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Friday 16 March 6:06 p.m.
RIHANNA has spoken out about her decision to record
"innocent" new tracks with ex-boyfriend CHRIS BROWN, insisting she
wanted to bring their divided fans together.
The Umbrella
hitmaker stunned fans when she teamed up with Brown, who was instructed to stay
away from her following an assault charge in 2009, to record the song Birthday
Cake.
A restraining
order against the Kiss Kiss singer has been dropped but he is still serving
community service and probation for his Grammy Awards eve fight with Rihanna.
However, his
ex proved she has forgiven him by inviting Brown to join her in the studio.
Opening up
about the controversy during a radio interview with Ryan Seacrest on Thursday
(15Mar12), she explained, "I reached out to him about doing Birthday Cake
because that's the only person that really made sense to do the record just as
a musician, despite everything else.
"I
thought about rappers and I've done that so many times, and the hottest R&B
artist out right now is Chris Brown.
"In turn,
he was like, 'Why don't you do the remix to my track? It was a trade off.
We
did two records - one for my fans, one for his fans. That way our fans can come
together. There shouldn't be a divide."
And Rihanna
insists there's nothing wrong with wanting to make good pop tunes.
She added,
"It's music and it's innocent."
WENN.com