Yo, Excuse Me Miss, Sorry for Hitting You
July 26th, 2011 | By Edwin
Chris Brown recently publicly apologized for rearranging (then girlfriend) Rihanna’s face. Another act of senseless violence that certainly doesn’t do any stereotypes or misconceptions about hip-hop culture any good.
A lot of the topics and themes around this traumatic event has been discussed heavily already, and I would feel like I would be beating a dead horse (no pun intended) if I discussed the implications of violence on women and such. But one thing that I would like to wonder is: how does a very public R&B singer ever recover from this, at the tender age of 19? Do you suddenly become the face of anti-abuse agencies, and educate others about your mistakes? Will writing a heartfelt apology song and releasing it as a single make a difference, ala T.I? Or do you vanish into the background, only to return with a reality TV show?
I am very interested to see how this saga will continue and to see how he chooses to recover from this. Maybe if he is successful he can go back to drinking milk and chewing gum again.
