Los Angeles:
Despite being physically assaultedby rapper ex-boyfriend Chris Brown, Rihanna says she decidedto collaborate with him to further her career.
The 24-year-old, who had filed a case against Brown in2009 alleging that he beat her, has teamed up with him forsongs Birthday Cake and Turn Up the Music, reported DailyMail.
"I reached out to him about doing Birthday Cake becausethats the only person that really. It made sense to do therecord. Just as a musician - despite everything else - thatwas going to be the person. I thought about rappers, and I've done that so manytimes, and the hottest R&B artist out right now is ChrisBrown. So I wanted him on the track," Rihanna said.
But speculation is also mounting that the R&B star maywant Brown, 22, back in her personal life too.
Rihanna has been dropping hints on Twitter that the pairmay be reconciling. Quoting the Beres Hammond song They GonnaTalk, Rihanna tweeted, "When they see me with you, wonderwhat the crowd would say? When they find us together, whatwill all the people say?."
The 24-year-old, who had filed a case against Brown in2009 alleging that he beat her, has teamed up with him forsongs Birthday Cake and Turn Up the Music, reported DailyMail.
"I reached out to him about doing Birthday Cake becausethats the only person that really. It made sense to do therecord. Just as a musician - despite everything else - thatwas going to be the person. I thought about rappers, and I've done that so manytimes, and the hottest R&B artist out right now is ChrisBrown. So I wanted him on the track," Rihanna said.
But speculation is also mounting that the R&B star maywant Brown, 22, back in her personal life too.
Rihanna has been dropping hints on Twitter that the pairmay be reconciling. Quoting the Beres Hammond song They GonnaTalk, Rihanna tweeted, "When they see me with you, wonderwhat the crowd would say? When they find us together, whatwill all the people say?."
