Chris Brown's Life Told Through Other People's Songs

Breezy's life is a movie, and we have the soundtrack.

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Cinematic Chris - Chris Brown's life feels like a never-ending turn of events, with many plot twists and tiny stories that comprise the whole story of Breezy. Just this week, Brown was entangled in a very unfortunate situation that actually leaned in his favor, yet another interesting anecdote to throw into a life's chapter. What would that chapter entail? Well, it's still being written. In the meantime, let's take a look back on some pivotal moments in Breezy's life to the tune of various artists. Check out Chris Brown's life told through other artists' songs. —BET Staff(Photo: Bryan Steffy/Getty Images for Drai's Beachclub-Nightclub)

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'I'm Coming Out' – Diana Ross - The year was 2005 and a young kid from Tappahannock, Virginia, began to make waves on the music scene with his self-titled debut album, Chris Brown.(Photo: Scott Gries/Getty Images)

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'F**kWithMeYouKnowIGotIt' – Jay Z Featuring Rick Ross - Young Breezy's first single, "Run It!" eventually topped the Billboard Hot 100, proving thats his star power is here to stay.(Photo: Paul Hawthorne/Getty Images)

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'Back to Back' – Drake - Breezy conquered another quest when he made his crossover into film with his five-minute film debut in Stomp the Yard. (Photo: Charley Gallay/London Entertainment/Splash News)

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'Hustlin'' – Rick Ross - In 2007, Chris Brown linked up with Interscope Records and founded the label Chris Brown Entertainment, or CBE for short. Chris has a few other meanings for the acronym, like Culture Beyond Your Evolution and/or Culture Beyond Your Experience.(Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

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'Man of the Year' – ScHoolboy Q - 2008 was a big year for Chris Brown. He was only two albums in and already named Artist of the Year by Billboard magazine.(Photo: Scott Gries/Getty Images)

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'Love Without Tragedy' – Rihanna - What's love without tragedy? Breezy and Rihanna ended their high-profile relationship when the couple was involved in a domestic violence dispute which left Rihanna with multiple visible bruises on her face. February 8, 2009, marked an important date in Brown's career, one which he will spend years recovering from emotionally and publicly. (Photo: Kevin Mazur/WireImage)

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'Man in the Mirror' – Michael Jackson - The singer gave an emotional tribute to Michael Jackson at the 2010 BET Awards. He was overwhelmed by the outpouring support of his fans after the situation with Rihanna in early 2009.(Photo: Michael Caulfield/WireImage)

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'Big Things Poppin' (Do It)' – T.I. - Chris Brown achieves a new feat when his fourth studio album, 2011's F.A.M.E., becomes his first No. 1 album.(Photo: Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images)

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'Can't Tell Me Nothing' – Kanye West - F.A.M.E. turns out to be more than a No. 1 album. The album catapults Chris Brown to Grammy level and Breezy accepts his first Grammy Award for Best R&B Album.(Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

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'I'm on One' – DJ Khaled, Featuring Drake, Rick Ross and Lil Wayne - Drizzy and Breezy were on one when they squabbled in the SoHo night club W.I.P. The bottles were popped, but not in a fun way. The fight was supposedly over Rihanna.(Photo: Brendon Thorne/Getty Images)

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'Foolish' – Ashanti - Brown was dating Karrueche Tran, but later split with her to rekindle his flame with Rihanna. In January 2013, the former lovers confirmed their relationship. By May 2013, the two had split again. (Photo: Christopher Polk/Getty Images for NARAS)

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'Lost' – Frank Ocean - Another public scuffle with a fellow celebrity musician happened when Chris was involved in an altercation with Frank Ocean over a parking space outside a recording studio. Most of 2013 had Breezy in and out of rehab facilities and dealing with the law.(Photo: Christopher Polk/Getty Images for Clear Channel)

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'One More Chance' – The Notorious B.I.G. - In 2014, Breezy served a prison term of 108 days after violating probation. While in jail, he packed 35 pounds onto his slender 6-foot-1 frame. He would eventually dance it all off, though.  (Photo: FameFlynet, Inc)

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'Lost One' – Jay Z, Featuring Chrisette Michele - After six years, Chris Brown ended probation and the felony case from the domestic violence charges was closed on March 20, 2015. By this time, Breezy had released his sixth (X) and seventh (Fan of a Fan: The Album) albums.(Photo: Mario Anzuoni-Pool/Getty Images)

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'Just the Two of Us' – Will Smith - Chris Brown revealed that he was a father to a baby girl named Royalty in April 2015. His hot-and-cold relationship with Karrueche Tran went cold after the baby news broke out (she obviously was not the mother) and Breezy went on to dedicate his eighth studio album to his daughter. Royalty dropped at the end of 2015.(Photo: London Entertainment/Splash News)

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'Power' – Kanye West - Right before the most recent event in Chris Brown's life, it was found that Breezy was taken off the guest appearance roster for 50 Cent's cinematic series Power.  Allegedly, Brown was told he wasn't getting the role on the show due to "anger issues." He didn't take too lightly to that. Come on now, you know he would've rocked that role. Let's take this track and use it as a marker that while he didn't get this "Power," he certainly has the acting chops and power to land other roles.(Photo: Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Live Nation)

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'Scream' – Michael Jackson ft. Janet Jackson - Just listen to the lyrics of this song, and you'll know — particularly the "stop f**kin' with me!" part — that this directly applies to Chris Brown's most recent scuffle. Earlier this week, former beauty pageant queen slash aspiring actress Baylee Curran took that last half of her C.V. too seriously when she called the cops on Chris Brown. The reason? Curran alleged that Brown pulled a gun on her in his home after she admired a diamond necklace of his. After denying cops entry into his home, the place was surrounded and coverage turned into O.J. in a white Bronco levels of intense. After being arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and later released on bail ($250,000!), guess what? No firearms were found in his home, despite earlier reports that a gun and drugs were retrieved at the time of his arrest. T...

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'Please Don't Stop the Music' – Rihanna - After all that's happened with Breezy, he released an IG video stating that he's going to #TurnTheOtherCheek and come through with more music. Yes, that's a great idea, Chris!(Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images  for iHeartMedia)