Chris Brown
The singer’s career has been undermined by charges of violence.
Recording artist Chris Brown poses at the 2016 iHeartRadio Music Awards in Inglewood, California, April 3, 2016.
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Chris Brown attends the 57th annual Grammy Awards at the Staples Center on Feb. 8, 2015, in Los Angeles.
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Chris Brown performs onstage during The iHeartRadio Summer Pool Party at Caesars Palace on May 30, 2015, in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Chris Brown attends day 2 of the 2015 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club on April 11, 2015, in Indio, California.
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Chris Brown and his lawyer Mark Geragos attend a progress hearing at Los Angeles Superior Court on March 20, 2015, in Los Angeles.
The judge ended Brown’s probation and closed the assault case involving then-girlfriend Rihanna after six years. Brown was first placed on probation after the 2009 domestic violence case in which he plead guilty to assaulting his then-girlfriend, singer Rihanna.
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Chris Brown appears in court for a probation violation hearing with his attorney Mark Geragos in Los Angeles Court on May 9, 2014.
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Singer Chris Brown attends the 21st Annual Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Awards Viewing Party at Pacific Design Center on Feb. 24, 2013, in West Hollywood, Calif.
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Chris Brown and Rihanna attend the 55th Annual Grammy Awards on Feb. 10, 2013, in Los Angeles.
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Rihanna and Chris Brown attend a game between the New York Knicks and the Los Angeles Lakers at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, on Dec. 25, 2012.
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R&B singer Chris Brown appears in court in Los Angeles on Nov. 1, 2012. Brown remains on supervised probation for felony assault for an attack on Rihanna in 2009.
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R&B singer Chris Brown appears in a Los Angeles courtroom Sept. 24, 2012. Judge Patricia Schnegg ordered a further review of Chris Brown’s community service and travel to determine whether Brown has violated the terms of his probation for the 2009 beating of then-girlfriend Rihanna.
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Chris Brown performs during the 2012 BET Awards at The Shrine Auditorium on July 1, 2012, in Los Angeles.
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Singer Chris Brown performs at the 54th annual Grammy Awards held at Staples Center on Feb. 12, 2012, in Los Angeles.
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Chris Brown performs at the MTV Video Music Awards on Aug. 28, 2011, in Los Angeles.
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Singer Chris Brown appears on “Good Morning America,” March 22, 2011, in New York.
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R&B singer Chris Brown, right, and his attorney Mark Geragos petition a Los Angeles judge to ease a restraining order in his felony assault case on Feb. 22, 2011, in Los Angeles.
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Chris Brown arrives at Us Weekly’s Hot Hollywood on Nov. 18, 2010, in Hollywood, Calif.
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Singers Marc Anthony, left, and Chris Brown talk during the first quarter of the Orlando Magic NBA basketball game against the Miami Heat, Oct. 29, 2010, in Miami.
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Chris Brown stands before the judge during his sentencing for assaulting his then-girlfriend Rihanna, at Los Angeles County Superior Court in Los Angeles, Aug. 25, 2009. Brown was sentenced to five years probation and 180 days of community labor.
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Chris Brown is seen during his preliminary hearing in his felony assault case on June 22, 2009, in Los Angeles County Superior Court. Brown pleaded guilty to one count of felony assault. The charges stem from a February altercation with his then-girlfriend Rihanna, according to police reports.
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Chris Brown arrives at the Clive Davis pre-Grammy party in Beverly Hills, Calif. on Feb. 7, 2009. It was after this party that the altercation between Brown and Rhianna took place.
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Chris Brown, seen here at the American Music Awards in Los Angeles on Nov. 23, 2008, had a squeaky clean hip-hop image until he turned himself into police Feb. 9, 2009, to face charges of making a criminal threat. According to reports, the charges stem from an altercation with his long-time girlfriend, Rihanna. He pleaded guilty to one charge of felony assault on June 22, 2009.
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Ciara and Chris Brown perform at the BET Awards on June 24, 2008, in Los Angeles. The Grammy-nominated R&B star was just 16 when in 2005 he released his self-titled debut album with the mega-hit single “Run It.”
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Singer and dancer Chris Brown arrives at the MTV Movie Awards in Universal City, Calif. on June 1, 2008. Raised in Virginia, Brown began dancing as a toddler and has been singing since he joined the church choir as a child.
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Singer Chris Brown arrives at the Sony BMG Post-Grammy Party in Beverly Hills, Calif., Sunday, Feb. 10, 2008. Brown made his film debut in “Stomp The Yard” and appeared in the family drama “The Christmas.” On TV, he has appeared in “The O.C.” and “The Suite Life of Zach and Cody.”
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Hayden Panettiere and Chris Brown are seen together on the orange carpet before the 2008 Kids’ Choice Awards on March 29, 2008, in Los Angeles. Brown, who was named the top artist of 2008 by Billboard magazine, has toured with with Ne-Yo and Beyonce and collaborated with Nas and T-Pain.
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Rihanna and Chris Brown perform at Madison Square Garden in New York on Dec. 12, 2008.
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Brown arrives at the 50th annual Grammy Awards on Feb. 10, 2008, in Los Angeles. As word of his arrest became public, Wrigley’s suspended all advertising featuring Brown for their Doublemint chewing gum brand.
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Chris Brown poses for a photo backstage during a special Video Music Awards nominee taping of MTV’s Total Request Live August 7, 2007, in New York.
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Chris Brown arrives at the premiere of his first movie “Stomp the Yard,” in Los Angeles, Monday, Jan. 8, 2007.
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Chris Brown arrives at the House of Blues to attend a concert in Los Angeles on June 26, 2006.
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Singer Chris Brown accepts the award Coca-Cola Classic Best R&B/Soul or Rap New Artist Award onstage at the 20th Annual Soul Train Music Awards at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium on March 4, 2006, in Pasadena, Calif.
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Singer Chris Brown performs during the 5th annual Billboard R&B Hip-Hop Awards at the Compound on Aug. 5, 2005, in Atlanta, Ga.
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Chris Brown attends the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards at The Forum on August 24, 2014, in Inglewood, California.