Just 18, Virginia star has album, movies, area show in works
Friday, Jun 22, 2007 – 12:07 AM
By MELISSA RUGGIERI
TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITER
Most of us hear from our relatives on our birthdays.
Chris Brown got a call from Michael Jackson.
Brown, the Tappahannock native/R&B superstar/budding actor/agreeable poster boy has experienced an insane couple of years — the No. 1 singles (“Run It!,” “Say Goodbye”), the Grammy Award nomination and performance, the 2-millionselling, self-titled debut album.
So really, how surprising is it that the King of Pop — an obvious idol of Brown’s — reached out last month to bestow 18th-birthday wishes on the Can-Do Kid?
On Aug. 28, Brown will attempt to keep his sizzle streak going with the release of “Exclusive.” His second album already has buzz thanks to the swaggering first single, “Wall 2 Wall,” which Brown released to radio himself, much to the chagrin of his record label, Jive.
But these days, when you’re Chris Brown, you have some clout. Read the rest of this entry »
Chris Brown is currently in Africa with Oprah to visit her Leadership Academy, a girls-only boarding school that opened up in January 2007. The Leadership Academy is located at Henley-on-Klip in Meyerton, south of Johannesburg, South Africa.
When I get more information on an air date or more about his visit to South Africa I’ll be sure to post it.
Last Friday Huey stopped by 106 & Park to premiere his new video, talk with Terrance & Rocsi about his new album, and about some of his future projects. He announced that he did a song with Chris Brown which was somewhat to be a remake of Tevin Campbell’s “Can We Talk”.
There is no word yet on whether this song is for Chris’ album but we’ll keep you updated as soon as we get more information about it.
Starting Monday at 11am you can watch Chris Brown’s new video “Wall to Wall” in FULL all day long every hour until 7pm!
Since the video is playing all day long, it may be the “new joint of the day” on 106 & Park. If it is, make sure you vote for the video RIGHT after it premieres!
Thanks to Kelly at AOL Music, she informed me that Chris Brown was named one of AOL Music’s Single Sexiest Men!
You can view him and others who made the list here.