When crime rhymes with success

Violence, homophobia and misogyny? rapper Chris Brown may be back in the charts, but his music strikes all the wrong chords. Plus, why you are who you eatIn the video for Chris Brown's new duet, he crouches on the ground like a little girl going for a sly wee behind a parked car, and, explaining how he was destined to become famous, sings about his mother's abuse at the hands of his stepfather. "I used to see my mama getting beat down," he says. "Is that the real definition of me now?" The song, with British rapper Chipmunk, was at number two last week, the same week that Rihanna agreed to relax Brown's restraining order at the request of his attorney who conveyed his concern that the order (which meant the two couldn't be in the same room) could raise a "problem with award shows".It's

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