Chris Brown

1. Chris Brown

2. Biography • Birth name : Christopher Maurice • Brown • Born May : 5, 1989 (age 23) • Origin : Tappahannock, Virginia, U.S. • Genres : R&B, pop, hip hop, dance

3. Chris Brown arose from Afro-American parents(relatives) in 19891 to Tappahannock, a city of the State of Virginia on the American East coast. He is most a young child of Joyce Hawkins, who worked in a day nursery but became a manager and Clinton Brown, a prison guard. Chris is the younger child(junior) of the family. He( has a big sister, Lytrell " Tootie " Bundy, whom we can see in the making of of the clip " Gimmie That "). The music was always present in its childhood; he listened to albums soul of his parents(relatives), but he began especially to be interested in the hip-hop. He began then to sing in the church of his home town and will also participate in competitions of young talents. Chris wanted at first to become a rapper but while he imitated a performance of Usher in front of his TV, her mother recognized her vocal talent and looked then for an opportunity to obtain a contract with a label. At the same moment, he confronted with family problems. His parents(relatives) had just divorced and the boyfriend of her mother terrified him because he her battait. Debut of career

4. Debut of career • At the age of 13, Brown was discovered by Hitmission Records, a local production team that visited his father's gas station while searching for new talent. Hitmission's Lamont Fleming provided voice coaching for Brown, and the team helped to arrange a demo package and approached contacts in New York to seek a record deal.Tina Davis, senior A&R executive at! Def Jam Recordings, was impressed when Brown auditioned in her New York office, and she immediately took him to meet the former president of the Island Def Jam Music Group ,Antonio  'L.A.'Reid , who offered to sign him that day.

5. Private life • At around 12:30am on February 8, 2009, Brown and then-girlfriend, recording artist Rihanna had an argument which escalated into physical violence, leaving Rihanna with visible facial injuries which required hospitalization. Brown turned himself in to the Los Angeles Police Department's Wilshire station at 6:30pm and was booked under suspicion of making criminal threats.