Bitch Took My Career
Rapper-Batterer Chris Brown released this video a few hours ago. Was it a sincere attempt to make amends or a calculated attempt to reduce punishment at his sentencing hearing next month?
All things considered, I’d say this video is a good thing. We can’t insist that he apologize, make amends and get help (so that it doesn’t happen again) and then blast him when he seems to have done that. Sometimes it’s hard to make a distinction between a genuine request for forgiveness and an I’ll-do-anything-to-save-my-career move. Most likely, this video does both. Chris Brown needed to do something dramatic for his two core constituents:
A) The judge who’s about to sentence him. Brown needs to show him real contrition or he’ll risk serious punishment.
B) The parents of teenage girls who go to his concert. Brown’s core audience is 13-17 girls. The real money isn’t in CD sales; it’s in concert tickets. But what parent is going to send, let alone drive their daughters to an Ike Turner “How to treat your woman” music festival?
I suppose he’s earned another chance. This video screams, “I’M SORRY.” Still, I can’t help but think the subtext whispers,
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