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Rihanna Stellar on 'The Voice,' Despite Chris Brown Drama (watch!)

Rihanna may be dealing with a lot of Chris Brown drama, but it didn’t show on NBC’s The Voice last night (Dec. 19). The five-time Grammy Award winner sang her 12th No. 1 hit “Diamonds,” wearing a black, sleeveless pantsuit that plunged at the neck. The Barbadian singer is planning to spend the Christmas holiday in her home country and has rented a splashy $21 million penthouse apartment to host her friends and relatives. She can use the rest. The singer has been going almost non-stop since the release of her new studio album Unapologetic. In between performances she’s been chasing R&B singer Brown, who infamously beat her seriously on the eve of the 2009 Grammys....
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Rihanna Wears Nothing But Tattoos for GQ Cover (8 photos)

Rihanna puts her raw sexuality on display on the cover of GQ magazine’s upcoming issue. She says she is uninhibited about exposing her curvaceous body because nudity is part of the culture of her native Barbados. “That comes from my culture,” she tells the magazine. “That’s just the way it’s always been, and I think that for people, especially in America, they make it like the forbidden fruit, but that only makes kids more curious.” She’s got that right....
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Rihanna Steeped in Sexual Imagery in New Diamonds Video (watch)

Rihanna has released the video for her No. 1 song “Diamonds.” It’s a tour de force of sexual imagery, but is already being overshadowed by another single from her new album, her duet with Chris Brown. The 24-year-old singer’s album became explosive when she released the tracklist earlier this week and revealed the duet “Nobodies Business.” A teaser of the song followed yesterday (Nov. 8). The upbeat pop-driven tune is a departure from “Diamonds,” which is more in the vein of Rihanna’s songs about love, yearning and confused emotions....
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Rihanna Teases Chris Brown Duet 'Nobodies Business' (Listen!)

Rihanna is giving her fans a taste of her new duet with Chris Brown. A teaser audio track of the song “Nobodies Business” hit the Internet this morning (Nov. 8). It’s an upbeat R&B song and a strong statement about her personal life. Rihanna has been working at a breakneck pace to wrap up her seventh studio album in as many years. It will be released this month (Nov. 19) and is already causing a stir. The 24-year-old singer released a track list earlier this week and revealed that she and Brown would duet on the song. Rihanna reportedly tweeted the teaser clip herself, according to E! News....
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Rihanna Begins New Arc in Life With Music, Chris Brown (video)

Rihanna has reopened the door to the man who beat her savagely. She’s starting a new arc in her life after three years that saw her soar as an artist even has her personal life was restless and unsettled. Rihanna, 23, struggled to follow the advice of friends and fans. They urged her to quit Chris Brown after their infamous 2009 blow up. She was left battered and unconscious on the eve of would have been a spectacular Grammy Awards ceremony for them. Brown ultimately pleaded guilty to criminal battery and is still on probation for the attack....
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Chris Brown Adds New Tattoo Next to Mistaken Rihanna Tat (photos)

Chris Brown has found a way to draw attention from an eerie tattoo on his neck that resembles Rihanna’s bruised and battered face. He got another tattoo right next to it. This one is slightly more heroic. Brown, 23, jumped on Twitter last night (Oct. 16) and posted photos of a new tattoo in the middle of his neck under his chin. It’s the head of a male lion. Does that represent him? The R&B singer didn’t have a lot to say about it. “Just posted a photo,” he tweeted....
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Chris Brown's Bizarre Video Love Letter to Rihanna, Karrueche (watch)

Chris Brown is suffering from an embarrassment of riches, and he expresses himself in a new video. “I’m stressed out… when you share history with somebody, then you tend to fall in love with somebody else, it’s kinda difficult. Is there such thing as loving two people?” he asks. That’s a question for the ages. It’s probably been a dilemma since the dawn of humankind. I don’t know if that’s possible, but for me, I feel like that,” he says in the video, a 90-second meditation on “the real Chris Brown.”...
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Rihanna Soars Skyward in New Single ‘Diamonds (in the Sky)’ (listen!)

Rihanna looks skyward for the inspiration for her latest song, “Diamonds (in the Sky).” It’s a love ballad with a thumping bass set against piano and synthesizers. She implores her lover to “shine bright like a diamond.” Almost every move the singer makes these days is interpreted by the trashier tabloids as some kind of gesture involving her ex-boyfriend Chris Brown. It seems likely the same interpretation will be applied to this song. Although the title is also a play off The Beatles’ 1967 song “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.” The song was widely interpreted to be about the drug LSD, although The Beatles denied it. So maybe Rihanna is just singing to her blunt....
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Rihanna Domestic Abuse Comes Full Circle at MTV VMAs

Rihanna kissing Chris Brown was the dramatic highlight of the MTV Video Music Awards, and some reports claim the got it on even more backstage. Rihanna had just won Video of the Year, but Chris was the big winner. The cycle of domestic abuse came full circle at the stellar event, just like it started in 2009 when Brown beat Rihanna unconscious and left her for dead on the eve of the Grammys. Sure, he was arrested and later convicted and still endures some scorn. But make no mistake Chris won....
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Drake Joins 2 Chainz on 'No Lie' Video; Disses Rihanna (watch!)

Rapper 2 Chainz is out with a new video for his song “No Lie,” which features fellow rapper Drake in what sounds like a distinctly negative reference to a singer that could be, might be, probably is Rihanna. Only last weekend Rihanna was worth fighting over. She’s been cited as one of the reasons that Drake and his posse got into a bottle tossing contest with R&B artist Chris Brown....
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Nicki Minaj Woos Two Lovers in 'Right By My Side' Video (watch!)

Nicki Minaj gets friendly with rappers Nas and Chris Brown in the new video for her song the “Right By My Side.” But Nas seems to nab the leading lady. Chris Brown sings the male part of the song, while Minaj woos the brooding Nas. The rapper doesn’t sing but they exchange glances, he gives Nicki a car and takes her shopping. In exchange, Barbie gives him a dainty kiss....