Chris Brown, Mad at Being Famous for Mistake, To Quit Music

[Orange]

www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/06/chris-brown-quit-music-x-mistake_n_3713262.html

Chris Brown took to Twitter on Tuesday to tell the world that he plans to quit music after the release of "X," his upcoming LP.

The R&B singer said he's "tired of being famous for a mistake" he made when he was 18, referencing when he assaulted Rihanna.

Both Brown, who has had a string of other post-assault altercations and incidents on his rap sheet, and the music industry, which has promoted and booked Brown since shortly after the assault, have faced near constant criticism since the horrific event that took place before the 2009 Grammys.

Chris Brown @chrisbrown
Chris Brown
Don't worry mainstream America.After this X album, it'll probably be my last album.
August 6, 2013 1:27 pm via Twitter for iPhone Reply Retweet Favorite

Chris Brown @chrisbrown
Chris Brown
Being famous is amazing when it's for ur music and talent. I'm tired of being famous for a mistake I made when i was 18. I'm cool & over it!
August 6, 2013 1:34 pm via Twitter for iPhone Reply Retweet Favorite

Brown's tweets have been littered with inspirational messages as of late. "I'm not a performer nor do I have to be," he said in one tweet. "We are all children pretending to be gods!"

"Aspire to be great and the person you wanna be," he wrote in another. "Don't conform because [your] worth is more than any money or status. We live. We die."

"X," Brown's sixth studio album, is out in stores on Aug. 20. It's worth noting that plenty of other performers have claimed they were retiring before, including Jay Z, who returned in 2006 following a three-year hiatus that he later admitted was "the worst retirement in history."

I don't believe this to be anything more than a PR stunt, but I wouldn't cry if we've heard the last of Chris Brown on record.

[Deleted]

Just a dude in search of attention that Team Breezy will lavish upon him in spades.

[Johnny B. Decent]

Good riddance to bad rubbish.

[Brood Lone Wolf Funker]

Even if he quits music he would turn to art because he likes to do graffiti

[xCompackx]

That kinda happens when you're a celebrity and beat your girlfriend. What was Chris Brown expecting?

[Orange]

Aug 6, 2013 13:23:40 GMT -5 xCompackx said:

That kinda happens when you're a celebrity and beat your girlfriend. What was Chris Brown expecting?

That everybody would be as calm and chill about domestic violence as he has seemingly been since it happened.

[Deleted]

I don't think there's any real chance of him retiring, which is unfortunate because he's a douche who gets way too much attention. On the off chance that this is true it would be great.

[Michael Coello]

Chill, Hank Pym.

[Young Game]

If there is any justice in this world, at Chris Brown's final concert the ghost of Howard "Sandman" Sims will hook him offstage and then proceed to tap dance all over him.

WOMP WOMP.

[Kevin Hamilton]

Mistake?

"Whoops my fist keeps accidentally flying into this girl's face. I'm such a klutz!"

[Long A, Short A]

Dear Chris Brown,
You've given me the douche chills an the jerk pox since "Run It". Nothing you have done or said in the past 10 years has shown me that you're worth a quarter. Please quit music and make room for an R&B singer that does more than make mediocre urban pop. I will not miss you or rabid fans. I know this is probably a publicity stunt ,but I want you gone.

P'S. take Rihanna with you

[Cela]

Question: Rhythm and Blues became Rock and Roll, but now is used as R&B to describe Pop music sung by people of African American descent.

So, what is true Rhythm and Blues?

[WorkingInAColeMine]

I'd like to point out that Chris Brown was 21 when he hit Rhianna, not 18.

[Ben Wyatt]

I hope it's true.

Brown is a talentless douchebag who struck a woman. He can f*** off.

And as someone else said, Rihanna can go away too

[The Ichi]

Well, the important thing is that he's over what he did to Rihanna. That poor lamb.

[Deleted]

....and nothing of value was lost.

[Deleted]

Aug 6, 2013 14:09:23 GMT -5 Cela said:

Question: Rhythm and Blues became Rock and Roll, but now is used as R&B to describe Pop music sung by people of African American descent.

So, what is true Rhythm and Blues?

I've heard a theory that the seemingly arbitrary categorizations had to do with marginalizing Black artists when awards season came around, but I'm not entirely sure how that would work.

Like, people can talk about how Nicki Minaj is "rap" but I'd say she ain't been "rap" for years, she's "Pop."
Rihanna ain't R&B, she's "Pop."

And there's nothing wrong with that.
What's "pop" these days has been heavily influenced by what Black artists do so...

[anticonscience]

Aug 6, 2013 14:09:47 GMT -5 WorkingInAColeMine said:

I'd like to point out that Chris Brown was 21 when he hit Rhianna, not 18.

Well when he was 21, he did that shit on purpose. It's not like he tripped into her face repeatedly fist-first. No mistake there.

He must have made some mistake when he was 18, like trusting a fart and accidentally pooping his pants.

[Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!!]

Aug 6, 2013 13:34:59 GMT -5 Michael Coello said:

Chill, Hank Pym.

y'know Hank's one of my favorite Avengers. that said, maybe if Chris Brown did half the things to make up for it that a fictional superhero did, maybe people wouldn't still want to lynch him.

[Romeo Hotel]

Brown is a vile human being and isn't very talented. Unfortunately we'll still here about him in the media.