Rihanna Defends Decision To Work With Chris Brown

Rihanna is on the defensive as Ryan Searcrest asked about her collaboration with ex-boyfriend (and her former attacker) Chris Brown.

Brown appears on a remix of her song “Birthday Cake” and she appears on a remix of his “Turn up the Music.”

Even though Brown beat up Rihanna three years ago and is still on probation for the assault, Rihanna thought it was the best thing for her music.

She told Ryan Seacrest:

“I reached out to him about doing ‘Birthday Cake’ because that’s the only person that really made sense to do the record …I thought about rappers, and I’ve done that so many times, and the hottest R&B artist out right now is Chris Brown. So I wanted him on the track… Just as a musician, despite everything else, that was going to be the person.”

There is some speculation that the two may have completely reconciled or even gotten back together. Brown was reportedly hanging out at her birthday party last month.

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