It feels like just yesterday that Chris Brown and Rihanna mysteriously pulled out of the Grammys, mere hours before their hyped performance. I, for one, was crushed.
Rumours immediately swarmed about an incident of abuse but I refused to believe it.
It couldn’t be. They were the golden couple of pop music. Beautiful. Talented. But more than anything, international role models.
When the picture of Rihanna’s bruised and battered face surfaced, it was official. Chris Brown had pleaded guilty to assaulting his beloved and was hit with many hours of community service.
His camp was immediately concerned with how his career would be affected. The public was furious but Rihanna kept her silence
Kudos to Brown’s PR team for effectively dealing with what seemed to be an impossible situation. He was kept from the limelight, openly accepted responsibility and pledged to get help.
On one hand, what more could you ask. On the other, would the public ever forgive him? I cannot.
Today is an important day in the life of Chris Brown, as it marks the release of his new album Graffiti. The looming question is, can he make a comeback?
I feel guilty every time I find myself humming along to his hits. I cannot reconcile the handsome popstar on television with the abuser picking up garbage on the side of the highway.
But the public has been known to forgive worse. Bill came back after Monica, MJ is immortalized as an icon, and R.Kelly is popping out chart toppers like it’s nobody’s business.
81% of people polled said that they would not be adding copies of Graffiti to their music collections but the album currently sits comfortably at #2 on the Billboard Charts. Reconcile that.
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