Not everyone is thrilled that Chris Brown and Rihanna are back together.
Count Chris' dad, Clinton Brown, among those dissenters apparently. Clinton was very candid in an interview with The N.Y. Daily News when he plainly said, "I personally really didn't want him and Rihanna back together." Considering the couple's tumultuous past, the elder Brown says he fears that this will end horribly, and lead his son down a dark and tragic path.
"I hate to use examples, but Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston and Amy Winehouse, I mean I could go on and on," he stated. "Is that a given?" "You can't have fortune and fame without [death] being the end result?"
"You have to have a balance in a relationship. You have to have someone who is spontaneous and whimsical, but also someone who is grounded and logical."
Clinton Brown does acknowledge that "she's beautiful, she's exotic, and she's successful," and also that their shared profession enhances Rihanna's appeal. "You just need that person who will listen without judging, who knows what it's like. If he talks to someone who's not in the business they may not understand." The pair reportedly broke up in early April, but then Chris Brown was spotted hanging out backstage in the VIP section at Ri-Ri's concert in Los Angeles. A couple of days later, Rihanna posted a cute photo of them joyriding around in the car, confirming that even if they were broken up, it didn't take.
As for Chris' father, it's not clear what relationship they have now. His parents divorced when Chris was young, and one of his mother Joyce Hawkins' boyfriends terrified him by subjecting her to domestic violence. We don't suspect he'll be taking dad's advice when it comes to romance, but does Clinton have a point? Are Chris and Rihanna destined for failure?
While granting an interview yesterday, Chris Brown revealed he had infused the Ghanaian dance move into his latest video and attributed its origination to Nigeria. He also recalled meeting Nigerian pop singer Wizkid who taught him the dance move.
Understandably, Ghanians are unhappy about CB’s wrong assumption on the origin of Azonto, with one blog ‘Ghana Celebrities’ posting in an article ‘WTF: Chris Brown Talks About AZONTO On BET, But He Says The Dance Is A Nigerian Thing
See how the site reported it “It seems Chris Brown coming to Ghana and introducing Nigerian artiste-Wizkid on stage to do Azonto was not a mere mistake. In fact, Chris Brown thinks Azonto is a Nigerian thing
Probably he is taking the piss out of Ghanaians by failing to credit Ghana with the dance which has gained international recognition
Talking about his new album ‘X’ and music video ‘Fine China’ on BET 106 & Park yesterday, Chris Brown mentioned that he has incorporated a dance from Africa called Azonto into his dance moves in the video. He even went ahead to request for a tune to be played, so he can demonstrate Azonto to the millions of viewers.
Unfortunately, he linked Nigerians Wizkid to the dance, saying he learnt it from him-that is not so bad. But he categorically added that, Azonto is a Nigerian thing.
In a recent interview on Power 105.1 ‘The Breakfast Club Show’, Chris Brown spoke about the alleged weed smoking incident in Ghana, blaming the media for making a fuss about something ordinary.
He defended himself by saying; “There’s a thing I did on my whole tour called smoke by the brain…So there’s a part of the show that goes to a collage of all the songs that talk about weed…and everybody knows I have a medical cause for marijuana but for me I don’t smoke it on stage.
It’s a fake light like the way they have the pre-rolled tobacco.. so at every show I fake it now that I gave the secret away but in certain cities like Amsterdam and LA I definitely did. But as far as in places where I can get into trouble I avoid it. It was the press over there that made a big fuss about the whole thing, everything else was cool. It was just the press, so it made it seem like it was a situation but it wasn’t”.
Six of six! Who does that? Well her name is Adele and she walked away as the biggest winner from the Staples Centre where the 54thGrammy Awards was held on Sunday, February 12, 2012.
The 21-year old whose album made the top selling albums in 2011 walked away with the awards for ‘Record of the Year’, ‘Album of the Year’, ‘Song of the Year’, ‘Best Pop Solo Performance’, ‘Best Pop vocal album’ and ‘Best short form music video’.
“This record is inspired by something that is really normal and everyone’s been through it..a rubbish relationship”, the British soul singer said when accepting the final award of the night.
She later performed one of her biggest songs ‘Rolling in the deep’, her first performance after the infamous throat surgery in November. She received a standing ovation.
It wasn’t all about Adele though as the ceremony also saw a number of performances from awards winners, including the Foo Fighters, Chris Brown and Lady Antebellum.
The death of Whitney Houston however brought a solemn feeling to the awards show especially when R&B singer Jennifer Hudson performed ‘I will Always Love You’ as a tribute to the late singer who died just a day before the awards.
Nigerian afrobeat singer Femi Kuti who was nominated in the Best World Music Album’ for his ‘Africa for Africa’ album lost out for the third time to Malian band Tiinariwen for the album ‘Tassili’. Kuti did not attend the event.
The awards show was hosted by Queensveteran rapper LL Cool J.Check out the list of winners below…
Record of the Year - ‘Rolling in the deep’ Adele
Album of the year – ‘21’ Adele
Song of the Year– ‘Rolling in the Deep’ Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth (song writer award)
Best New Artiste:Bon Iver
Best Pop Solo Performance: Adele ‘Someone Like You’
Best Rock Album:Foo Fighters ‘Wasting Light’
Best Pop Duo:Tony Bennett and Amy Winehouse ‘Body and Soul’
Best Pop Vocal Album:Adele ‘21’
Best Rap Album:Kanye West ‘My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy’
Best Pop Instrumental Album: Booker T. Jones ‘The Road From Memphis’
Best Dance Recording:Skrillex ‘Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites’
Best Dance/Electronica Album: Skrillex ‘Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites’
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album: Tony Bennett & Various Artists ‘Duets II’
Best Rock Performance: Foo Fighters ‘Walk’
Best Hard Rock/Metal performance: Foo Fighters ‘White Limo’
Best Rock Song:Foo Fighters (songwriters) ‘Walk’
Best Alternative Music Album: Bon Iver ‘Bon Iver’
Best R & B Performance: Corinne Bailey Rae ‘Is This Love’
Best Traditional R & B Performance: Cee Lo Green & Melanie Fiona ‘Fool for You’
Best R & B Song: Cee Lo Green, Melanie Hallim, Jack Splash (songwriters) ‘Fool foor you’
Best R & B Album: Chris Brown ‘F.A.M.E’
Best Rap Performance:Jay-Z & Kanye West ‘Otis’
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration: Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi & Fergie ‘All of the Lights’
Best Rap Song:Jeff Bhasker, Stacy Ferguson, Malik Jones, Warren Trotter & Kanye West (song writers) ‘All of the Lights’
Best Country Solo Performance: Taylor Swift ‘Mean’
Best Country Duo/Group Performance: The Civil Wars ‘Barton Hollow’
Best Country Song:Taylor Swift (Songwriter) ‘Mean’
Best Country Album:Lady Antebellum ‘Own The Night’
Best New Age Album:Pat Metheny ‘What’s It All About’
Best Improvised Jazz Solo: Chick Corea ‘500 Miles High’
Best Jazz Vocal Album: Terri Lyne Carrington & Various Artists ‘The Mosaic Project’
Best Jazz Instrumental Album: Corea, Clarke & White ‘Forever’
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album: Christian McBride Big Band ‘The Good Feeling’
Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance: Le’Andria Johnson ‘Jesus’
Best Gospel Song:Kirk Franklin (songwriter) ‘Hello Fear’
Best Contemporary Christian Music Song: Laura Story (songwriter) ‘Blessings’
Best Gospel Album:Kirk Franklin‘Hello Fear’
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album: Chris Tomlin ‘And if Our God is for us…’
Best Latin Pop, Rock, or Urban Album: Mana ‘Drama y Luz’
Best Regional Mexican or Tejano Album: Pepe Aguilar ‘Bicentenario’
Best Banda or Norteno Album: Los Tigres Del Norte ‘Los Tigres Del Norte and Friends’
Best Tropical Latin Album: Cachao ‘The Last Mambo’
Best Americana Album: Levon Helm ‘Ramble at the Ryman’
Best Bluegrass Album: Alison Krauss & Union Station ‘Paper Airplane’
Best Blues Album:Tedeschi Trucks Band ‘Revelator’
Best Folk Album:The Civil Wars ‘Barton Hollow’
Best Regional Roots Music Album: Rebirth Brass Band ‘Rebirth of New Orleans’
Best Reggae Album:Stephen Marley ‘Revelation Pt. 1: The Root of Life’
Best World Music Album: Tinariwen ‘Tassili’
Best Children’s Album: Various Artists ‘All About Bullies…Big and Small’
Best Spoken Word Album: Betty White ‘If you Ask Me (and of Course you won’t)
Best Comedy Album:Louis C.K. ‘Hilarious’
Best Musical Theatre Album: ‘The Book of Mormon’
Best Short Form Music Video: Adele ‘Rolling in the Deep’
Best Long Form Music Video: Foo Fighters ‘Foo Figters: Back and Forth’.
