
00:17:15,201 --> 00:17:17,374
to the dancer community.

419
00:17:17,578 --> 00:17:20,172
I just remember seeing
this young, fresh face,

420
00:17:20,373 --> 00:17:23,718
a kid, like he was about
to take over the world

421
00:17:23,918 --> 00:17:25,340
in so many ways.

422
00:17:25,545 --> 00:17:27,172
[interviewer] <i>'Cause</i> it
seems like this <i>whole thing</i>

423
00:17:27,380 --> 00:17:29,724
<i>just happened so quickly,
like, how does it seem for you?</i>

424
00:17:29,924 --> 00:17:30,971
<i>It just, it's just a blessing,</i>

425
00:17:31,175 --> 00:17:32,677
<i>it's been going real,
real fast,</i>

426
00:17:32,885 --> 00:17:34,603
<i>everything's happening
just so fast.</i>

427
00:17:34,804 --> 00:17:36,772
I was excited for him,
he was so excited.

428
00:17:36,973 --> 00:17:39,522
But after that, I guess
he blew up instantly,

429
00:17:39,725 --> 00:17:41,693
we was on a tour, we went here,
we went there,

430
00:17:41,894 --> 00:17:44,317
everything was-- and he was
so excited and so happy

431
00:17:44,522 --> 00:17:46,820
in the music industry
at that time.

432
00:17:47,024 --> 00:17:48,651
<i>Woman} Chris Brown?
- What's up?</i>

433
00:17:48,859 --> 00:17:50,452
<i>woman} Chris Brown?
- Yeah.</i>

434
00:17:50,653 --> 00:17:52,405
-[woman] Hi.
- Hey!

435
00:17:52,613 --> 00:17:54,206
-[group laughing]
- It's your boy Chris Brown, man,

436
00:17:54,407 --> 00:17:56,080
you gotta run a siren on it,
man, you gonna have to drop it,

437
00:17:56,284 --> 00:17:58,127
you gonna have to do
the dang thing on it, man,

438
00:17:58,327 --> 00:17:59,419
you ought to know
how you do it,

439
00:17:59,662 --> 00:18:00,788
on Power 106,
where hip-hop lives.

440
00:18:00,997 --> 00:18:02,374
<i>R I gotta give
her game proper</i>

441
00:18:02,582 --> 00:18:03,879
<i>I Spit it so she get it</i>

442
00:18:04,041 --> 00:18:05,759
<i>♪ There she is,
I gotta stop her ♪</i>

443
00:18:05,960 --> 00:18:07,212
Yo. [laughs]

444
00:18:07,420 --> 00:18:10,424
["Yo (Excuse Me Miss)"
by Chris Brown]

445
00:18:10,631 --> 00:18:13,054
<i>I Or what about her style?</i>

446
00:18:13,259 --> 00:18:15,307
<i>♪ I'm outta time,
she's at the door ♪</i>

447
00:18:15,511 --> 00:18:17,639
<i>♪ I gotta go for mine... ♪</i>

448
00:18:17,847 --> 00:18:20,726
Once I got an opportunity
to continuously make music,

449
00:18:20,933 --> 00:18:25,029
and be creative, and dance,
and show people my talents,

450
00:18:25,229 --> 00:18:27,357
I think that
overpowered everything

451
00:18:27,565 --> 00:18:30,569
as a whole, I think,
people kind of saw it,

452
00:18:30,776 --> 00:18:33,245
and kind of took it
for what it was worth,

453
00:18:33,446 --> 00:18:35,073
and it was like, "oh you
know what, this guy is,

454
00:18:35,281 --> 00:18:37,579
is really talented,
I think he has potential,

455
00:18:37,783 --> 00:18:39,330
I think he can do his thing."

456
00:18:39,535 --> 00:18:41,333
<i>[Usher] What he was able to
do as a performer was</i>

457
00:18:41,537 --> 00:18:44,962
<i>kind of effortless in the
way that he performed.</i>

458
00:18:45,166 --> 00:18:47,715
I don't know if it was
just his passion for it,

459
00:18:47,918 --> 00:18:50,421
or the fact that
he was well-studied,

460
00:18:50,630 --> 00:18:53,600
<i>or just the simple fact
that he just knew where</i>

461
00:18:53,799 --> 00:18:56,518
to put every move, it was
just perfectly placed,

462
00:18:56,719 --> 00:19:00,064
he knew his choreography,
he was well prepared, man.

463
00:19:00,264 --> 00:19:03,313
But greater than just
understanding choreography,

464
00:19:03,517 --> 00:19:06,236
<i>he understood the magic
of singing and dancing,</i>

465
00:19:06,437 --> 00:19:08,360
<i>and that right there
is a technique that not</i>

466
00:19:08,564 --> 00:19:10,111
<i>every artist understands,</i>

467
00:19:10,316 --> 00:19:12,569
it takes a lot of
hard work and focus,

468
00:19:12,777 --> 00:19:15,781
and as a teenager, for him
to be able to do that,

469
00:19:15,988 --> 00:19:18,036
I just knew that
this kid definitely

470
00:19:18,240 --> 00:19:20,834
is headed for major success.

471
00:19:21,035 --> 00:19:25,256
Performing a fun new anthem,
Chris Brown!

472
00:19:25,456 --> 00:19:31,384
I think he definitely helped
take kind of R&B and hip-hop

473
00:19:31,587 --> 00:19:34,932
and make it more
popular, for sure,

474
00:19:35,132 --> 00:19:38,511
make it more pop, and more
radio, and just more Top 40.

475
00:19:38,719 --> 00:19:41,689
<i>He definitely has his kind
of finger on the pulse</i>

476
00:19:41,889 --> 00:19:44,358
<i>of the sound of the streets.</i>

477
00:19:44,558 --> 00:19:45,605
There's lots of great singers,

478
00:19:45,810 --> 00:19:47,278
there's amazing,
great artists out there,

479
00:19:47,478 --> 00:19:49,901
but not everybody sings
and dances and performs

480
00:19:50,106 --> 00:19:52,700
on a level like a
Chris Brown does.

481
00:19:52,900 --> 00:19:55,028
[Terrence]
Team Breezy, they <i>go hard.</i>

482
00:19:55,236 --> 00:19:56,658
<i>You know, they were crazy.</i>

483
00:19:56,862 --> 00:19:59,490
<i>Any time we had like a,
any time you had a video,</i>

484
00:19:59,699 --> 00:20:02,999
it was always voted number
one, any time there was like,

485
00:20:03,202 --> 00:20:05,421
any type of competition
between him and other artists,

486
00:20:05,621 --> 00:20:08,500
he would kind of always blow
people out of the water.

487
00:20:08,708 --> 00:20:10,460
I just try to put 100%
into everything I do,

488
00:20:10,668 --> 00:20:13,342
my music, you know, what I'm
doing as an everyday person,

489
00:20:13,546 --> 00:20:15,469
so, you know, I just wanna
influence and inspire

490
00:20:15,673 --> 00:20:17,016
the world just to
be better, you know.

491
00:20:17,216 --> 00:20:18,638
Hopefully be better
with my music.

492
00:20:18,843 --> 00:20:22,473
He had this energy
about him that was unreal.

493
00:20:22,680 --> 00:20:25,650
Like, he was nonstop,
every song he played,

494
00:20:25,850 --> 00:20:30,526
he had a different idea for
it, he had the video for it.

495
00:20:30,730 --> 00:20:36,203
["Gimme That" by Chris Brown]

496
00:20:36,402 --> 00:20:39,326
What I loved the most
about Chris is his presence.

497
00:20:39,530 --> 00:20:41,703
His presence really stands out.

498
00:20:41,907 --> 00:20:44,911
You know, I mean, you know that
thing when people are like,

499
00:20:45,119 --> 00:20:46,666
they're just superstars?

500
00:20:46,871 --> 00:20:48,373
Chris is just a superstar.

501
00:20:48,581 --> 00:20:50,254
<i>Standing here with a guy
right now that knows everyone</i>

502
00:20:50,458 --> 00:20:52,506
on the red carpet and everybody
<i>wants</i> to <i>work</i> with <i>him.</i>

503
00:20:52,710 --> 00:20:54,132
<i>He's got three
nominations tonight,</i>

504
00:20:54,336 --> 00:20:55,758
<i>of course, Chris Brown,
how you doing, buddy?</i>

505
00:20:55,963 --> 00:20:57,465
<i>I'm good, man, how
about yourself, you good?</i>

506
00:20:57,673 --> 00:20:58,890
<i>Are you kidding me,
hanging out with you guys?</i>

507
00:20:59,091 --> 00:21:00,138
<i>A great year for you.</i>

508
00:21:00,342 --> 00:21:01,685
<i>Yeah, it's been a blessing,</i>

509
00:21:01,886 --> 00:21:03,479
<i>I just can't do nothing
but thank all my fans,</i>

510
00:21:03,679 --> 00:21:06,182
<i>I just appreciate all the
support, it's been incredible.</i>

511
00:21:06,390 --> 00:21:09,644
<i>And the winner is
Chris Brown.</i>

512
00:21:11,562 --> 00:21:13,610
[audience screaming]

513
00:21:13,814 --> 00:21:17,569
[inspirational piano music]

514
00:21:22,990 --> 00:21:24,742
<i>I'm gonna try
to keep it short,</i>

515
00:21:24,950 --> 00:21:28,625
<i>they got the countdown
on the prompter, so,</i>

516
00:21:28,829 --> 00:21:31,833
<i>I'm kind of, totally, I would
have given it to Coldplay,</i>

517
00:21:31,999 --> 00:21:35,845
<i>but, I'm really,
I'm lost for words,</i>

518
00:21:36,045 --> 00:21:37,422
<i>I just wanna say,
thank all the fans,</i>

519
00:21:37,630 --> 00:21:39,177
<i>'cause I love you with
all my heart, I just--</i>

520
00:21:39,381 --> 00:21:40,348
<i>Thank you.</i>

521
00:21:42,384 --> 00:21:45,354
You know, I went from
being on top of the world,

522
00:21:45,554 --> 00:21:47,397
<i>number one songs,
and, you know,</i>

523
00:21:47,598 --> 00:21:50,101
being kind of like America's
sweetheart, you know,

524
00:21:50,309 --> 00:21:52,687
to being public enemy
number one.

525
00:21:52,895 --> 00:21:55,148
[booming]

526
00:21:56,106 --> 00:21:58,985
[creaking]

527
00:21:59,193 --> 00:22:04,199
[high-pitched tone
reverberating]

528
00:22:04,406 --> 00:22:05,658
[female reporter] Prosecutors
have charged

529
00:22:05,866 --> 00:22:07,209
<i>singer Chris Brown with
two felonies,</i>

530
00:22:07,409 --> 00:22:08,080
<i>including assault...</i>

531
00:22:08,285 --> 00:22:09,912
[female reporter <i>2] Allegations
of domestic violence.</i>

532
00:22:10,120 --> 00:22:12,122
<i>[female</i> reporter <i>3] Has damaged
his squeaky clean image.</i>

533
00:22:12,331 --> 00:22:13,423
[male reporter] <i>Allegations
turned more serious,</i>

534
00:22:13,415 --> 00:22:13,756
<i>much more violent.</i>

535
00:22:14,041 --> 00:22:15,213
<i>Grammy Award nominee
has just posted bail</i>

536
00:22:15,417 --> 00:22:17,545
<i>on criminal threat charges.</i>

537
00:22:22,508 --> 00:22:24,556
<i>[Chris] I think I was about 15</i>

538
00:22:24,760 --> 00:22:26,933
<i>the first time we actually met.</i>

539
00:22:29,265 --> 00:22:32,485
It was a at show,
I think a Z100 show,

540
00:22:32,685 --> 00:22:35,279
in New York, and we were,
I'd been hearing her,

541
00:22:35,479 --> 00:22:37,732
like, her music and stuff,
from, you know, the radio,

542
00:22:37,940 --> 00:22:40,568
it was a big number one hit.
And I was just sitting there,

543
00:22:40,776 --> 00:22:41,402
I was like, man,

544
00:22:41,610 --> 00:22:42,486
<i>okay, cool, I wanna see what
she look like,</i>

545
00:22:42,695 --> 00:22:42,945
<i>I wanna meet her,</i>

546
00:22:43,153 --> 00:22:44,871
<i>I seen her videos,
I know she cute.</i>

547
00:22:45,072 --> 00:22:47,166
So, you know, I saw
her at the showing,

548
00:22:47,366 --> 00:22:48,788
and she was like, hey,
what's up, how are you doing?

549
00:22:48,993 --> 00:22:50,961
She had an accent, I was
like, never heard that before,

550
00:22:51,161 --> 00:22:53,664
that kind of sound good,
you know what I'm saying,

551
00:22:53,873 --> 00:22:56,092
so I said, you know what,
let me talk to her,

552
00:22:56,292 --> 00:22:58,044
and see what she talking about,
just to be cool with her,

553
00:22:58,252 --> 00:23:00,129
we exchanged information
and stuff like that,

554
00:23:00,337 --> 00:23:02,681
and through passing
we would be on the same shows.

555
00:23:02,882 --> 00:23:04,850
<i>She would always,
like, would perform,</i>

556
00:23:05,050 --> 00:23:07,599
<i>and then would go
sit in the crowd.</i>

557
00:23:07,803 --> 00:23:09,771
She watched my show, so I was,
like, nervous,

558
00:23:09,972 --> 00:23:11,098
I was like, did she like me,

559
00:23:11,307 --> 00:23:13,184
I didn't know if she'd like me
or not, but I was just like,

560
00:23:13,392 --> 00:23:14,393
she really watching the shows,

561
00:23:14,602 --> 00:23:16,479
so she actually
must like my music.

562
00:23:16,687 --> 00:23:18,860
So, from then on
we just became friends,

563
00:23:19,064 --> 00:23:20,611
and friends kick it more,
we'll kick it,

564
00:23:20,816 --> 00:23:22,614
nothing too serious, but
we just had, you know,

565
00:23:22,818 --> 00:23:24,491
a good understanding
of each other.

566
00:23:24,695 --> 00:23:26,242
What's all these dating
rumors, Chris, yes, no?

567
00:23:26,447 --> 00:23:28,165
I would just keep it as just,

568
00:23:28,365 --> 00:23:30,868
we just doing our thing,
just having fun.

569
00:23:31,076 --> 00:23:32,828
And just one day I remember,
it was like,

570
00:23:33,037 --> 00:23:34,914
right before our
VMA performance,

571
00:23:35,122 --> 00:23:37,841
me and her did the VMA
performance, my first ever one,

572
00:23:38,042 --> 00:23:39,259
and it was a couple
months before that,

573
00:23:39,460 --> 00:23:41,258
and I remember staying
over at her house,

574
00:23:41,462 --> 00:23:43,635
and I was just looking,
like, "Man, what are we doing?"

575
00:23:43,839 --> 00:23:44,965
She was just like,
"What you mean?"

576
00:23:45,174 --> 00:23:47,393
I was like, "I'm always
over here, like,

577
00:23:47,593 --> 00:23:49,140
we like each other, obviously.

578
00:23:49,345 --> 00:23:51,188
Let's just,
let's just do it," I said,

579
00:23:51,388 --> 00:23:52,605
"Let's be boyfriend
and girlfriend."

580
00:23:52,806 --> 00:23:53,932
She's talking like,
"You ain't serious.

581
00:23:54,141 --> 00:23:55,984
I don't think
you wanna do that."

582
00:23:56,185 --> 00:23:57,277
I was like, "Why?"

583
00:23:57,478 --> 00:23:59,025
She said, "No, no,
you ain't ready."

584
00:23:59,229 --> 00:24:02,028
And I was like, "No, I am,
I think I'm ready, for real."

585
00:24:02,232 --> 00:24:04,280
And so then I was like,
I remember, I was like,

586
00:24:04,485 --> 00:24:05,407
I think I love you.
She was like,

587
00:24:05,611 --> 00:24:06,612
she was looking
at me like, "What?"

588
00:24:06,820 --> 00:24:08,037
Like, did I say the word?

589
00:24:08,238 --> 00:24:09,535
You know, so.

590
00:24:09,740 --> 00:24:11,663
<i>You know, at that time
when we did the VMAs,</i>

591
00:24:11,867 --> 00:24:14,370
<i>it was more like we kept
our relationship secret,</i>

592
00:24:14,578 --> 00:24:16,296
<i>so we had been together
for maybe like,</i>

593
00:24:16,497 --> 00:24:17,794
I wanna say eight months prior.

594
00:24:17,998 --> 00:24:20,251
<i>So, we just
kept it to ourselves.</i>

595
00:24:20,459 --> 00:24:21,802
We didn't want
everybody to know,

596
00:24:22,002 --> 00:24:23,845
we just wanted to,
you know, just to be like,

597
00:24:24,046 --> 00:24:25,798
if they guess it, they guess it,
but right now,

598
00:24:26,006 --> 00:24:26,802
we love each other, so,

599
00:24:27,007 --> 00:24:29,430
I really don't care about
everybody else.

600
00:24:29,635 --> 00:24:30,852
So, we did the show,

601
00:24:31,053 --> 00:24:33,977
and it was like that moment
when you got a chance

602
00:24:34,181 --> 00:24:37,731
to say, okay, yeah, they're
dating, they're talking.

603
00:24:37,935 --> 00:24:39,232
<i>At that moment, she had, like,</i>

604
00:24:39,436 --> 00:24:41,359
<i>the biggest records out,
like, was going crazy,</i>

605
00:24:41,563 --> 00:24:44,442
<i>and me, I still was going
strong with all my records</i>

606
00:24:44,650 --> 00:24:46,823
and new stuff, and we got
a chance to do that show,

607
00:24:47,027 --> 00:24:49,155
it was kind of like both of us
being able to show the world

608
00:24:49,363 --> 00:24:49,659
like, heY:

609
00:24:49,863 --> 00:24:51,410
<i>we both are dual
talented artists,</i>

610
00:24:51,615 --> 00:24:54,835
<i>and we both are gonna
make a mark in this world.</i>

611
00:24:55,035 --> 00:24:58,665
It was like a fairytale.
[laughs]

612
00:24:58,872 --> 00:25:00,715
[Terrence] <i>To</i> see <i>Rihanna
and Chris</i>

613
00:25:00,916 --> 00:25:02,463
<i>when they first
started dating,</i>

614
00:25:02,668 --> 00:25:04,716
it was magical, you know,
and those two,

615
00:25:04,920 --> 00:25:07,014
they were kind
of inseparable, you know,

616
00:25:07,214 --> 00:25:08,966
you would hear about
them being in the studio,

617
00:25:09,174 --> 00:25:11,768
you would hear them coming
into the club together,

618
00:25:11,969 --> 00:25:14,813
<i>and it was just,
it was just an energy.</i>

619
00:25:15,014 --> 00:25:18,188
<i>At that time in our career,
being that young,</i>

620
00:25:18,392 --> 00:25:21,362
being naive, gullible,
but also just happy,

621
00:25:21,562 --> 00:25:23,656
just wanting to be
everywhere, I mean,

622
00:25:23,856 --> 00:25:25,483
there was no other
feeling like it.

623
00:25:25,691 --> 00:25:27,819
But what hurt with my
Rih, it was just like,

624
00:25:28,027 --> 00:25:30,951
our power that we had at
that age, it was just,

625
00:25:31,155 --> 00:25:33,408
it's dangerous, man, like
you couldn't go anywhere,

626
00:25:33,615 --> 00:25:34,992
like, we couldn't go to a hotel

627
00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:38,670
<i>and not have 100,000
fans outside waiting.</i>

628
00:25:38,871 --> 00:25:40,498
<i>You know what I'm saying,
we couldn't go to any</i>

629
00:25:40,706 --> 00:25:41,548
<i>restaurant and just eat.</i>

630
00:25:41,749 --> 00:25:44,753
Like real life rock stars
at 16 and 17 years old,

631
00:25:44,960 --> 00:25:48,055
that's dangerous, because you
could do whatever you want.

632
00:25:48,255 --> 00:25:50,724
I just think we were
like the perfect,

633
00:25:50,924 --> 00:25:52,972
like, and bad combination, like,

634
00:25:53,177 --> 00:25:55,771
it was just good and
bad together, just, ah!

635
00:25:55,971 --> 00:25:58,440
<i>I wanna say maybe a year and
a half into the relationship</i>

636
00:25:58,640 --> 00:26:03,862
with Rihanna I just, I really
was serious about it, like,

637
00:26:04,063 --> 00:26:06,065
you know, I was always
goofy about everything else

638
00:26:06,273 --> 00:26:09,152
being a young kid, but,
the maturity level I had,

639
00:26:09,359 --> 00:26:12,158
and my beliefs of what I
wanted and my girlfriend,

640
00:26:12,362 --> 00:26:15,115
you know, I wanna
marry you, but I want,

641
00:26:15,324 --> 00:26:17,042
before we go any further,

642
00:26:17,242 --> 00:26:19,210
I just want to be able to
be honest and be completely

643
00:26:19,411 --> 00:26:21,459
real with you about everything
you've ever had a question

644
00:26:21,663 --> 00:26:23,290
about or a doubt about.

645
00:26:23,499 --> 00:26:25,672
She had asked me, like, when
we first started dating,

646
00:26:25,876 --> 00:26:28,345
"Have you ever messed
with this person?"

647
00:26:28,545 --> 00:26:31,424
And this person, she
worked for me at the time,

648
00:26:31,632 --> 00:26:35,182
and I said, "Nah, nah, nah,
man, you know how it is,

649
00:26:35,385 --> 00:26:37,353
they just..." I brushed
it to the side.

650
00:26:37,554 --> 00:26:38,897
One, I didn't want her
knowing my business,

651
00:26:39,098 --> 00:26:40,691
two, I just didn't
know who she would tell

652
00:26:40,891 --> 00:26:42,985
if I tell her what I'm doing,
you know what I'm saying, so,

653
00:26:43,185 --> 00:26:45,859
around the eighth month
or maybe like a little bit

654
00:26:46,063 --> 00:26:49,033
after that VMA performance,
I just broke it to her,

655
00:26:49,233 --> 00:26:51,656
I said, "Hey, I wanna marry you,
but I wanna be real with you,

656
00:26:51,860 --> 00:26:54,238
I wanna be honest with you
and tell you, you know,

657
00:26:54,446 --> 00:26:56,494
everything, this is what it is.

658
00:26:56,698 --> 00:26:57,915
Before we were together,

659
00:26:58,117 --> 00:27:01,462
me and this other
girl did have sex."

660
00:27:01,662 --> 00:27:04,006
My trust totally
was lost with her,

661
00:27:04,206 --> 00:27:06,049
you know what I'm saying,
she hated me after that,

662
00:27:06,250 --> 00:27:08,844
I tried everything,
like, she didn't care.

663
00:27:09,044 --> 00:27:10,762
She just didn't
trust me after that.

664
00:27:10,963 --> 00:27:13,557
From there, it just went
downhill, because, you know,

665
00:27:13,757 --> 00:27:15,600
there would be fights,
there would be verbal fights,

666
00:27:15,801 --> 00:27:17,644
physical fights as well,
mutual sides,

667
00:27:17,845 --> 00:27:20,098
and this is the first time
I get to say anything,

668
00:27:20,305 --> 00:27:23,149
and, like I said, I still
love Rihanna, but it's,

669
00:27:23,350 --> 00:27:25,068
I'm just gonna be honest.

670
00:27:25,269 --> 00:27:26,441
We would fight each other,

671
00:27:26,645 --> 00:27:28,488
she would hit me,
I would hit her.

672
00:27:28,689 --> 00:27:30,282
And it never was okay,

673
00:27:30,482 --> 00:27:34,112
it was always a point to
where we'd talk about it,

674
00:27:34,319 --> 00:27:36,321
like, "Yo, what the
fuck are we doing?

675
00:27:36,530 --> 00:27:38,157
Like, I don't like that, I
don't like you slapping me."

676
00:27:38,365 --> 00:27:40,288
If I go onstage, I got
a scratch on my face,

677
00:27:40,492 --> 00:27:42,790
and I gotta explain it,
like, "oh no, I fell,"

678
00:27:42,995 --> 00:27:46,340
or, like, "Or you, if you
got a scar or a bruise,

679
00:27:46,540 --> 00:27:49,919
you gotta put makeup on it,
I feel like shit."

680
00:27:50,127 --> 00:27:52,300
I'm not, like,
I'm not ever trying

681
00:27:52,504 --> 00:27:54,552
to put my hands on any female.

682
00:27:54,756 --> 00:27:58,056
Anger or whatever, you have to
walk away from the situation.

683
00:27:58,260 --> 00:28:00,854
Never, ever,
put your hands on anyone.

684
00:28:01,054 --> 00:28:03,056
Yeah, that was his girl,
you know what I'm saying, so,

685
00:28:03,265 --> 00:28:05,609
I feel like, you know,
what he went through,

686
00:28:05,809 --> 00:28:07,482
it was like a test,

687
00:28:07,686 --> 00:28:10,439
and it wasn't so much
of the situation,

688
00:28:10,647 --> 00:28:15,118
I think it was just a test
in life.

689
00:28:15,319 --> 00:28:17,447
[Mike] <i>I was just like Chris,
I was very successful</i>

690
00:28:17,654 --> 00:28:18,200
<i>at a young age,</i>

691
00:28:18,405 --> 00:28:20,123
<i>and when you're
really successful,</i>

692
00:28:20,324 --> 00:28:24,830
I was taught that can't should
be a foreign language to you.

693
00:28:25,037 --> 00:28:27,039
A no should be a
foreign language to you,

694
00:28:27,247 --> 00:28:28,920
you shouldn't be able to
understand the language

695
00:28:29,124 --> 00:28:30,922
of "No," or "You can't."

696
00:28:31,126 --> 00:28:35,097
Like, me, I felt
like a fucking monster.

697
00:28:35,297 --> 00:28:37,425
[female <i>reporter] 20</i> year <i>old
pop star Rihanna is the woman</i>

698
00:28:37,633 --> 00:28:40,762
<i>involved in the alleged
domestic violence assault case.</i>

699
00:28:40,969 --> 00:28:42,095
<i>[Rihanna] I lost
my best friend,</i>

700
00:28:42,304 --> 00:28:44,773
<i>like, everything
I knew switched,</i>

701
00:28:44,973 --> 00:28:47,101
<i>and I couldn't control that.</i>

702
00:28:47,309 --> 00:28:49,778
<i>So, I had to deal with
that, and that's not,</i>

703
00:28:49,978 --> 00:28:52,106
<i>that's not easy
for me to understand.</i>

704
00:28:52,314 --> 00:28:54,737
<i>[Chris] Several years ago
when I was about 17, 18,</i>

705
00:28:54,942 --> 00:28:57,286
<i>you know, the whole
Rihanna incident happened,</i>

706
00:28:57,486 --> 00:29:02,242
<i>and a lot of that,
that changed my life.</i>

707
00:29:02,449 --> 00:29:04,201
<i>That night at that
Clive Davis party,</i>

708
00:29:04,409 --> 00:29:07,834
<i>and 1 made sure the person that
I was involved with before,</i>

709
00:29:08,038 --> 00:29:10,962
<i>I said, "Hey, you can't come
around to these places,"</i>

710
00:29:11,166 --> 00:29:13,635
and the person comes in.

711
00:29:13,835 --> 00:29:16,008
Comes right to the table,
say, hey, what's up y'all,

712
00:29:16,213 --> 00:29:19,012
and I already knew it's
an issue, so I say,

713
00:29:19,216 --> 00:29:22,060
"Hey, cool, and they keep it
moving and leave,"

714
00:29:22,261 --> 00:29:25,140
I look over to Rihanna,
and she's bawling,

715
00:29:25,347 --> 00:29:27,020
she's just crying in the middle,

716
00:29:27,224 --> 00:29:28,897
the ceremony's about to start
and she's just crying,

717
00:29:29,101 --> 00:29:30,227
and I'm like,
"Yo, v0, v0, v0, v0, v0,

718
00:29:30,435 --> 00:29:32,062
please, please babe,
don't do this,

719
00:29:32,271 --> 00:29:33,272
like, don't do
this in here, like,

720
00:29:33,480 --> 00:29:34,857
I didn't know what
her problem is,

721
00:29:35,065 --> 00:29:36,408
I swear to God, I didn't know."

722
00:29:36,608 --> 00:29:38,781
So, she got over it, she
started drinking a little bit,

723
00:29:38,986 --> 00:29:40,829
we both were drinking
a little bit.

724
00:29:41,029 --> 00:29:42,201
We was tipsy, laughing,

725
00:29:42,406 --> 00:29:45,580
joking, you know,
and then we left.

726
00:29:45,784 --> 00:29:47,252
[female reporter] <i>And while
just a few hours ago,</i>

727
00:29:47,452 --> 00:29:49,125
<i>we saw Chris Brown drive off.</i>

728
00:29:49,329 --> 00:29:51,252
<i>According to sources,
the alleged fight broke out</i>

729
00:29:51,456 --> 00:29:56,257
<i>inside a Lamborghini that
was located at Hancock Park.</i>

730
00:29:56,461 --> 00:29:58,429
[Chris] <i>As you know,
young relationships,</i>

731
00:29:58,630 --> 00:30:00,098
any relationships, it's based
on trust,

732
00:30:00,299 --> 00:30:01,300
but because I told her that,

733
00:30:01,508 --> 00:30:02,930
she didn't trust me
with any of that.

734
00:30:03,135 --> 00:30:05,103
So, I would give her
the option that,

735
00:30:05,304 --> 00:30:06,647
"Oh, you can look at my phone."

736
00:30:06,847 --> 00:30:09,270
So I gave her the phone,
she looks at the phone,

737
00:30:09,474 --> 00:30:11,147
and there's a message,
and it says,

738
00:30:11,351 --> 00:30:13,228
"Kill the Grammys,
do your thing,"

739
00:30:13,437 --> 00:30:16,862
and I didn't read the rest of
the message, I didn't open it.

740
00:30:17,065 --> 00:30:19,318
So she opened the message, and
the rest of the message said,

741
00:30:19,526 --> 00:30:21,494
"I'll see you
at the Clive party."

742
00:30:21,695 --> 00:30:24,414
So, all the time
she thought I was lying.

743
00:30:24,614 --> 00:30:26,161
She starts going off,
she throws the phone,

744
00:30:26,366 --> 00:30:27,743
"I hate you, whatever,
whatever,"

745
00:30:27,951 --> 00:30:30,124
starts hitting me,
we're in a little Lamborghini.

746
00:30:30,329 --> 00:30:31,922
You know, she's fighting me,
and I'm like, "Look,

747
00:30:32,122 --> 00:30:33,840
I'm telling you the truth,
I swear to God,

748
00:30:33,999 --> 00:30:35,797
you know, I'm telling
you the truth, stop it."

749
00:30:36,001 --> 00:30:37,719
So then she hits me
a couple more times,

750
00:30:37,919 --> 00:30:41,219
and I just, kind of just, it
doesn't go from translation to,

751
00:30:41,423 --> 00:30:43,096
"Let's sit down,
I'm telling you the truth,"

752
00:30:43,300 --> 00:30:46,895
it goes to now I'm fixing
to be mean, and be evil,

753
00:30:47,095 --> 00:30:48,893
arguing and arguing and arguing.

754
00:30:49,097 --> 00:30:51,316
So then, like, I remember
she tried to kick me,

755
00:30:51,516 --> 00:30:53,518
'cause like, just
her just being upset,

756
00:30:53,727 --> 00:30:55,445
but then, I really hit her.

757
00:30:55,645 --> 00:30:58,615
Like, with a closed fist,
like, I punched her.

758
00:30:58,815 --> 00:31:01,614
You know, and it busted
her lip, and when I saw it,

759
00:31:01,818 --> 00:31:03,035
I was in shock,
I was like, "Fuck,

760
00:31:03,236 --> 00:31:04,829
why the hell did I hit her?"

761
00:31:05,030 --> 00:31:07,283
So, from there, she just
spit in my face, like,

762
00:31:07,491 --> 00:31:09,744
spit the blood on my face,
and I'm like, "Yo,"

763
00:31:09,951 --> 00:31:11,419
so it enraged me
even more, like,

764
00:31:11,620 --> 00:31:14,499
it's a real on fight in a car,
we driving in the street.

765
00:31:14,706 --> 00:31:17,960
So I'm like, "Yo, hey,
we tripping, what the fuck,

766
00:31:18,168 --> 00:31:19,169
like, what are we doing?"

767
00:31:19,378 --> 00:31:20,470
She's trying to
grab for my phone,

768
00:31:20,670 --> 00:31:22,047
and I'm not giving her my phone

769
00:31:22,255 --> 00:31:24,349
to throw it out of the window.

770
00:31:24,549 --> 00:31:27,803
So, she grabs my nuts,
and when she do that,

771
00:31:28,011 --> 00:31:32,061
I actually, I bite her arm,
I think, as I'm driving,

772
00:31:32,265 --> 00:31:33,892
'cause I'm still
trying to drive.

773
00:31:34,101 --> 00:31:37,401
It's just like a petty,
stupid fight going on,

774
00:31:37,604 --> 00:31:38,947
like, and I'm just realizing it,

775
00:31:39,147 --> 00:31:40,865
I'm like, "What the
hell am I doing, bro?

776
00:31:41,066 --> 00:31:43,785
Like, are you honestly doing
this in a car right now?

777
00:31:43,985 --> 00:31:45,453
Like, what are we doing?"

778
00:31:45,654 --> 00:31:46,906
So I pull over in Hancock Park,

779
00:31:47,114 --> 00:31:49,287
maybe less than two, three
miles from her house,

780
00:31:49,491 --> 00:31:51,164
and I'm just trying to
resolve the situation,

781
00:31:51,368 --> 00:31:52,620
I'm not trying to
fight any further,

782
00:31:52,828 --> 00:31:54,080
I don't wanna, like, I love her,

783
00:31:54,287 --> 00:31:56,210
I don't wanna hurt
my girlfriend.

784
00:31:56,415 --> 00:31:59,589
And so, I pull over,
and I said, "Look, like,

785
00:31:59,793 --> 00:32:02,592
I'm telling you the truth,"
like, I'm crying, she's crying.

786
00:32:02,796 --> 00:32:04,264
I'm like, "I'm telling you
the truth, I swear to God,

787
00:32:04,464 --> 00:32:07,764
I didn't do it, I didn't
know she was fucking coming,

788
00:32:07,968 --> 00:32:09,766
I didn't know, I promise."

789
00:32:09,970 --> 00:32:11,472
She just didn't
believe me, like, she,

790
00:32:11,680 --> 00:32:14,433
I just know you lying
to me, lying to me.

791
00:32:14,641 --> 00:32:16,860
So she takes the keys out
of the car, I'm in park,

792
00:32:17,060 --> 00:32:18,403
she takes the keys out
of the car and fakes

793
00:32:18,603 --> 00:32:20,822
like she throws
them out the window.

794
00:32:21,022 --> 00:32:23,821
I'm like, "What are you doing?"
And I get out the car.

795
00:32:24,025 --> 00:32:25,618
When I got out the car,
I'm looking for the keys,

796
00:32:25,819 --> 00:32:26,365
in somebody's yard,

797
00:32:26,570 --> 00:32:29,039
and she yells out,
out her door,

798
00:32:29,239 --> 00:32:30,866
"Help, he's trying to kill me."

799
00:32:31,074 --> 00:32:32,792
I said "Stop, like,
we're gonna get in trouble."

800
00:32:32,993 --> 00:32:36,623
So, I'm looking for the keys,
she's sitting on the keys.

801
00:32:36,830 --> 00:32:39,253
So I'm like, "You know what, I
can't play this game with you."

802
00:32:39,458 --> 00:32:42,678
I'm getting my bags out of
the car, she takes my CDs,

803
00:32:42,878 --> 00:32:44,551
this is back when I
would record on CDs,

804
00:32:44,754 --> 00:32:47,098
you couldn't put on your phone
when you're in the studio.

805
00:32:47,299 --> 00:32:49,768
So I had new music, and she
was just scratching it up,

806
00:32:49,968 --> 00:32:51,891
I just seen her scratching
it up with the keys.

807
00:32:52,095 --> 00:32:53,813
So, I saw her, I just
snatched the bag,

808
00:32:54,014 --> 00:32:55,391
and I was like, "You know what,

809
00:32:55,599 --> 00:32:58,193
you got the keys,
you can drive home."

810
00:32:58,393 --> 00:32:59,485
By this time her lip was busted,

811
00:32:59,686 --> 00:33:01,108
she had a knot 'cause
I pushed her head

812
00:33:01,313 --> 00:33:02,815
up against the window.

813
00:33:03,023 --> 00:33:03,945
And, and...

814
00:33:05,317 --> 00:33:07,411
you know, a lot of
the times, like,

815
00:33:07,611 --> 00:33:10,865
<i>I look back at the picture,
and I'm just like,</i>

816
00:33:11,072 --> 00:33:12,039
<i>"Yo, bro, like,</i>

817
00:33:12,240 --> 00:33:15,665
that's not me, bro, that's not,
that's not me," like...

818
00:33:15,869 --> 00:33:17,746
I just, I hate it to this day,

819
00:33:17,954 --> 00:33:21,128
you know what I'm saying,
that's gonna haunt me forever.

820
00:33:21,333 --> 00:33:23,131
<i>Rihanna}
I was hurt the most.</i>

821
00:33:23,335 --> 00:33:27,966
<i>Nobody felt what I felt,
it happened, it happened to me.</i>

822
00:33:28,173 --> 00:33:31,723
<i>And it happened to me
in front of the world,</i>

823
00:33:31,927 --> 00:33:35,306
<i>it was embarrassing, it was
humiliating, it was hurtful,</i>

824
00:33:35,514 --> 00:33:37,858
<i>you know, it's not easy.</i>

825
00:33:38,058 --> 00:33:40,277
<i>[male reporter]Chris Brown is
accused of assault and battery.</i>

826
00:33:40,477 --> 00:33:42,104
<i>Larry King] You're a
great dancer, a great singer,</i>

827
00:33:42,312 --> 00:33:43,689
<i>you're popular and known
all over the world,</i>

828
00:33:43,897 --> 00:33:45,524
<i>do you ever say to yourself,</i>

829
00:33:45,732 --> 00:33:48,326
<i>"I screwed up"?</i>

830
00:33:48,527 --> 00:33:50,700
Can remember the night when
he called me and was in L.A.,

831
00:33:50,904 --> 00:33:52,406
the incident had happened,

832
00:33:52,614 --> 00:33:54,742
and he said, Mom, please come,

833
00:33:54,950 --> 00:33:56,873
I just did something really bad.

834
00:33:57,077 --> 00:33:58,545
Like, oh my God, what is it?

835
00:33:58,745 --> 00:33:59,871
And this was the Grammys,

836
00:34:00,080 --> 00:34:02,378
the Clive Davis party
we had just left,

837
00:34:02,582 --> 00:34:05,506
<i>with him and Rihanna at
the table, and I'm like,</i>

838
00:34:05,710 --> 00:34:07,712
<i>my heart just dropped,
but I had no idea</i>

839
00:34:07,921 --> 00:34:09,343
<i>what he was going to tell me,</i>

840
00:34:09,548 --> 00:34:12,097
and I get to the hotel,
and he's laying in the bed

841
00:34:12,300 --> 00:34:13,142
crying and crying,

842
00:34:13,343 --> 00:34:16,893
and he was hiding, of course,
crying, like, "Mom, Mom,"

843
00:34:17,097 --> 00:34:18,724
I was like, "What did you do?"
and then he told me,

844
00:34:18,932 --> 00:34:21,811
I was like... that was
the worst day of my life,

845
00:34:22,018 --> 00:34:24,362
and probably of his life,
because he,

846
00:34:24,563 --> 00:34:27,112
I just saw that he was
just a broken person.

847
00:34:27,315 --> 00:34:29,113
<i>[Usher] There are these
moments, right,</i>

848
00:34:29,317 --> 00:34:32,412
in every artist's career
that they say,

849
00:34:32,612 --> 00:34:35,331
"What the fuck was I thinking?"

850
00:34:35,532 --> 00:34:37,159
He was laying in bed,
he was crying,

851
00:34:37,367 --> 00:34:39,244
and he was devastated
about what happened,

852
00:34:39,452 --> 00:34:43,548
but his main concern was
how was she and was she okay.

853
00:34:43,790 --> 00:34:47,215
Of course, legal went down
and he was arrested,

854
00:34:47,419 --> 00:34:50,639
or, well, he turned himself in.
<i>So</i> he was just devastated,

855
00:34:50,839 --> 00:34:53,809
<i>and just seeing him in that
state was the worst ever,</i>

856
00:34:54,009 --> 00:34:56,762
<i>and I felt like I was
gonna lose my child.</i>

857
00:34:56,970 --> 00:34:58,347
I hated myself, you know,

858
00:34:58,555 --> 00:35:01,149
I was thinking about suicide
and everything else.

859
00:35:01,349 --> 00:35:02,692
So, it was just like, fuck.

860
00:35:02,892 --> 00:35:05,111
But, from there,
I said, "You know what,

861
00:35:05,312 --> 00:35:07,189
I'm just gonna take
everything that could come,

862
00:35:07,397 --> 00:35:10,992
my consequences for my actions
have to be dealt with."

863
00:35:11,192 --> 00:35:13,661
I turned myself in the next day.

864
00:35:13,862 --> 00:35:15,910
[man] <i>When I first met him,
he was 18.</i>

865
00:35:16,114 --> 00:35:17,661
<i>The male's brain
doesn't fully form</i>

866
00:35:17,866 --> 00:35:20,369
in impulse control
until you're 25.

867
00:35:20,577 --> 00:35:23,080
About six years ago
last month I got a call

868
00:35:23,288 --> 00:35:25,916
from a buddy in
New York who said,

869
00:35:26,124 --> 00:35:28,547
was the morning of the
Grammys, it was a Sunday,

870
00:35:28,752 --> 00:35:32,723
<i>it was about 6:30, and my
buddy says there's this guy,</i>

871
00:35:32,922 --> 00:35:34,970
<i>there's an arrest
warrant for him,</i>

872
00:35:35,175 --> 00:35:37,303
L.A. P.D.'s looking for him,
his name is Chris Brown,

873
00:35:37,510 --> 00:35:40,184
and the complaining
witness's name is Rihanna.

874
00:35:40,388 --> 00:35:43,892
He called me, I think it was
maybe an hour or two

875
00:35:44,100 --> 00:35:45,317
after it happened,

876
00:35:45,518 --> 00:35:48,442
and he was, he was scared,

877
00:35:48,647 --> 00:35:50,615
um, like in disbelief,

878
00:35:50,815 --> 00:35:52,567
like he couldn't even believe
this was even going on.

879
00:35:52,776 --> 00:35:54,278
I couldn't believe that.

880
00:35:54,486 --> 00:35:56,079
But he was, you know,
he was scared.

881
00:35:56,279 --> 00:35:57,701
I have been through
a lot in my life,

882
00:35:57,906 --> 00:35:59,533
but that was the most
devastating thing

883
00:35:59,741 --> 00:36:00,913
I've ever had to experience,

884
00:36:01,117 --> 00:36:03,290
to see the hurt and
the pain on his face,

885
00:36:03,495 --> 00:36:05,964
and not knowing what
was gonna happen to him.

886
00:36:06,164 --> 00:36:07,837
<i>[Chris]
I look at it in this,</i>

887
00:36:08,041 --> 00:36:10,135
in this really, like,

888
00:36:10,335 --> 00:36:12,178
how could I be that person?

889
00:36:12,379 --> 00:36:14,677
Well, the case,
originally, was,

890
00:36:14,881 --> 00:36:17,555
an assault with a deadly
weapon, criminal threats,

891
00:36:17,759 --> 00:36:21,309
<i>various charges like that
involving strike offenses</i>

892
00:36:21,513 --> 00:36:23,265
<i>for the serious felonies.</i>

893
00:36:23,473 --> 00:36:27,103
He wanted to, immediately,
take responsibility,

894
00:36:27,310 --> 00:36:28,857
wanted to plead guilty.

895
00:36:29,062 --> 00:36:31,611
Pled guilty,
didn't, didn't argue,

896
00:36:31,815 --> 00:36:35,160
didn't say, "Hey, let me
fight this case and take it

897
00:36:35,360 --> 00:36:38,489
to trial," and just say
"Hey, she fought me back,"

898
00:36:38,697 --> 00:36:41,120
no, I'm not, that's not
where my head was at,

899
00:36:41,324 --> 00:36:43,042
and that's not where it is now,

900
00:36:43,243 --> 00:36:45,120
you know, I loved her,

901
00:36:45,328 --> 00:36:49,253
I wanted to protect her because
I did too much stuff to her.

902
00:36:49,457 --> 00:36:51,630
Like, I did what I did,
so, it was wrong.

903
00:36:51,835 --> 00:36:54,304
<i>Explain quickly, Mark,
what he pled guilty to.</i>

904
00:36:54,504 --> 00:36:56,427
<i>Assault, basically,
is what it is,</i>

905
00:36:56,631 --> 00:36:58,349
<i>a felony assault charge.</i>

906
00:36:58,550 --> 00:37:02,680
The hardest person to see,

907
00:37:02,887 --> 00:37:07,188
or talk about it to would be...

908
00:37:07,392 --> 00:37:10,066
I would say probably my father,
you know what I'm saying,

909
00:37:10,270 --> 00:37:12,318
my father and my,
my real father.

910
00:37:12,522 --> 00:37:14,650
I don't want to
disappoint my father,

911
00:37:14,858 --> 00:37:17,987
because he actually
was there for me.

912
00:37:18,194 --> 00:37:21,368
For my mom, it was a little
bit more closer to heart,

913
00:37:21,573 --> 00:37:24,201
because I seen my mom
deal with that,

914
00:37:24,409 --> 00:37:26,787
you know, firsthand,
not from my father,

915
00:37:26,995 --> 00:37:31,751
my biological father Clinton
Maurice Brown is a great man.

916
00:37:31,958 --> 00:37:34,928
But her significant other
at the time,

917
00:37:35,128 --> 00:37:38,678
my mother's significant
other, he was a monster,

918
00:37:38,882 --> 00:37:41,101
animal, pure hatred, evil,

919
00:37:41,301 --> 00:37:43,804
I've never hated somebody
in my life like,

920
00:37:44,012 --> 00:37:46,982
if I could kill him, I would.

921
00:37:47,182 --> 00:37:51,779
So, I promised my mom one day,
I said, "Look, Ma, you know,

922
00:37:51,978 --> 00:37:55,198
I know you tell me not
to do like crazy shit

923
00:37:55,398 --> 00:37:58,777
and hang with these niggas
and do what I do," I said,

924
00:37:58,985 --> 00:38:01,784
"but when I get 15,
I'm gonna kill him.

925
00:38:01,988 --> 00:38:05,663
Like, I'm not playing, I'm
not not joking, I'm serious.

926
00:38:05,867 --> 00:38:07,244
I wanna take his life."

927
00:38:07,452 --> 00:38:10,126
So, that's the kind of hatred
this guy brings from me,

928
00:38:10,330 --> 00:38:12,708
and fear, and stuff like that.

929
00:38:12,916 --> 00:38:14,338
So, I'm terrified of this man.

930
00:38:14,542 --> 00:38:16,920
I would be at home, you know,

931
00:38:17,128 --> 00:38:19,972
he blew his brains out when
I was six, but he didn't die,

932
00:38:20,173 --> 00:38:21,345
he shot himself in the head,

933
00:38:21,549 --> 00:38:23,392
and then he went blind and shit.

934
00:38:23,593 --> 00:38:25,061
I was six years old, bro, like,

935
00:38:25,261 --> 00:38:27,980
fuck, how does a kid
deal with that shit?

936
00:38:28,181 --> 00:38:31,310
And then, being that he's
physically impaired now,

937
00:38:31,518 --> 00:38:34,067
it frustrates him more,
so he's in a depression,

938
00:38:34,270 --> 00:38:36,944
so, but he takes it out
on his girl.

939
00:38:37,148 --> 00:38:39,401
His girl happens to be my mom.

940
00:38:39,609 --> 00:38:41,111
This is what I had
to deal with, like,

941
00:38:41,319 --> 00:38:43,538
I had to hear my mom
get beat up every night.

942
00:38:43,738 --> 00:38:46,116
I had to pee on myself,
like, I'm scared,

943
00:38:46,324 --> 00:38:47,621
scared to even get up
and walk in the hallway,

944
00:38:47,826 --> 00:38:48,827
'cause I didn't
wanna see nothing.

945
00:38:49,035 --> 00:38:50,082
You know what I'm saying,

946
00:38:50,286 --> 00:38:51,037
so nobody knows the fear

947
00:38:51,246 --> 00:38:52,293
that they had to deal with,

948
00:38:52,497 --> 00:38:55,341
and then it transcends
sometimes,

949
00:38:55,542 --> 00:38:57,636
it's learned behavior.

950
00:38:57,836 --> 00:39:02,387
So, me having to see my mom
look at me through that light,

951
00:39:04,467 --> 00:39:07,767
I just saw him, that's
what I saw, I saw him,

952
00:39:07,971 --> 00:39:11,100
I didn't see Chris,
I seen that motherfucker.

953
00:39:11,307 --> 00:39:13,901
And so, that's what
ate at me, and like,

954
00:39:14,102 --> 00:39:15,399
that's what killed my soul,

955
00:39:15,603 --> 00:39:19,949
because I was the one thing
I was running from.

956
00:39:20,149 --> 00:39:22,277
Sometimes you try to run
away from the one thing

957
00:39:22,485 --> 00:39:26,956
that you don't wanna become,
and you become it.

958
00:39:27,156 --> 00:39:29,705
<i>[Rihanna] The only person
I hate right now is him.</i>

959
00:39:29,909 --> 00:39:31,582
<i>[comedian] The only thing
Chris Brown is guilty of,</i>

960
00:39:31,786 --> 00:39:35,461
<i>-a felony.
-[crowd laughing]</i>

961
00:39:35,665 --> 00:39:37,963
<i>We don't know everything
that went down,</i>

962
00:39:38,167 --> 00:39:39,919
<i>this is a tough one.
You know, he is</i>

963
00:39:40,128 --> 00:39:40,924
<i>in huge trouble.</i>

964
00:39:41,129 --> 00:39:42,506
<i>[woman] We're not
gonna put up with</i>

965
00:39:42,714 --> 00:39:44,933
<i>domestic violence
as business as usual,</i>

966
00:39:45,133 --> 00:39:46,476
<i>and I think we should
just take this</i>

967
00:39:46,676 --> 00:39:47,552
<i>and keep moving with it.</i>

968
00:39:47,760 --> 00:39:49,728
[woman <i>2] We're not saying
I think he should be</i>

969
00:39:49,929 --> 00:39:52,352
<i>thrown in jail, we're saying
he should get treatment.</i>

970
00:39:52,557 --> 00:39:54,559
[Rihanna] <i>It was a weird,
confusing space to be in,</i>

971
00:39:54,767 --> 00:39:59,147
<i>'cause as angry as I was,
angry and hurt and betrayed,</i>

972
00:39:59,355 --> 00:40:02,279
<i>I just felt like...</i>

973
00:40:02,483 --> 00:40:06,363
<i>he made that mistake
because he needed help.</i>

974
00:40:08,156 --> 00:40:11,035
The label,
the name woman-beater,

975
00:40:11,242 --> 00:40:13,791
is something I would
say to somebody.

976
00:40:13,995 --> 00:40:16,123
You know what I'm saying,
it scares me because that,

977
00:40:16,331 --> 00:40:18,925
I would place that
judgment on somebody.

978
00:40:19,125 --> 00:40:20,593
So, when people say it,

979
00:40:20,793 --> 00:40:24,138
I don't get mad at them,
I'm more mad at myself,

980
00:40:24,339 --> 00:40:26,637
because I feel like
I am the reflection

981
00:40:26,841 --> 00:40:28,343
of what they're saying.

982
00:40:28,551 --> 00:40:30,849
To have that type of success
that music brings,

983
00:40:31,054 --> 00:40:33,682
<i>people really look at you
and look to you</i>

984
00:40:33,890 --> 00:40:36,734
<i>for inspiration,
for hope, for light,</i>

985
00:40:36,935 --> 00:40:39,313
for all of these things,
and that pressure can

986
00:40:39,520 --> 00:40:40,942
sometimes be so tremendous.

987
00:40:41,147 --> 00:40:43,320
You are a rock star,
you live in a world where

988
00:40:43,524 --> 00:40:44,901
they want every piece of you,

989
00:40:45,109 --> 00:40:46,952
because they need
to sell a story.

990
00:40:47,153 --> 00:40:48,496
[female reporter] He has <i>said
that</i> he <i>feels really</i> bad

991
00:40:48,696 --> 00:40:50,039
<i>about what transpired,
that he's gonna</i>

992
00:40:50,239 --> 00:40:52,082
<i>meet with his pastor,
and hope to become</i>

993
00:40:52,283 --> 00:40:53,785
<i>a better person,
there are reports he's gone</i>

994
00:40:53,993 --> 00:40:55,495
<i>to anger management classes.</i>

995
00:40:55,703 --> 00:40:57,205
[Mike] <i>Beside that incident,
you know,</i>

996
00:40:57,413 --> 00:40:58,881
<i>it's like
a domino effect,</i>

997
00:40:59,040 --> 00:41:00,713
<i>it brings other
things that happened,</i>

998
00:41:00,917 --> 00:41:02,169
<i>it brings up rage and anger,</i>

999
00:41:02,377 --> 00:41:03,970
<i>and we don't understand
why we angry,</i>

1000
00:41:04,170 --> 00:41:05,797
because we're angry
because we think people

1001
00:41:06,005 --> 00:41:08,178
think about us in a certain way.

1002
00:41:08,383 --> 00:41:09,726
I'm gonna tell you
something, let me be honest.

1003
00:41:09,926 --> 00:41:11,894
I was disappointed,
almost felt let down,

1004
00:41:12,095 --> 00:41:16,191
because I said, this kid
could be the great superstar.

1005
00:41:16,391 --> 00:41:17,859
You say how could I
be the best in the world

1006
00:41:18,059 --> 00:41:19,060
and people still talk about me?

1007
00:41:19,268 --> 00:41:20,485
And that's just
what life is about,

1008
00:41:20,687 --> 00:41:23,907
overcoming emotional
quagmires, adversity,

1009
00:41:24,107 --> 00:41:26,075
becoming stronger
in life, you know.

1010
00:41:26,275 --> 00:41:29,245
If you didn't experience
any kind of

1011
00:41:29,445 --> 00:41:32,289
emotional conflict with
yourself or with anyone else,

1012
00:41:32,490 --> 00:41:37,667
under the light of this
struggle, you just crumble.

1013
00:41:37,870 --> 00:41:41,465
<i>Sentenced to five years
of probation as you said,</i>

1014
00:41:41,666 --> 00:41:45,216
<i>180 days of what Judge Schnegg
calls community labor,</i>

1015
00:41:45,420 --> 00:41:49,470
<i>and he has to undergo a
domestic violence program</i>

1016
00:41:49,674 --> 00:41:51,142
<i>for one year.</i>

1017
00:41:51,342 --> 00:41:52,685
<i>Chris} The first time
I walked in the courtroom,</i>

1018
00:41:52,885 --> 00:41:54,558
<i>I was super nervous, you know.</i>

1019
00:41:54,762 --> 00:41:57,982
I never even did jury duty,
so I was like,

1020
00:41:58,182 --> 00:42:00,401
"Man, I don't know what's
gonna happen here,

1021
00:42:00,601 --> 00:42:02,069
I'm not used to
this environment."

1022
00:42:02,270 --> 00:42:04,147
This is a guy who's gotten
kind of everything he wanted

1023
00:42:04,355 --> 00:42:06,574
since he was 16 years old.

1024
00:42:06,774 --> 00:42:10,779
But once you step into a
courtroom, you lose all control.

1025
00:42:10,987 --> 00:42:12,955
They wanted me
to do jail time,

1026
00:42:13,156 --> 00:42:14,999
there was a lot of
women's rights groups

1027
00:42:15,199 --> 00:42:19,705
that were calling in and
demanding that I had jail time.

1028
00:42:19,912 --> 00:42:21,664
You know, I was terrified, man,

1029
00:42:21,873 --> 00:42:24,467
I was only 17, I think,
about to turn 18,

1030
00:42:24,667 --> 00:42:26,385
and I was like, man, like,

1031
00:42:26,586 --> 00:42:28,930
I'm about to go to jail, and
just have my life turned out,

1032
00:42:29,130 --> 00:42:31,303
I got out of my
situation in Virginia,

1033
00:42:31,507 --> 00:42:34,977
and made something of my life,
and I'm going right back?

1034
00:42:35,178 --> 00:42:36,054
- Like, that's how I felt.

1035
00:42:36,262 --> 00:42:37,605
<i>- This is where
the process begins.</i>

1036
00:42:37,805 --> 00:42:39,523
<i>And there has been
speculation already by some</i>

1037
00:42:39,724 --> 00:42:43,228
<i>that this really will
end Chris Brown's career.</i>

1038
00:42:43,436 --> 00:42:45,029
His drive, his enthusiasm,

1039
00:42:45,229 --> 00:42:48,403
his excitement about
everything was gone.

1040
00:42:48,608 --> 00:42:53,284
It's hard to go from
that admiration from the world,

1041
00:42:53,488 --> 00:42:55,866
to all of a sudden
that judgment from the world,

1042
00:42:56,074 --> 00:42:57,576
and being able to balance that,

1043
00:42:57,784 --> 00:42:59,957
and understand how to
maneuver through that,

1044
00:43:00,161 --> 00:43:01,208
that shit is not easy.

1045
00:43:01,412 --> 00:43:02,459
<i>[DJ Khaled] Being on probation</i>

1046
00:43:02,663 --> 00:43:03,710
<i>is like the hardest thing ever.</i>

1047
00:43:03,915 --> 00:43:05,508
<i>I know that was a tough time.</i>

1048
00:43:05,708 --> 00:43:08,131
Any little thing
can be a violation.

1049
00:43:08,336 --> 00:43:10,304
I did go into a deep
depression, like I said,

1050
00:43:10,505 --> 00:43:12,052
for almost, like, three months.

1051
00:43:12,256 --> 00:43:14,054
Stayed in my room,
didn't come out,

1052
00:43:14,258 --> 00:43:15,680
they would bring my
food to the door,

1053
00:43:15,885 --> 00:43:17,262
my homies would be like,
"Come on man, what's up?"

1054
00:43:17,470 --> 00:43:19,564
And I'd just sleep in bed,
stay in bed all day.

1055
00:43:19,764 --> 00:43:21,687
Some of the greatest artists
in the world fell,

1056
00:43:21,891 --> 00:43:23,108
you know, from that,

1057
00:43:23,309 --> 00:43:25,437
and they fall to
substances and things

1058
00:43:25,645 --> 00:43:27,693
<i>that just really
cloud their judgment,</i>

1059
00:43:27,897 --> 00:43:30,446
<i>cloud their ability to kind
of see their way through it.</i>

1060
00:43:30,650 --> 00:43:32,368
<i>Chris} I wasn't sleeping,
I barely ate,</i>

1061
00:43:32,568 --> 00:43:35,162
<i>I just was getting high,
I would pop a couple Xanaxes,</i>

1062
00:43:35,363 --> 00:43:37,957
<i>drink some lean, then
just be like, "I'm good,"</i>

1063
00:43:38,157 --> 00:43:39,784
<i>and be a zombie for
the rest of the day.</i>

1064
00:43:39,992 --> 00:43:42,120
<i>I remember being on video
sets and falling asleep,</i>

1065
00:43:42,328 --> 00:43:44,456
<i>cussing people out, not
knowing where I'm at, like,</i>

1066
00:43:44,664 --> 00:43:45,961
<i>and then I'd wake up
the next day, like,</i>

1067
00:43:46,165 --> 00:43:47,257
<i>"Hey, we gotta shoot
the video."</i>

1068
00:43:47,458 --> 00:43:49,005
<i>They'd be like, "Dude,
we shot it yesterday.</i> "

1069
00:43:49,210 --> 00:43:52,635
<i>I'm like, "dang." So, that's
when I knew it went bad.</i>

1070
00:43:52,839 --> 00:43:53,635
And I said, "Hey, man,I'm
not telling you

1071
00:43:53,840 --> 00:43:54,682
nothing that ain't
nobody told me,

1072
00:43:54,882 --> 00:43:55,974
I'm not telling you
nothing that Quincey Jones

1073
00:43:56,175 --> 00:43:57,301
didn't tell me or
Oprah Winfrey didn't tell me,

1074
00:43:57,510 --> 00:43:58,636
I'm just telling
you gotta fly away,

1075
00:43:58,845 --> 00:43:59,971
like, you know,
do your thing, have fun,

1076
00:44:00,179 --> 00:44:02,648
but just always remember
that if the people

1077
00:44:02,849 --> 00:44:04,692
that are around you don't
have a risk like you do,

1078
00:44:04,892 --> 00:44:07,395
it's probably not,
it's probably,

1079
00:44:07,603 --> 00:44:08,980
probably not cool."

1080
00:44:09,188 --> 00:44:10,986
The more light we get,

1081
00:44:11,190 --> 00:44:13,784
the more we have
to hide our demons.

1082
00:44:13,985 --> 00:44:17,831
<i>That's pretty much a deterrent
to see who we truly are,</i>

1083
00:44:18,030 --> 00:44:21,284
<i>the light,
the light is the demon,</i>

1084
00:44:21,492 --> 00:44:24,245
<i>it's blinding you
from seeing him.</i>

1085
00:44:24,453 --> 00:44:25,830
The elephant in the room
is the fact that there's

1086
00:44:26,038 --> 00:44:28,211
been some very tumultuous
things that Chris

1087
00:44:28,416 --> 00:44:30,293
has experienced
in his career, right?

1088
00:44:30,501 --> 00:44:32,424
Well, I'll talk about it.
Everybody has shit

1089
00:44:32,420 --> 00:44:33,262
that they go through,

1090
00:44:33,546 --> 00:44:36,299
but not everybody has to deal
with it in front of the world.

1091
00:44:36,507 --> 00:44:40,512
["Don't Judge Me"
by Chris Brown]

1092
00:44:40,720 --> 00:44:45,772
[overlapping reporter chatter]

1093
00:44:45,975 --> 00:44:48,273
<i>A loss in fans,
or a loss in revenue.</i>

1094
00:44:48,477 --> 00:44:49,603
Chris Brown doesn't see either,

1095
00:44:49,812 --> 00:44:53,032
<i>so likely he'll
continue on this path.</i>

1096
00:44:53,232 --> 00:44:56,452
[Chris] <i>One day I just started
thinking about it.</i>

1097
00:44:56,652 --> 00:44:59,121
Well, if they all hate me,

1098
00:44:59,322 --> 00:45:02,701
I want them to hate me
'cause they can't beat me.

1099
00:45:02,909 --> 00:45:06,083
["Deuces" by Chris Brown]

1100
00:45:06,287 --> 00:45:08,836
<i>A" All that bullshit...</i>

1101
00:45:08,998 --> 00:45:10,591
That next week
I went into the studio,

1102
00:45:10,791 --> 00:45:14,341
and I said, "I don't care even
if I don't know how to write,

1103
00:45:14,545 --> 00:45:15,592
if they don't like my song,

1104
00:45:15,796 --> 00:45:17,423
I'm just gonna say
whatever I feel."

1105
00:45:17,632 --> 00:45:19,726
Let me just talk about
what I'm rocking with.

1106
00:45:19,926 --> 00:45:22,475
Then you got songs like
"Deuces" that will come out.

1107
00:45:22,678 --> 00:45:24,180
<i>I Girl, yeah</i>

1108
00:45:24,388 --> 00:45:25,685
I That knows just what I need

1109
00:45:25,890 --> 00:45:27,984
<i>I She knows just what I mean</i>

1110
00:45:28,184 --> 00:45:30,061
No bullshit.

1111
00:45:30,269 --> 00:45:31,987
<i>♪ Three in the morning ♪</i>

1112
00:45:32,188 --> 00:45:34,566
<i>♪ You know I'm horny ♪</i>

1113
00:45:34,774 --> 00:45:36,117
And even throughout
that process,

1114
00:45:36,317 --> 00:45:37,569
I tried to get Rihanna back.

1115
00:45:37,777 --> 00:45:39,495
I would try to call,
and try to, like,

1116
00:45:39,695 --> 00:45:41,322
"Hey, what's up, man,"
just like...

1117
00:45:41,530 --> 00:45:43,077
One time she's like,
"Hey, I got a boyfriend,

1118
00:45:43,282 --> 00:45:44,124
stop talking to me."

1119
00:45:44,325 --> 00:45:46,202
I was like, "Woah."

1120
00:45:46,410 --> 00:45:49,960
So I said, you know what,
"Cool, let me just be me then."

1121
00:45:50,164 --> 00:45:51,381
I'm putting all my records out,

1122
00:45:51,582 --> 00:45:53,880
<i>the pain records,
the ones that,</i>

1123
00:45:54,085 --> 00:45:56,759
when I'm at my lowest
point, and it's like,

1124
00:45:56,963 --> 00:45:58,340
back against the wall,

1125
00:45:58,547 --> 00:46:01,141
nobody thinks I'm gonna
come out the underdog status.

1126
00:46:01,467 --> 00:46:05,688
And, you know, I got a
Grammy off of those records.

1127
00:46:05,680 --> 00:46:09,025
I don't know, <i>man, I'm nervous,
I don't know what to say.</i>

1128
00:46:09,225 --> 00:46:10,898
<i>Team Breezy, man,
it's all for you, man,</i>

1129
00:46:11,102 --> 00:46:13,275
<i>all my fans back home,
I love y'all, so.</i>

1130
00:46:13,479 --> 00:46:14,321
[audience screaming]

1131
00:46:14,522 --> 00:46:17,446
<i>We got one.
Thank you.</i>

1132
00:46:17,650 --> 00:46:20,073
About that time, I was
able to meet somebody else.

1133
00:46:20,278 --> 00:46:21,905
<i>Her name's Karrueche,
I met her,</i>

1134
00:46:22,113 --> 00:46:24,491
<i>you know, and she kind of
got me through the times.</i>

1135
00:46:24,699 --> 00:46:26,076
<i>I was like,
"You know what, cool,"</i>

1136
00:46:26,284 --> 00:46:29,458
<i>I'm really cool with
not turning up as much.</i>

1137
00:46:29,662 --> 00:46:32,336
I still, I mean,
I still did, you know,

1138
00:46:32,540 --> 00:46:34,588
I would only do that only
because I didn't know

1139
00:46:34,792 --> 00:46:37,261
how to cope with dealing
with being in love with her

1140
00:46:37,461 --> 00:46:39,589
<i>and Rihanna at the same time.</i>

1141
00:46:39,797 --> 00:46:41,299
What would the Chris Brown
sitting next to me right now

1142
00:46:41,507 --> 00:46:45,262
tell the Chris Brown
one year ago?

1143
00:46:48,514 --> 00:46:49,982
Um...

1144
00:46:53,311 --> 00:46:55,985
Make some wise
decisions, brother.

1145
00:46:55,980 --> 00:46:58,608
I would definitely
look at myself a year ago

1146
00:46:58,816 --> 00:47:01,740
and be like, "Man, like,
really, really, like,

1147
00:47:01,944 --> 00:47:04,993
don't take this for granted.
Don't take anything for granted,

1148
00:47:05,197 --> 00:47:06,995
and don't think you
untouchable, you're invincible,

1149
00:47:07,199 --> 00:47:09,827
because you're not."

1150
00:47:10,036 --> 00:47:12,630
He has to make that
decision to choose who he is,

1151
00:47:12,830 --> 00:47:15,083
we have to look in the
mirror sometimes of life,

1152
00:47:15,291 --> 00:47:18,135
and decide, do we like
who we looking at?

1153
00:47:18,336 --> 00:47:21,465
And I sometimes don't like
who I'm still looking at,

1154
00:47:21,672 --> 00:47:25,597
but I like him more
than I used to like him.

1155
00:47:25,801 --> 00:47:28,771
At that time, I just was
trying to mask my real feelings.

1156
00:47:29,096 --> 00:47:33,818
My life was just slowly going
downhill because of my fear,

1157
00:47:33,809 --> 00:47:35,732
you know what I'm saying,
and my insecurities,

1158
00:47:35,936 --> 00:47:38,689
and me not being, me
not really manning up.

1159
00:47:38,898 --> 00:47:43,153
So it's 2010, we've decided
that we're going to have

1160
00:47:43,361 --> 00:47:45,955
Chris Brown do...

1161
00:47:46,155 --> 00:47:50,205
the year after, the year
anniversary, Jackson tribute.

1162
00:47:50,409 --> 00:47:53,879
But there's one tribute,
one tribute

1163
00:47:54,080 --> 00:47:56,458
performance we've yet to see.

1164
00:47:56,665 --> 00:47:58,713
And the crowd knew
exactly who it was,

1165
00:47:58,918 --> 00:48:01,546
and there was this
murmur that built,

1166
00:48:01,754 --> 00:48:05,554
<i>and the lights drop out, and,</i>

1167
00:48:05,758 --> 00:48:07,931
Chris hit the stage.

1168
00:48:10,930 --> 00:48:15,310
["Man in the Mirror"
by Michael Jackson]

1169
00:48:23,317 --> 00:48:26,821
It was so surreal, man.
I was hosting BET,

1170
00:48:27,029 --> 00:48:29,532
that for everyone was
just a moment in time

1171
00:48:29,740 --> 00:48:31,834
where it was just, Chris
was going through a thing.

1172
00:48:32,034 --> 00:48:35,538
<i>And so, therefore,
it really hurt him.</i>

1173
00:48:46,090 --> 00:48:51,017
[sobbing lyrics]

1174
00:48:51,220 --> 00:48:52,722
It was lot of things happening,

1175
00:48:52,930 --> 00:48:55,228
<i>first of all, we were giving
Michael Jackson a real,</i>

1176
00:48:55,433 --> 00:48:58,152
<i>great sendoff, a passing
of the torch, if you will.</i>

1177
00:48:58,352 --> 00:49:00,605
<i>And then he poured
his heart into it, man.</i>

1178
00:49:00,813 --> 00:49:04,784
<i>a' I'm starting with
the man in the mirror</i>

1179
00:49:04,984 --> 00:49:09,410
<i>♪ I'm asking him
to change his ways ♪</i>

1180
00:49:09,613 --> 00:49:13,618
<i>♪ No message could
have been any clearer ♪</i>

1181
00:49:13,826 --> 00:49:16,045
<i>a' If you wanna make the
world a better place</i>

1182
00:49:16,245 --> 00:49:18,748
<i>a' Take a look at yourself
and then make that</i>

1183
00:49:18,956 --> 00:49:21,254
<i>♪ Change ♪</i>

1184
00:49:25,379 --> 00:49:27,757
<i>♪ Change ♪</i>

1185
00:49:30,843 --> 00:49:34,143
<i>[Stephen] Chris Brown was
there to prove something</i>

1186
00:49:34,346 --> 00:49:37,020
<i>that night, that he
belonged on this planet,</i>

1187
00:49:37,224 --> 00:49:39,602
<i>that he belonged on stages.</i>

1188
00:49:39,810 --> 00:49:42,188
<i>[Jamie] No matter what you
think about Chris Brown,</i>

1189
00:49:42,396 --> 00:49:43,818
<i>when he starts
to dance and sing,</i>

1190
00:49:44,023 --> 00:49:46,776
<i>he has that light,
he has that fire that,</i>

1191
00:49:46,984 --> 00:49:49,612
that lightning
rod-ness of a career.

1192
00:49:49,820 --> 00:49:51,413
So, I think that sobered
a lot of people up,

1193
00:49:51,614 --> 00:49:53,491
like, you know,
you can only do so much,

1194
00:49:53,699 --> 00:49:56,122
you can only give so much,

1195
00:49:56,327 --> 00:49:58,705
sometimes you gotta
step back a little bit

1196
00:49:58,913 --> 00:50:00,005
and just decompress.

1197
00:50:00,206 --> 00:50:02,675
Everybody's human, and
everybody makes mistakes,

1198
00:50:02,875 --> 00:50:04,422
and if God can give us mercy,

1199
00:50:04,627 --> 00:50:07,881
why can't we have
mercy on each other?

1200
00:50:08,088 --> 00:50:10,557
<i>You may have heard about
Chris Brown's appearance here</i>

1201
00:50:10,758 --> 00:50:14,058
<i>on GMA on Tuesday, he and
I had a brief interview,</i>

1202
00:50:14,261 --> 00:50:17,105
<i>and then he performed a
single from his hit new album,</i>

1203
00:50:17,306 --> 00:50:19,434
<i>and it's what happened
after that performance that</i>

1204
00:50:19,642 --> 00:50:20,859
<i>unfortunately made headlines.</i>

1205
00:50:21,060 --> 00:50:23,188
<i>Chris Brown did become
very angry backstage</i>

1206
00:50:23,395 --> 00:50:24,396
<i>here in our studios,</i>

1207
00:50:24,605 --> 00:50:27,108
<i>talking about his past
clearly touched a nerve,</i>

1208
00:50:27,316 --> 00:50:30,866
<i>and his behavior now
has everyone talking.</i>

1209
00:50:31,070 --> 00:50:34,074
<i>The Good Morning America
incident, man.</i>

1210
00:50:34,281 --> 00:50:38,331
Chris Brown, riding high,
brand new CD out, <i>F.A.M.E.,</i>

1211
00:50:38,536 --> 00:50:40,129
<i>it's out today, already
has three number one hits,</i>

1212
00:50:40,329 --> 00:50:42,002
<i>a fourth one
climbing the charts,</i>

1213
00:50:42,206 --> 00:50:44,459
and the album is number
one on iTunes today.

1214
00:50:44,667 --> 00:50:46,840
It's a far cry from the last
time the two of us sat down,

1215
00:50:47,044 --> 00:50:49,638
just months after he pled
guilty to felony assault.

1216
00:50:49,838 --> 00:50:51,636
He took responsibility for
hitting his then girlfriend,

1217
00:50:51,840 --> 00:50:54,218
<i>Rihanna, and has spent the
last two years rebuilding</i>

1218
00:50:54,426 --> 00:50:56,975
<i>his life, Chris Brown,
how are you?</i>

1219
00:50:57,179 --> 00:50:58,806
I'm pretty good, yeah,
everything's good, yeah.

1220
00:50:59,014 --> 00:51:01,233
That morning, I remember
my album had just came out

1221
00:51:01,433 --> 00:51:03,686
that day, was supposed to
be a big promotion 'cause,

1222
00:51:03,894 --> 00:51:06,568
you know, all of the songs
were doing great, "Deuces,"

1223
00:51:06,772 --> 00:51:10,026
"Look At Me Now," all these
big records, "Yeah 3x,"

1224
00:51:10,234 --> 00:51:12,111
it was so many records that,

1225
00:51:12,319 --> 00:51:14,617
that were kind of just
elevating and transcending

1226
00:51:14,822 --> 00:51:19,373
life instead of the negative
that was in my life.

1227
00:51:19,577 --> 00:51:21,170
So, that morning I remember,

1228
00:51:21,370 --> 00:51:23,623
and I always do this on
prep before any interview,

1229
00:51:23,831 --> 00:51:25,708
I would say, "Hey, look,
these are the terms and

1230
00:51:25,916 --> 00:51:27,008
conditions of the interview,

1231
00:51:27,209 --> 00:51:29,837
you cannot ask this question,
you cannot ask this question,

1232
00:51:30,045 --> 00:51:32,514
and we need you to sign off
just so we can take

1233
00:51:32,715 --> 00:51:34,217
legal action if you do."

1234
00:51:34,425 --> 00:51:36,018
And thank you for sitting
down for just a moment

1235
00:51:36,218 --> 00:51:38,812
for, it's all about the music,
your fans are here,

1236
00:51:39,013 --> 00:51:41,857
but you have been very good
about talking with me

1237
00:51:42,057 --> 00:51:43,855
a little bit about this because

1238
00:51:44,059 --> 00:51:46,357
we've gone through it
and talked about it

1239
00:51:46,562 --> 00:51:47,984
when I went to your home.

1240
00:51:48,188 --> 00:51:51,032
What's going on now is that
recently the restraining order

1241
00:51:51,233 --> 00:51:55,659
against you that Rihanna
had issued has been relaxed.

1242
00:51:55,863 --> 00:51:57,706
I always danced
around the topic,

1243
00:51:57,906 --> 00:51:59,499
I always would dance around it,
and I didn't know

1244
00:51:59,700 --> 00:52:00,246
how to deal with it,

1245
00:52:00,451 --> 00:52:02,795
my self esteem was a big
insecurity within myself.

1246
00:52:02,995 --> 00:52:03,996
[interviewer]
Have you all seen each other,

1247
00:52:04,204 --> 00:52:04,955
been around each other?

1248
00:52:05,164 --> 00:52:06,882
I mean, not really, I mean,

1249
00:52:07,082 --> 00:52:08,174
it's not really a big deal
to me now,

1250
00:52:08,417 --> 00:52:09,168
as far as that situation,

1251
00:52:09,376 --> 00:52:10,423
I think I'm past that
in my life,

1252
00:52:10,628 --> 00:52:12,301
and I think today's
the album day,

1253
00:52:12,504 --> 00:52:13,380
so that's what I'm focused on,

1254
00:52:13,589 --> 00:52:15,262
so everybody go get that album.

1255
00:52:15,466 --> 00:52:17,093
That was so intense to me,

1256
00:52:17,301 --> 00:52:19,599
and I felt like it was
a slap in the face, like,

1257
00:52:19,803 --> 00:52:23,899
you want me to be
this person on TV,

1258
00:52:24,099 --> 00:52:25,772
you want me to be that person,

1259
00:52:25,976 --> 00:52:27,819
you still want me
to be the monster.

1260
00:52:28,020 --> 00:52:30,773
- F.A.M.E., F-A-M-E.
- Yeah.

1261
00:52:30,981 --> 00:52:32,358
What does that stand for?
F.A.M.E.,

1262
00:52:32,566 --> 00:52:33,488
forgiving all my enemies,

1263
00:52:33,692 --> 00:52:35,694
and definitely,
fans are my everything,

1264
00:52:35,903 --> 00:52:37,325
and that meaning,
like, you know,

1265
00:52:37,529 --> 00:52:39,202
being able to go through
everything I went through

1266
00:52:39,406 --> 00:52:41,329
and show my fans that
I love them, you know,

1267
00:52:41,533 --> 00:52:43,251
that's what it is, and
fans are my everything.

1268
00:52:43,452 --> 00:52:44,795
You could see me
getting agitated.

1269
00:52:44,995 --> 00:52:46,588
You could see me in there

1270
00:52:46,789 --> 00:52:48,166
kind of getting frustrated.

1271
00:52:48,374 --> 00:52:49,421
[interviewer] Well, you
said forgive all my enemies,

1272
00:52:49,625 --> 00:52:50,547
who do you consider
your enemies?

1273
00:52:50,751 --> 00:52:52,924
Just anybody, naysayers, haters,

1274
00:52:53,128 --> 00:52:55,256
I just think, you know, being
positive and promoting that

1275
00:52:55,464 --> 00:52:57,592
is what I'm about now, and
that's what I wanna do.

1276
00:52:57,800 --> 00:52:59,222
I was like, clenching
my jaws, and,

1277
00:52:59,426 --> 00:53:01,099
trying to play it off.

1278
00:53:01,303 --> 00:53:02,555
Yeah, but you could
understand how some people

1279
00:53:02,763 --> 00:53:04,857
you know, that was very serious,

1280
00:53:05,057 --> 00:53:06,183
what you went through.

1281
00:53:06,392 --> 00:53:08,315
It just was killing me because

1282
00:53:08,519 --> 00:53:11,614
she was depicting the monster
that I thought I was.

1283
00:53:11,814 --> 00:53:14,112
Have you been able to,
how have you been able to,

1284
00:53:14,316 --> 00:53:15,818
-put that--
- I've been focusing

1285
00:53:16,026 --> 00:53:17,994
on this album, you know,
I think this album is what,

1286
00:53:18,195 --> 00:53:19,538
you know, I want people to hear,

1287
00:53:19,738 --> 00:53:21,240
and I want people
to really get into, so,

1288
00:53:21,448 --> 00:53:23,701
definitely this album is what
I want them to talk about,

1289
00:53:23,909 --> 00:53:26,287
and not that stuff that
happened two years ago.

1290
00:53:26,495 --> 00:53:28,293
I understand that,
I understand that.

1291
00:53:28,497 --> 00:53:31,592
So I lash out, and
it's like an unconscious,

1292
00:53:31,792 --> 00:53:34,762
like, impulsive, like, demon.

1293
00:53:34,962 --> 00:53:37,181
<i>I just walked off stage,
and when I walked off stage,</i>

1294
00:53:37,381 --> 00:53:39,258
in the back room, I broke down.

1295
00:53:39,466 --> 00:53:41,093
I took my shirt off,
I was crying

1296
00:53:41,343 --> 00:53:42,720
in the middle of the floor,

1297
00:53:42,928 --> 00:53:45,556
like, I was mad,
punching the wall,

1298
00:53:45,764 --> 00:53:47,061
like, so enraged.

1299
00:53:47,266 --> 00:53:48,939
I remember one of the security
guards that worked there

1300
00:53:49,143 --> 00:53:50,486
ran up, I said,
"Bro, if you come in,

1301
00:53:50,686 --> 00:53:52,313
it's gonna go bad for you."

1302
00:53:52,521 --> 00:53:54,398
[male <i>reporter] Shattered
window which Chris allegedly</i>

1303
00:53:54,606 --> 00:53:57,860
<i>destroyed after he
stormed off the GMA stage.</i>

1304
00:53:58,068 --> 00:54:01,288
And they think I threw a
chair through the window.

1305
00:54:01,488 --> 00:54:02,956
I punched the window.

1306
00:54:03,157 --> 00:54:06,331
Through my anger, I didn't
know how hard I hit the window,

1307
00:54:06,535 --> 00:54:09,539
and it actually shattered,
and I was like, fuck.

1308
00:54:09,747 --> 00:54:11,294
I just remember just leaving
the building, I said,

1309
00:54:11,498 --> 00:54:13,296
I gotta leave the building
before I do something else.

1310
00:54:13,500 --> 00:54:14,968
<i>And I just remember
running outside.</i>

1311
00:54:15,169 --> 00:54:16,011
<i>Me hopping in a van,</i>

1312
00:54:16,211 --> 00:54:17,087
you got pictures of me with
my shirt off

1313
00:54:17,296 --> 00:54:17,888
in the middle of the street,

1314
00:54:18,088 --> 00:54:20,432
and, like,
I was crazy, man,

1315
00:54:20,632 --> 00:54:23,226
that's like psycho behavior.

1316
00:54:23,427 --> 00:54:25,475
I think Chris has gone
to the bottom at some point

1317
00:54:25,679 --> 00:54:28,228
in his career, or at
least he's felt that way.

1318
00:54:28,432 --> 00:54:30,605
When you're Chris Brown
and you're that big,

1319
00:54:30,809 --> 00:54:35,610
-you know, it's the biggest
camera on you at all times.

1320
00:54:35,814 --> 00:54:37,407
-[Chris] Fuck $10,

1321
00:54:37,608 --> 00:54:38,985
-give me my key.
-[security] Let's go, let's go,

1322
00:54:39,193 --> 00:54:40,820
You gonna turn
this whole spot up.

1323
00:54:41,028 --> 00:54:42,245
- Promise you.
- We got it right here,

1324
00:54:42,446 --> 00:54:43,117
we got it right here.

1325
00:54:43,322 --> 00:54:44,665
<i>[remake reporter} Fighting
with singer Frank Ocean,</i>

1326
00:54:44,865 --> 00:54:46,367
reportedly over a parking spot.

1327
00:54:46,575 --> 00:54:48,168
[female reporter 2]
<i>According to</i> reports,

1328
00:54:48,368 --> 00:54:50,086
<i>both Chris and Drake were
hanging out in the V.I.P.</i>

1329
00:54:50,287 --> 00:54:53,416
<i>section one minute, the next,
fists and bottles were flying,</i>

1330
00:54:53,624 --> 00:54:56,719
<i>leaving the club completely
trashed, several people hurt.</i>

1331
00:54:56,919 --> 00:54:59,513
I definitely think
it's extremely important

1332
00:54:59,713 --> 00:55:02,466
to walk away from a
situation before anger

1333
00:55:02,674 --> 00:55:04,597
gets the best of you because

1334
00:55:04,802 --> 00:55:09,273
everything after that
is a consequence.

1335
00:55:09,473 --> 00:55:11,771
You have to focus on
the choices you make,

1336
00:55:11,975 --> 00:55:15,070
and me, I was a fuck it
kind of dude.

1337
00:55:15,270 --> 00:55:16,817
So it was like,
I didn't give a fuck,

1338
00:55:17,022 --> 00:55:20,196
so I'm like, "Fuck it,
I don't care. Fuck it."

1339
00:55:20,400 --> 00:55:22,448
That mentality though
only lasts for so long,

1340
00:55:22,653 --> 00:55:23,529
then you go to jail.

1341
00:55:23,737 --> 00:55:25,410
<i>Chris Brown, he's in a
Washington, D.C. jail</i>

1342
00:55:25,656 --> 00:55:26,031
<i>this morning,</i>

1343
00:55:26,240 --> 00:55:28,413
<i>charged with assaulting a
man early Sunday morning</i>

1344
00:55:28,617 --> 00:55:29,914
<i>outside his hotel.</i>

1345
00:55:30,118 --> 00:55:31,415
<i>Paula, this is
a serious charge,</i>

1346
00:55:31,620 --> 00:55:33,497
<i>and Brown already on probation</i>

1347
00:55:33,705 --> 00:55:35,048
<i>on domestic violence charge.</i>

1348
00:55:35,249 --> 00:55:37,343
Karrueche broke up
with me, and I was like--

1349
00:55:37,543 --> 00:55:39,796
and I didn't know how to
deal with it at the time.

1350
00:55:40,003 --> 00:55:43,507
And I just was angry,
so when I got to D.C.,

1351
00:55:43,715 --> 00:55:45,012
that's when I caught that case,

1352
00:55:45,217 --> 00:55:47,345
I broke one of the guy's nose.

1353
00:55:47,553 --> 00:55:48,896
<i>Chris Brown in jail
this morning,</i>

1354
00:55:49,096 --> 00:55:51,019
<i>and could face the
reality of prison time</i>

1355
00:55:51,223 --> 00:55:52,896
<i>after this latest incident,</i>

1356
00:55:53,141 --> 00:55:55,018
<i>his third run-in of the year.</i>

1357
00:55:55,227 --> 00:55:56,820
<i>The victim says in the
police incident report</i>

1358
00:55:57,020 --> 00:55:59,273
<i>he attempted to get
into a photo with Brown,</i>

1359
00:55:59,481 --> 00:56:01,529
<i>and the rapper said, quote,
"I'm not down with that</i>

1360
00:56:01,733 --> 00:56:04,782
<i>"gay expletive,
I feel like boxing.</i> "

1361
00:56:04,987 --> 00:56:06,830
Brown then punched
Parker in the face.

1362
00:56:07,030 --> 00:56:08,782
That caused me to
check myself into rehab,

1363
00:56:08,991 --> 00:56:11,665
you know, I checked myself into
rehab for anger management.

1364
00:56:11,869 --> 00:56:13,496
[female reporter] <i>Hopefully</i>
rehab <i>will</i> be a new start

1365
00:56:13,704 --> 00:56:16,332
<i>for the singer, he seemed
to be hinting at that</i>

1366
00:56:16,540 --> 00:56:18,338
<i>in this recent tweet.</i>

1367
00:56:18,542 --> 00:56:20,215
<i>In order to go where
you have never gone,</i>

1368
00:56:20,419 --> 00:56:23,514
<i>you have to be willing to go
where you have never been.</i>

1369
00:56:23,714 --> 00:56:25,307
I tried to figure
out what makes me tick,

1370
00:56:25,507 --> 00:56:27,555
what makes me this aggressive,

1371
00:56:27,759 --> 00:56:30,683
why do I have to be this
impulsive, why am I this person?

1372
00:56:30,888 --> 00:56:32,105
[male reporter] <i>I</i> think
<i>that</i> this

1373
00:56:32,306 --> 00:56:33,273
<i>being his third violation,</i>

1374
00:56:33,473 --> 00:56:36,977
<i>the judge is probably
gonna throw the book at him.</i>

1375
00:56:37,185 --> 00:56:39,904
[ominous music]

1376
00:56:47,696 --> 00:56:50,074
[Usher] <i>Everybody has some
tumultuous thing</i>

1377
00:56:50,282 --> 00:56:52,000
<i>that happens in their career.</i>

1378
00:56:52,200 --> 00:56:56,922
<i>The way you rebound from that
is what makes you who you are.</i>

1379
00:56:57,122 --> 00:56:59,500
If you didn't have
something to go through,

1380
00:56:59,708 --> 00:57:02,302
it wouldn't be worth it
when you got to it.

1381
00:57:02,502 --> 00:57:04,846
[female reporter] <i>Chris Brown</i>
has checked <i>into</i> rehab.

1382
00:57:05,047 --> 00:57:07,175
<i>The singer's rep
announced Tuesday night</i>

1383
00:57:07,382 --> 00:57:09,510
<i>he's chosen to enter
a facility.</i>

1384
00:57:09,718 --> 00:57:11,720
<i>His goal is to
gain focus and insight</i>

1385
00:57:11,929 --> 00:57:13,977
<i>into his past and
recent behavior,</i>

1386
00:57:14,181 --> 00:57:17,151
<i>enabling him to continue
the pursuit of his life</i>

1387
00:57:17,351 --> 00:57:20,776
<i>and his career from a
healthier vantage point.</i>

1388
00:57:20,979 --> 00:57:23,903
<i>Chris} During that time,
I had to do community service,</i>

1389
00:57:24,107 --> 00:57:26,530
<i>and go to the rehab.</i>

1390
00:57:26,735 --> 00:57:28,533
Rehab helped me, to a degree.

1391
00:57:28,737 --> 00:57:30,865
Not to discredit anybody
or everybody, you know,

1392
00:57:31,073 --> 00:57:33,701
I think because of my
lifestyle and who I was,

1393
00:57:33,909 --> 00:57:36,833
I was envied a lot by
even some of the staff

1394
00:57:37,037 --> 00:57:38,334
and some of the people
that worked there.

1395
00:57:38,538 --> 00:57:40,131
[male reporter]
<i>Chris was thrown out today</i>

1396
00:57:40,332 --> 00:57:41,879
<i>for breaking internal rules,
and sources are telling us</i>

1397
00:57:42,084 --> 00:57:44,382
<i>that Chris had
an inappropriate,</i>

1398
00:57:44,586 --> 00:57:46,088
<i>is how we're being told,
a relationship</i>

1399
00:57:46,296 --> 00:57:47,047
<i>with a worker there.</i>

1400
00:57:47,255 --> 00:57:49,474
So, I get a call
up to the office,

1401
00:57:49,675 --> 00:57:51,518
they said, somebody
wants to speak to you,

1402
00:57:51,718 --> 00:57:53,391
so I walk up to the
office like, okay, cool.

1403
00:57:53,595 --> 00:57:55,939
Seven cops just come out,
drawing guns, drawing,

1404
00:57:56,139 --> 00:57:57,891
get down, get on the ground.

1405
00:57:58,100 --> 00:57:59,943
I'm like,
"What the fuck did I do?"

1406
00:58:00,143 --> 00:58:03,022
So, the woman, I guess,

1407
00:58:03,230 --> 00:58:06,404
she lied and said
that I talk about,

1408
00:58:06,608 --> 00:58:09,407
I talked about threatening
with knives and guns,

1409
00:58:09,611 --> 00:58:12,080
and I like to hurt people
for fun, or whatever it is.

1410
00:58:12,280 --> 00:58:14,954
If you look at any of the
reports in the whole time

1411
00:58:15,158 --> 00:58:18,037
I've been there,
there's never been no incident

1412
00:58:18,245 --> 00:58:19,838
of me saying anything like that.

1413
00:58:20,038 --> 00:58:22,917
I said, "Why would I even
randomly joke about that?"

1414
00:58:23,125 --> 00:58:24,342
You know what I'm saying, so,

1415
00:58:24,543 --> 00:58:26,341
I could see that it was,
somebody set me up,

1416
00:58:26,545 --> 00:58:29,173
so, automatically, they
called my P.O. and said,

1417
00:58:29,381 --> 00:58:30,758
we kicked him out of rehab.

1418
00:58:30,966 --> 00:58:33,435
And then the judge said,
"Well, go pick him up."

1419
00:58:33,635 --> 00:58:35,137
County jail, here I come.

1420
00:58:35,345 --> 00:58:37,848
<i>I don't think that
there's any doubt</i>

1421
00:58:38,056 --> 00:58:39,774
that Chris Brown is not guilty,

1422
00:58:39,975 --> 00:58:42,728
<i>and we want him
to be found not guilty.</i>

1423
00:58:42,936 --> 00:58:44,062
<i>He'd been there for 90 days,</i>

1424
00:58:44,271 --> 00:58:45,818
<i>he was making
tremendous progress,</i>

1425
00:58:46,023 --> 00:58:47,525
<i>you know, do you have
a bad day?</i>

1426
00:58:47,733 --> 00:58:49,030
<i>I have bad days sometimes.</i>

1427
00:58:49,234 --> 00:58:50,577
<i>Do you say things
you'd like to take back?</i>

1428
00:58:50,777 --> 00:58:53,200
<i>I certainly do, so,
I don't know that</i>

1429
00:58:53,405 --> 00:58:54,907
being in a therapeutic session,

1430
00:58:55,115 --> 00:58:57,538
<i>and you're talking
about your reflections,</i>

1431
00:58:57,743 --> 00:59:00,838
<i>and you say one sentence,
means you go to jail?</i>

1432
00:59:01,038 --> 00:59:04,793
<i>Seems to me to be
counterproductive to therapy.</i>

1433
00:59:05,000 --> 00:59:07,719
[ominous tones]

1434
00:59:10,088 --> 00:59:12,056
<i>[Chris] Jail was like
an eye opener, man,</i>

1435
00:59:12,257 --> 00:59:14,385
<i>once you get in there
with real killers,</i>

1436
00:59:14,593 --> 00:59:16,812
<i>once you get in there
with real murderers</i>

1437
00:59:17,012 --> 00:59:19,982
<i>and real rapists, child
molesters, and, you know,</i>

1438
00:59:20,182 --> 00:59:23,607
all of the worst,
you get a chance to

1439
00:59:23,810 --> 00:59:26,484
understand what it is,
and how blessed you are.

1440
00:59:26,688 --> 00:59:28,406
<i>Joyce}
It feels like you're hopeless,</i>

1441
00:59:28,607 --> 00:59:31,486
<i>although when he was in jail,
I was there every other day.</i>

1442
00:59:31,693 --> 00:59:34,446
The judge gave me permission
to go in with his attorneys,

1443
00:59:34,654 --> 00:59:37,453
and that was uplifting for me,

1444
00:59:37,657 --> 00:59:39,159
'cause everyday
I'm calling the attorney,

1445
00:59:39,367 --> 00:59:40,789
could you please
go with me today,

1446
00:59:40,994 --> 00:59:42,291
could you please go with me,
I just wanna see him,

1447
00:59:42,496 --> 00:59:44,794
because I said, just to
get him out of the cell.

1448
00:59:44,998 --> 00:59:48,093
You get out on, like, the
end of the week for an hour,

1449
00:59:48,293 --> 00:59:50,341
you go to the roof and they
will put you in a cage,

1450
00:59:50,545 --> 00:59:52,764
like, you wouldn't be out
with the regular people

1451
00:59:52,964 --> 00:59:53,715
and playing ball,

1452
00:59:53,924 --> 00:59:55,551
you would be in a cage
with a dip bar and a phone.

1453
00:59:55,759 --> 00:59:57,352
You understand, I mean,
couldn't sit down,

1454
00:59:57,552 --> 00:59:58,804
there was piss, shit, like,

1455
00:59:59,012 --> 01:00:00,264
people would shit
right on the floor.

1456
01:00:00,472 --> 01:00:03,021
It wasn't sanitary,
you know, it was jail,

1457
01:00:03,225 --> 01:00:05,899
at the end of the day.
But you had to either adapt,

1458
01:00:06,103 --> 01:00:08,856
and kind of learn how to
mentally be content with being

1459
01:00:09,064 --> 01:00:13,069
in a stationary one spot,
that was horrible.

1460
01:00:13,276 --> 01:00:15,654
But, seeing him chained
to the table was one

1461
01:00:15,862 --> 01:00:17,705
of the most devastating things,

1462
01:00:17,906 --> 01:00:20,375
to chain his arms up to
the table, and, you know,

1463
01:00:20,575 --> 01:00:23,704
I just, like, it broke my
heart, but I couldn't cry.

1464
01:00:23,912 --> 01:00:25,755
I was like,
"He can't see me crying,"

1465
01:00:25,956 --> 01:00:27,674
because I see him,
he come in there like,

1466
01:00:27,874 --> 01:00:29,968
"I'm so happy to see you,
glad to get out of the cell."

1467
01:00:30,168 --> 01:00:31,590
Even with them extraditing me,

1468
01:00:31,795 --> 01:00:34,594
I had to go to court in D.C.
and get on Con Air.

1469
01:00:34,798 --> 01:00:37,301
I mean, they shackle you
from your hands to your feet

1470
01:00:37,509 --> 01:00:39,102
around your waist and you walk,

1471
01:00:39,302 --> 01:00:40,770
and you walk right in a line,

1472
01:00:40,971 --> 01:00:43,474
and you know, marshals with
real pistols and tasers.

1473
01:00:43,682 --> 01:00:47,357
The idea that somebody
would be bused by the feds

1474
01:00:47,561 --> 01:00:49,814
cross country for
a misdemeanor case,

1475
01:00:50,021 --> 01:00:52,115
was probably unparalleled,

1476
01:00:52,315 --> 01:00:54,818
I mean, it wouldn't be done
absent being Chris Brown.

1477
01:00:55,026 --> 01:00:56,994
For me, certain jails
that I went in didn't have

1478
01:00:57,195 --> 01:01:01,666
isolation for, you know,
high class or whatever it is,

1479
01:01:01,867 --> 01:01:04,086
so you go into solitary,
you go in the hole.

1480
01:01:04,286 --> 01:01:06,288
So, I would be in the
hole most of the time.

1481
01:01:06,496 --> 01:01:08,715
So, people don't understand
what the hole is.

1482
01:01:08,915 --> 01:01:12,260
You're in a room with a
metal door and no windows,

1483
01:01:12,460 --> 01:01:14,679
like, metal door,
and you is in the room.

1484
01:01:14,880 --> 01:01:17,053
You can touch
both sides of the wall,

1485
01:01:17,257 --> 01:01:18,474
and the bed's metal.

1486
01:01:18,675 --> 01:01:20,928
You get a cot, but it's
like, it's nothing,

1487
01:01:21,136 --> 01:01:22,979
it's like, thinner
than your sock.

1488
01:01:23,180 --> 01:01:24,227
They'll bring you your food,

1489
01:01:24,431 --> 01:01:26,604
slide it through
the door, and that's it.

1490
01:01:26,808 --> 01:01:28,310
I would draw
mirrors on the wall,

1491
01:01:28,518 --> 01:01:30,941
just anything, that
I was being creative,

1492
01:01:31,146 --> 01:01:32,489
just keeping my mind going.

1493
01:01:32,689 --> 01:01:34,362
I got a chance to really
read the Bible at that time,

1494
01:01:34,566 --> 01:01:35,783
I never read the Bible
in my life.

1495
01:01:35,984 --> 01:01:39,955
I was amazed at the way

1496
01:01:40,155 --> 01:01:43,284
he dealt with the
custody time, going to jail.

1497
01:01:43,491 --> 01:01:47,041
For me, that was a real big
learning experience for me.

1498
01:01:47,245 --> 01:01:49,748
What I respect about him,
that he weathered the storm.

1499
01:01:49,956 --> 01:01:53,551
[Chris] <i>Just calling all my
fans, y'all know I love y'all,</i>

1500
01:01:53,752 --> 01:01:55,095
<i>I thank y'all
for all the support.</i>

1501
01:01:55,295 --> 01:01:57,013
<i>Thank you for
everything, you know,</i>

1502
01:01:57,214 --> 01:01:59,637
<i>the video just came out,
so I hope y'all enjoy that.</i>

1503
01:01:59,841 --> 01:02:03,687
<i>And most importantly, Kae,
Karrueche, I love you.</i>

1504
01:02:03,887 --> 01:02:05,935
I've looked at that
experience again,

1505
01:02:06,139 --> 01:02:07,436
but it goes to that old adage,

1506
01:02:07,641 --> 01:02:09,939
if it doesn't kill you,
it makes you stronger.

1507
01:02:10,143 --> 01:02:12,737
Throughout that time, it just,
it just was an eye opener,

1508
01:02:12,938 --> 01:02:14,781
and I just looked at myself
like, this ain't my life,

1509
01:02:14,981 --> 01:02:16,858
this is not what I do.

1510
01:02:17,067 --> 01:02:21,413
<i>I think pain is our strength,
struggle is our victory.</i>

1511
01:02:21,613 --> 01:02:23,581
<i>Even me being
a young black man,</i>

1512
01:02:23,782 --> 01:02:26,080
or anybody that's oppressed or,

1513
01:02:26,284 --> 01:02:29,254
or been looked less of,
or kind of like,

1514
01:02:29,454 --> 01:02:31,331
you know,
thrown out to the wolves,

1515
01:02:31,539 --> 01:02:37,091
I just think our pain
makes us fearless, you know?

1516
01:02:37,295 --> 01:02:40,640
Because it's not,
you don't have a choice.

1517
01:02:40,840 --> 01:02:42,558
Well, when they say
you at the bottom, right,

1518
01:02:42,759 --> 01:02:45,478
there's nowhere to
go but up, always.

1519
01:02:45,679 --> 01:02:48,057
<i>A' Thought it was over
Let me see</i>

1520
01:02:48,265 --> 01:02:50,017
[female <i>reporter]The
controversial singer was</i>

1521
01:02:50,225 --> 01:02:51,226
<i>released early Monday in
Los Angeles,</i>

1522
01:02:51,434 --> 01:02:52,060
<i>according to authorities.</i>

1523
01:02:52,269 --> 01:02:54,397
<i>As a refresher, he's been
in lockup since March,</i>

1524
01:02:54,604 --> 01:02:56,481
<i>when he was arrested
for violating the rules</i>

1525
01:02:56,690 --> 01:02:58,784
<i>of a court order
to rehab center.</i>

1526
01:02:58,984 --> 01:03:00,986
I was released from jail

1527
01:03:01,194 --> 01:03:02,912
I think July 6th,

1528
01:03:03,113 --> 01:03:06,413
and it was a Sunday, I just
remembered, I was like, "Woah,

1529
01:03:06,616 --> 01:03:08,084
they came and got me,"
I kissed the ground when

1530
01:03:08,285 --> 01:03:09,002
I got out and everything,

1531
01:03:09,202 --> 01:03:11,375
<i>went to Burger King, went, I
like, I got every, I was like,</i>

1532
01:03:11,579 --> 01:03:13,798
eating every burger
you could name,

1533
01:03:13,999 --> 01:03:17,549
and then I went to my girlfriend
at the time's house, Kae,

1534
01:03:17,752 --> 01:03:20,551
'cause my house was actually,
I just didn't want to go to it,

1535
01:03:20,755 --> 01:03:22,598
so I was staying at
Karrueche's house.

1536
01:03:22,799 --> 01:03:24,016
[DJ Khaled] <i>While Chris Brown
was locked up,</i>

1537
01:03:24,217 --> 01:03:25,685
<i>them fans was fighting.</i>

1538
01:03:25,885 --> 01:03:28,229
And when he came home, he
came home with a celebration,

1539
01:03:28,430 --> 01:03:30,432
<i>and that's what it's about
when you in jail,</i>

1540
01:03:30,640 --> 01:03:33,689
<i>you have a number one record,
and the people got love,</i>

1541
01:03:33,893 --> 01:03:35,486
<i>they love Chris Brown.</i>

1542
01:03:35,687 --> 01:03:38,861
["Loyal" by Chris Brown]

1543
01:03:39,065 --> 01:03:41,864
[indistinct lyrics]

1544
01:03:45,488 --> 01:03:47,582
<i>I These girls ain't loyal</i>

1545
01:03:49,117 --> 01:03:50,209
<i>I Whoa</i>

1546
01:03:50,410 --> 01:03:53,914
<i>I These girls ain't loyal</i>

1547
01:03:54,080 --> 01:03:56,799
<i>He did his jail time,
came home like nothing.</i>

1548
01:03:57,000 --> 01:03:58,923
Went straight in the studio,

1549
01:03:59,127 --> 01:04:01,505
<i>and he come home and
put massive hit records,</i>

1550
01:04:01,713 --> 01:04:03,807
you gotta be strong to do that.

1551
01:04:04,007 --> 01:04:08,262
<i>I You can tell by the way
I walk that I got 'em</i>

1552
01:04:08,470 --> 01:04:11,019
<i>♪ Bail any girl that I wanna ♪</i>

1553
01:04:11,222 --> 01:04:14,476
<i>♪ Got bitches and marijuana ♪</i>

1554
01:04:14,684 --> 01:04:17,153
You know, Chris is a one
in a million type artist,

1555
01:04:17,354 --> 01:04:18,355
you know what I mean,

1556
01:04:18,563 --> 01:04:19,564
you don't meet a lot of people

1557
01:04:19,773 --> 01:04:20,990
with that type of blessing

1558
01:04:21,191 --> 01:04:22,613
and that type of gift.

1559
01:04:22,817 --> 01:04:25,616
<i>He's like, really,
he's figured out how to, like,</i>

1560
01:04:25,820 --> 01:04:27,914
<i>really explain what he's
goin' through in life,</i>

1561
01:04:28,114 --> 01:04:30,116
<i>and not just like
write a catchy song,</i>

1562
01:04:30,325 --> 01:04:34,000
but make something that really
is what he's going through.

1563
01:04:34,204 --> 01:04:35,501
[female reporter] <i>Chris Brown
is climbing</i> the charts

1564
01:04:35,705 --> 01:04:36,957
<i>with his newest album.</i>

1565
01:04:37,207 --> 01:04:39,335
<i>X was delayed through
court dates and rehab</i>

1566
01:04:39,542 --> 01:04:42,762
<i>following Brown's arrest from
beating ex-girlfriend Rihanna.</i>

1567
01:04:42,962 --> 01:04:45,681
<i>He spent three months
in jail and says he learned</i>

1568
01:04:45,882 --> 01:04:46,974
<i>from the experience.</i>

1569
01:04:47,175 --> 01:04:48,768
<i>For me and my spirit,
I just wanted to be</i>

1570
01:04:48,968 --> 01:04:49,764
<i>able to kind of like,</i>

1571
01:04:49,969 --> 01:04:51,221
<i>you know, have some peace,</i>

1572
01:04:51,429 --> 01:04:54,433
<i>and be able to chill
and do what I love,</i>

1573
01:04:54,641 --> 01:04:57,895
because I was blessed with this
<i>opportunity and</i> this <i>talent.</i>

1574
01:04:58,103 --> 01:04:59,400
<i>So, I don't want to waste it.</i>

1575
01:04:59,604 --> 01:05:00,856
Once I really changed
my life and mentally

1576
01:05:01,064 --> 01:05:03,533
started making
cognitive decisions,

1577
01:05:03,733 --> 01:05:08,705
that would better my living
and better my standards,

1578
01:05:08,905 --> 01:05:11,249
you know, a lot of things
started opening up for me,

1579
01:05:11,449 --> 01:05:14,077
you know what I'm saying,
even with just me being

1580
01:05:14,285 --> 01:05:15,377
just happy, you know?

1581
01:05:15,578 --> 01:05:17,125
Me being internally happy.

1582
01:05:17,330 --> 01:05:19,207
And everything
was good, you know,

1583
01:05:19,416 --> 01:05:22,044
and I didn't even know
about my daughter.

1584
01:05:22,252 --> 01:05:25,301
[tinkling music]

1585
01:05:25,505 --> 01:05:29,135
[baby cooing]

1586
01:05:29,342 --> 01:05:31,094
<i>During me and
Karrueche's break up,</i>

1587
01:05:31,302 --> 01:05:34,647
like August or September is
when my child was conceived.

1588
01:05:34,848 --> 01:05:36,850
As the time goes on,
I'm on this tour,

1589
01:05:37,058 --> 01:05:38,651
<i>this big tour we doing,</i>

1590
01:05:38,852 --> 01:05:41,071
<i>I get a phone call
from a girl crying,</i>

1591
01:05:41,271 --> 01:05:43,273
and I'm like, "What's up?"

1592
01:05:43,481 --> 01:05:45,529
And I'm like,
"What's wrong with you?"

1593
01:05:45,733 --> 01:05:47,235
And she's like,
"Yo, he's not the father,

1594
01:05:47,444 --> 01:05:48,912
you the father of the baby."

1595
01:05:49,112 --> 01:05:51,080
At this time,
I'm in a relationship,

1596
01:05:51,281 --> 01:05:53,659
<i>trying to get my girl
pregnant at the time,</i>

1597
01:05:53,867 --> 01:05:56,370
I'm trying to do the
right thing as a boyfriend

1598
01:05:56,578 --> 01:05:59,172
and not cheat, not mess with
no girls, none of that stuff.

1599
01:05:59,622 --> 01:06:01,249
So, I'm like, "Woah."

1600
01:06:02,584 --> 01:06:05,087
[baby yelling]

1601
01:06:05,295 --> 01:06:07,548
She came, I looked at the
baby, as soon as I saw her,

1602
01:06:07,755 --> 01:06:09,098
I was like,

1603
01:06:09,299 --> 01:06:12,553
"She looks just like me,
that's my kid."

1604
01:06:12,760 --> 01:06:13,807
Say, what's up?

1605
01:06:14,012 --> 01:06:17,186
Oooooh.

1606
01:06:17,390 --> 01:06:20,485
So, once I found out,
I guess somebody leaked,

1607
01:06:20,685 --> 01:06:23,814
like, the story to TMZ, or
whoever they leaked it to,

1608
01:06:24,022 --> 01:06:27,697
and say, "Hey, boom,
Chris has got a secret baby,"

1609
01:06:27,901 --> 01:06:30,450
and my lawyers called me
30 minutes before the story,

1610
01:06:30,653 --> 01:06:32,530
the story dropped, like,
"Yo, they're about to run this

1611
01:06:32,739 --> 01:06:33,740
story, they already caught us,

1612
01:06:33,948 --> 01:06:35,996
told us they're running it,
you got anything you wanna say?"

1613
01:06:36,201 --> 01:06:38,954
I'm like, "What, no, I ain't
even around my girlfriend,"

1614
01:06:39,162 --> 01:06:41,256
like, I'm trying to, I need
her here so I can sit her down

1615
01:06:41,456 --> 01:06:43,834
and have a real face
to face conversation,

1616
01:06:44,042 --> 01:06:46,795
and really be honest
with her and let her know.

1617
01:06:47,003 --> 01:06:49,131
30 minutes, boom,
it's on everything.

1618
01:06:49,339 --> 01:06:50,556
[female reporter]
So, reports have been <i>swirling</i>

1619
01:06:50,757 --> 01:06:52,384
<i>that Chris Brown
is secretly the father</i>

1620
01:06:52,592 --> 01:06:54,970
<i>of a nine month baby girl.</i>

1621
01:06:55,178 --> 01:06:57,601
I'm calling her,
I'm like, "Look, listen..."

1622
01:06:57,805 --> 01:06:59,352
She's looking at it
as I'm calling her.

1623
01:06:59,557 --> 01:07:01,400
She's screaming at me,
"What the hell is this shit,

1624
01:07:01,601 --> 01:07:05,606
boy, you ain't shit,
I'm tired, it's over with..."

1625
01:07:05,813 --> 01:07:06,109
Done.

1626
01:07:06,314 --> 01:07:07,782
[female reporter] Karrueche <i>Tran</i>
has <i>confirmed this whole thing</i>

1627
01:07:07,982 --> 01:07:10,656
<i>on Twitter and dumped
Chris Brown in one swoop.</i>

1628
01:07:10,860 --> 01:07:12,157
<i>One can only take so much,</i>

1629
01:07:12,362 --> 01:07:14,114
<i>the best of luck to
Chris and his family.</i>

1630
01:07:14,322 --> 01:07:16,165
<i>No baby mama drama for me.</i>

1631
01:07:16,366 --> 01:07:19,370
Ended that relationship,
you know what I'm saying?

1632
01:07:19,577 --> 01:07:22,831
And, like, I love my daughter
unconditionally, like,

1633
01:07:23,039 --> 01:07:26,293
nobody come before her,
you know what I'm saying,

1634
01:07:26,501 --> 01:07:30,802
God made her, you know,
for me, I think.

1635
01:07:31,005 --> 01:07:32,678
What you see?

1636
01:07:32,882 --> 01:07:37,262
It's a top.
Don't eat the top!

1637
01:07:37,470 --> 01:07:39,347
<i>Nobody coming in between
me and her.</i>

1638
01:07:39,556 --> 01:07:41,149
<i>I love her with all my heart,</i>

1639
01:07:41,349 --> 01:07:43,067
I wouldn't trade her
for nothing.

1640
01:07:43,268 --> 01:07:44,770
Chris is just a
really caring guy.

1641
01:07:44,978 --> 01:07:46,230
<i>He's always been that person,</i>

1642
01:07:46,437 --> 01:07:48,189
<i>and he looks after everyone,</i>

1643
01:07:48,398 --> 01:07:51,618
and before he had a baby,
before Royalty was Royalty,

1644
01:07:51,818 --> 01:07:55,539
<i>it's about time people see
that Chris is who Chris is,</i>

1645
01:07:55,738 --> 01:07:59,663
which is a loving,
caring, gorgeous person.

1646
01:07:59,867 --> 01:08:02,461
Being a father now has caused--
even made me grow up,

1647
01:08:02,662 --> 01:08:05,586
it made me grow up way more now.

1648
01:08:05,832 --> 01:08:07,129
[DJ <i>Khaled]
Life is,</i>

1649
01:08:07,333 --> 01:08:09,051
<i>it's a special thing,
man, 'cause,</i>

1650
01:08:09,252 --> 01:08:12,927
you know, it's going hurricane,

1651
01:08:13,131 --> 01:08:15,179
<i>somebody else
would have gave up,</i>

1652
01:08:15,383 --> 01:08:17,636
<i>you know,
he ain't allowed that.</i>

1653
01:08:17,844 --> 01:08:21,769
My daughter, she shaped me
to be like a real... man.

1654
01:08:21,973 --> 01:08:23,270
That's what it's all about,

1655
01:08:23,474 --> 01:08:24,726
'cause we can only be
entertainers, fighters,

1656
01:08:24,934 --> 01:08:26,777
for a short duration of time,

1657
01:08:26,978 --> 01:08:29,527
and after that's over,
we're still human beings.

1658
01:08:29,731 --> 01:08:31,278
<i>We have to improve on
being better human beings</i>

1659
01:08:31,482 --> 01:08:33,484
<i>in order to succeed in life.</i>

1660
01:08:33,693 --> 01:08:35,912
You know, this is the
hardest game we, you know,

1661
01:08:36,112 --> 01:08:38,956
and hardest goal that we're
trying to accomplish, is life.

1662
01:08:39,157 --> 01:08:41,910
Whatever that is he wants,
that's up to him.

1663
01:08:42,118 --> 01:08:43,745
It's a life lesson,

1664
01:08:43,953 --> 01:08:47,082
for all of us,

1665
01:08:47,290 --> 01:08:49,418
because it's affected all of us.

1666
01:08:49,626 --> 01:08:51,970
If you truly
do love Chris Brown,

1667
01:08:52,170 --> 01:08:55,891
then you felt everything
that has gone on with him.

1668
01:08:56,090 --> 01:08:59,970
The end of the day, it is
what it is, it was a, you know,

1669
01:09:00,178 --> 01:09:02,772
an 18 year old guy
who made a horrible decision,

1670
01:09:02,972 --> 01:09:06,602
<i>and was struggling
to learn from it.</i>

1671
01:09:06,809 --> 01:09:08,777
But, you know,
at the end of the day,

1672
01:09:08,978 --> 01:09:11,902
the amount of scrutiny
that he's been under,

1673
01:09:12,106 --> 01:09:15,155
the amount of haters out there,

1674
01:09:15,360 --> 01:09:17,533
I think is dwarfed
by the number of people

1675
01:09:17,737 --> 01:09:20,707
that really are
supportive of him.

1676
01:09:38,091 --> 01:09:42,096
<i>Chris}
Today, I am nervous, but,</i>

1677
01:09:42,303 --> 01:09:45,056
a little bit happier
than sad, you know,

1678
01:09:45,264 --> 01:09:47,483
'cause usually
when I come in and do

1679
01:09:47,684 --> 01:09:49,937
the whole lawyer thing,
go to court,

1680
01:09:50,144 --> 01:09:53,444
it's always, well, you know,
we gonna have some trouble,

1681
01:09:53,648 --> 01:09:55,400
and Mark always gives me
a speech like,

1682
01:09:55,608 --> 01:09:58,031
I cannot keep saving your ass.

1683
01:09:58,236 --> 01:10:00,785
So, you know,
it's really a better day,

1684
01:10:00,988 --> 01:10:03,161
now that the probation
report isn't horrible,

1685
01:10:03,366 --> 01:10:05,334
it's actually good,
you know, so I'm...

1686
01:10:05,535 --> 01:10:09,335
nervous but trying
to keep it together.

1687
01:10:09,539 --> 01:10:11,792
You know, I'm gonna get
in there and be respectful,

1688
01:10:11,999 --> 01:10:14,878
polite, and if I
get off probation today,

1689
01:10:15,086 --> 01:10:17,088
it will be a miracle,
it would be amazing.

1690
01:10:17,296 --> 01:10:18,923
[Mark] <i>Well, today I'm hopeful,
we'll see.</i>

1691
01:10:19,132 --> 01:10:23,057
<i>We've got a good report,
he just finished his tour,</i>

1692
01:10:23,261 --> 01:10:25,855
he has completed
his community service,

1693
01:10:26,055 --> 01:10:28,228
all of the things
that the judge had asked

1694
01:10:28,433 --> 01:10:30,856
the probation department
to investigate,

1695
01:10:31,060 --> 01:10:34,064
<i>the law enforcement has given
a clean bill of health,</i>

1696
01:10:34,272 --> 01:10:38,527
<i>he's tested repeatedly clean,</i>

1697
01:10:38,735 --> 01:10:43,366
his psychiatrist gives him
kind of great marks,

1698
01:10:43,573 --> 01:10:45,575
and I can echo that
with the psychiatrist.

1699
01:10:45,783 --> 01:10:48,627
The breadth and depth
of his understanding and

1700
01:10:48,828 --> 01:10:50,922
self-awareness is light years

1701
01:10:51,122 --> 01:10:53,250
from where it was six years ago.

1702
01:10:53,458 --> 01:10:56,086
Right now, this is
always nerves, man,

1703
01:10:56,294 --> 01:10:57,420
'cause you just never know.

1704
01:10:57,628 --> 01:10:59,471
Especially in my case
and my situation.

1705
01:10:59,672 --> 01:11:02,346
It's always something,
I'm just waiting,

1706
01:11:02,550 --> 01:11:05,975
hopefully that day is today
when all that ceases.

1707
01:11:06,179 --> 01:11:07,897
Okay, wish me luck.

1708
01:11:13,478 --> 01:11:16,607
[crowds chattering]

1709
01:11:19,650 --> 01:11:22,244
<i>[Judge] On the matter of People
versus Christopher Brown,</i>

1710
01:11:22,445 --> 01:11:25,824
case number VA353571,

1711
01:11:26,032 --> 01:11:27,409
the defendant is present.

1712
01:11:27,617 --> 01:11:29,585
At this time the
court does not find

1713
01:11:29,786 --> 01:11:31,834
any willful violation
of probation.

1714
01:11:31,996 --> 01:11:34,795
Probation is ordered
terminated at this point.

1715
01:11:34,999 --> 01:11:36,376
Anything further?

1716
01:11:36,584 --> 01:11:38,928
Nothing further,
thank you very much.

1717
01:11:39,128 --> 01:11:41,426
[Judge] Thank you,
council, we're in recess.

1718
01:11:41,631 --> 01:11:42,348
[Chris] Thank you, Your Honor.

1719
01:11:42,548 --> 01:11:44,676
[Judge] You're welcome.

1720
01:11:46,344 --> 01:11:48,847
[crowd chattering excitedly]

1721
01:11:49,055 --> 01:11:50,648
<i>Anything to say, Chris?</i>

1722
01:11:54,185 --> 01:11:56,108
I'm off fucking probation!

1723
01:11:56,312 --> 01:11:59,282
[excited quiet yelling]

1724
01:11:59,482 --> 01:12:01,530
They terminated my probation,

1725
01:12:01,734 --> 01:12:03,407
I'm a free man,

1726
01:12:03,611 --> 01:12:06,239
no more problems, no issues,

1727
01:12:08,449 --> 01:12:10,372
nothing.

1728
01:12:10,576 --> 01:12:13,375
I feel great, I don't even
know what to say right now.

1729
01:12:13,579 --> 01:12:15,502
Probably just gonna
go to the house,

1730
01:12:15,706 --> 01:12:18,801
play with my daughter, and,

1731
01:12:19,001 --> 01:12:20,503
figure it out from there.

1732
01:12:20,711 --> 01:12:22,463
He is in a spot right now
and in a place right now

1733
01:12:22,672 --> 01:12:25,221
that I couldn't
be prouder of him.

1734
01:12:25,424 --> 01:12:27,301
The court terminated
his probation today,

1735
01:12:27,510 --> 01:12:29,763
which is a monumental
feat for him.

1736
01:12:29,971 --> 01:12:32,144
He's completed everything
that he was ordered to do.

1737
01:12:32,348 --> 01:12:33,520
<i>I think he learned quite a bit</i>

1738
01:12:33,724 --> 01:12:34,941
<i>while being on probation,</i>

1739
01:12:35,142 --> 01:12:37,019
<i>I think it was
instructive for him,</i>

1740
01:12:37,228 --> 01:12:39,606
<i>and I think helpful for him,
I couldn't be happier,</i>

1741
01:12:39,814 --> 01:12:41,031
<i>and I'm delighted for him,</i>

1742
01:12:41,232 --> 01:12:43,576
<i>and we're gonna go
celebrate right now.</i>

1743
01:12:43,776 --> 01:12:47,155
I think my music
is gonna be my legacy.

1744
01:12:47,363 --> 01:12:51,709
But what I want the people
to remember me for is my...

1745
01:12:53,077 --> 01:12:55,045
determination,

1746
01:12:55,246 --> 01:12:57,248
<i>and I think when
my daughter gets older,</i>

1747
01:12:57,456 --> 01:12:59,299
<i>you know, she'll look
at this, and be like,</i>

1748
01:12:59,500 --> 01:13:01,753
<i>"Man, my daddy CFBZY:
you know?"</i>

1749
01:13:01,961 --> 01:13:06,137
<i>But, she'll be proud
of the man I've become.</i>

1750
01:13:06,340 --> 01:13:10,186
<i>[Usher] You've experienced
the travesty and the,</i>

1751
01:13:10,386 --> 01:13:13,356
<i>and this traumatic
journey back to just being</i>

1752
01:13:13,556 --> 01:13:19,529
<i>a conversation about music,
a conversation about artistry.</i>

1753
01:13:19,729 --> 01:13:22,357
<i>You know, the fact
that he's chosen art</i>

1754
01:13:22,565 --> 01:13:26,365
<i>as another expressive tool
I think is great.</i>

1755
01:13:26,569 --> 01:13:29,743
[Rita] <i>There's so many
opinions in this world,</i>

1756
01:13:29,947 --> 01:13:34,498
<i>and he is one strong guy
to kind of carry it through,</i>

1757
01:13:34,702 --> 01:13:36,955
<i>and like, take that
weight on his shoulders,</i>

1758
01:13:37,163 --> 01:13:39,291
<i>and still roll with it.</i>

1759
01:13:39,540 --> 01:13:41,383
[Terrance] <i>This generation,
I don't see nobody coming out</i>

1760
01:13:41,584 --> 01:13:43,177
like him for the next 10 years.

1761
01:13:43,377 --> 01:13:46,472
<i>Of this century, he's the
Michael Jackson, you know?</i>

1762
01:13:46,672 --> 01:13:48,174
We thank you for this
opportunity to be here,

1763
01:13:48,382 --> 01:13:49,759
to allow us to
bless these people

1764
01:13:49,967 --> 01:13:52,265
with amazing talents and fun,
and happy spirits,

1765
01:13:52,470 --> 01:13:54,017
<i>and all that, thank
everybody that's here,</i>

1766
01:13:54,221 --> 01:13:56,019
<i>I'm glad to see each and
everybody in good health,</i>

1767
01:13:56,223 --> 01:13:57,941
everybody in one piece,
now let's do what

1768
01:13:58,142 --> 01:13:58,938
we came here to do,

1769
01:13:59,143 --> 01:14:01,066
and give them one hell of
a night, without the hell,

1770
01:14:01,270 --> 01:14:02,522
but you know what
I'm talking about.

1771
01:14:02,730 --> 01:14:03,652
In Your name I pray, amen!

1772
01:14:03,856 --> 01:14:05,028
[AH] Amen!

1773
01:14:05,232 --> 01:14:06,700
<i>[Jamie] When you're
on stage with him,</i>

1774
01:14:06,901 --> 01:14:09,324
<i>or you're in the crowd
with him, and he smiles,</i>

1775
01:14:09,528 --> 01:14:13,749
<i>to see that kid in him,
man, it's, it's amazing.</i>

1776
01:14:13,950 --> 01:14:15,372
<i>[Jennifer]
Chris, right now, is,</i>

1777
01:14:15,576 --> 01:14:17,624
<i>and probably for the
past couple of years,</i>

1778
01:14:17,828 --> 01:14:20,752
<i>has been so prominent,
as far as his influence,</i>

1779
01:14:20,957 --> 01:14:23,631
<i>and what music is right now.</i>

1780
01:14:23,834 --> 01:14:25,711
<i>I mean, as it is,
he's already one of the</i>

1781
01:14:25,920 --> 01:14:26,921
<i>greatest of all time.</i>

1782
01:14:27,129 --> 01:14:29,973
<i>Stephen} The smile that
he lost in those middle years</i>

1783
01:14:30,174 --> 01:14:32,302
<i>is back in earnest now.</i>

1784
01:14:32,510 --> 01:14:34,763
[Rita] <i>And what I love and
respect the most about him</i>

1785
01:14:34,971 --> 01:14:37,975
<i>is that he didn't let it
mess up his creativity.</i>

1786
01:14:38,182 --> 01:14:40,810
<i>He didn't let it
affect his music.</i>

1787
01:14:41,018 --> 01:14:42,611
<i>And no matter what people say,</i>

1788
01:14:42,812 --> 01:14:44,860
<i>he keeps giving us
them bangers.</i>

1789
01:14:45,064 --> 01:14:47,408
[DJ <i>Khaled]
That's an icon, I promise you.</i>

1790
01:14:47,608 --> 01:14:49,406
[Mary] <i>Chris Brown
is a special person,</i>

1791
01:14:49,610 --> 01:14:52,739
<i>when you're that special, your
trials are gonna be great.</i>

1792
01:14:52,947 --> 01:14:54,949
[Mike] <i>Time is the
greatest teacher of them all.</i>

1793
01:14:55,157 --> 01:14:56,534
<i>[Usher] When you see
him now, he's just,</i>

1794
01:14:56,742 --> 01:14:57,538
<i>he's just more of a man.</i>

1795
01:14:57,743 --> 01:15:00,166
[Joyce] <i>I hope he becomes
the biggest superstar</i>

1796
01:15:00,371 --> 01:15:03,124
<i>in the world, I really do.</i>

1797
01:15:03,332 --> 01:15:06,427
[inspirational music]

1798
01:15:16,929 --> 01:15:18,977
<i>Chris}
My legacy is based on...</i>

1799
01:15:20,266 --> 01:15:22,143
my choice, you know.

1800
01:15:22,351 --> 01:15:24,194
I choose to be a great father.

1801
01:15:27,106 --> 01:15:29,734
<i>I choose to be a great artist.</i>

1802
01:15:29,942 --> 01:15:32,946
I choose to never get
in trouble, [laughs] you know.

1803
01:15:33,154 --> 01:15:35,248
I'm trying, but I'm still human.

1804
01:15:35,448 --> 01:15:37,871
And for all my love
that I get from my fans,

1805
01:15:38,075 --> 01:15:40,794
and the love that I get
from my daughter alone,

1806
01:15:40,995 --> 01:15:44,215
<i>it's shaping me
to become legendary.</i>

1807
01:15:51,964 --> 01:15:55,844
<i>If there was ever
a doubt in your mind,</i>

1808
01:15:56,052 --> 01:15:59,397
Chris Brown was done,
he was finished...

1809
01:16:00,556 --> 01:16:02,979
I wouldn't bet on it.

1810
01:16:03,184 --> 01:16:05,312
<i>♪ Every dream in my head ♪</i>

1811
01:16:05,519 --> 01:16:08,693
<i>♪ It's like a mountain
that I just keep climbing ♪</i>

1812
01:16:08,898 --> 01:16:11,651
<i>I And when I get to the edge</i>

1813
01:16:11,859 --> 01:16:15,329
<i>I I turn around and put
that dream behind</i> me

1814
01:16:15,529 --> 01:16:19,500
<i>a' And it never feels
the way I want</i>

1815
01:16:19,700 --> 01:16:22,579
<i>♪ But I keep on trying ♪</i>

1816
01:16:22,787 --> 01:16:27,918
<i>♪ I just keep on trying ♪</i>

1817
01:16:28,125 --> 01:16:29,342
<i>I Have you been there</i>

1818
01:16:29,543 --> 01:16:30,965
<i>♪ Have you seen it all ♪</i>

1819
01:16:31,170 --> 01:16:33,798
<i>S Have you done this
once before</i>

1820
01:16:34,006 --> 01:16:35,929
<i>♪ Did they tell you
you'll love this life ♪</i>

1821
01:16:36,133 --> 01:16:37,510
<i>I And all these lights</i>

1822
01:16:37,718 --> 01:16:40,847
<i>S Now you're lying
on the floor</i>

1823
01:16:41,055 --> 01:16:44,275
<i>♪ And they know
what doesn't kill you ♪</i>

1824
01:16:44,475 --> 01:16:47,228
<i>♪ Makes you want it more ♪</i>

1825
01:16:47,436 --> 01:16:49,530
<i>♪ And this is your life ♪</i>

1826
01:16:49,730 --> 01:16:53,951
<i>♪ Your life, your life ♪</i>

1827
01:16:54,151 --> 01:16:56,745
<i>I Welcome to my life</i>

1828
01:17:01,283 --> 01:17:05,629
["Welcome to My Life"
by Chris Brown]

1829
01:18:13,147 --> 01:18:15,821
[song continues]

1830
01:19:46,323 --> 01:19:47,449
[Sling ends]