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Chris Brown and Karrueche Tran Get into a Car Accident

May 222013

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By: Amanda Anderson-Niles

Chris Brown and Karrueche Tran have reunited since Chris’ most recent split from on and off again lover Rihanna. Although Chris and Rihanna appeared to be working towards having a more mature relationship their most recent time back together, things ended again in a rather childish way which led to both taking shots at the other on their social media accounts. Although both seem to have hinted things ended because of cheating, Chris claimed in a recent interview that he just feels he’s too young to try to settle down and “wife” Rihanna. However, since things have ended with the Diamonds singer, Chris has been spending lots of his free time with his ex girlfriend Karrueche, the same ex he publicly broke up with last year to rekindle his romance with Rihanna.

Just days after Chris was spotted kissing up on Karrueche, the twosome was involved in a car crash yesterday evening. X17 Online reports:

Chris Brown has yet another legal problem to deal with, after crashing his car in Los Angeles near Toluca Lake.

After crashing his Porsche into a wall back in February, Chris Brown encountered more car trouble on Tuesday afternoon when he rear ended a vehicle in Beverly Hills.

Chris left his Hollywood home with on-again flame Karrueche Tran, and the duo were on their way to the studio when the R&B bad boy bumped his black Range Rover into a black Mercedes sedan. No one was hurt and cops were not called to the scene, but Chris did exchange insurance and contact information with the driver.

It’s pretty clear at this point that although Chris may still be single, he’s been spotted with Karrueche quite a bit these days fueling some to believe these two could possibly get back together.

Chris Brown is Spotted Kissing Karrueche in the Club

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May 212013

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By: Amanda Anderson-Niles

Chris Brown and Karrueche Tran ended in a rather controversial way last year considering Chris dumped Tran to rekindled his romance with Rihanna, and his decision apparently came after he was spotted several times getting cozy with the superstar in nightclubs all over New York. Chris even made a video in which he confessed to being in love with both women at the same time, but in the end, he would appear to have made his choice as he removed Karrueche from his personal life and decided to only conduct business with the aspiring model in order to keep things good with Rihanna. However, Chris and Rihanna’s rekindled romance didn’t last too long and after a series of cryptic tweets and Instagram postings, Chris finally confirmed the romance between them was over, again. While both seem to blame the other’s “cheating” on their demise this time around, Chris also hinted in a recent interview that he just feels he’s way too young to be settling down and even thinking about marriage. It appears he’s enjoying being single quite a lot these days and answering to no one because he was spotted in the club the other night kissing on Karrueche. Page Six reports:

Chris Brown seems to be swiftly over his breakup with Rihanna, falling back into the arms of his ever-forgiving ex Karrueche Tran. After Sunday’s Billboard Awards, Brown headed to the Bank nightclub at the Bellagio in Vegas for a party hosted by Bruno Mars. Our witness said, “Brown was standing on the banquette dancing with Tran . . . he bent down a few times to kiss her, and kept running his hand through her hair and singing to her.”

Interestingly enough, Rihanna’s dad Ronald Fenty just gave another interview, and when asked about the former couple’s most recent split, he claims he doesn’t think it’s over for good despite Rihanna’s apparent frustration with the situation. In fact, he gives them two months to rethink things and get back together. He tells The Sun:

“I’m still his [Chris Brown] No1 fan — I still like Chris regardless. They have a very passionate relationship but if they split up it does not mean it’s for ever with them. In a couple of months they’ll be back together.”

Chris Brown Parties with Karrueche Tran

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May 052013

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By: Amanda Anderson-Niles

Chris Brown is celebrating his 24th birthday today, but with all the speculation surrounding his romantic relationship with Rihanna, all eyes are on the R&B star and who he is spending time with while Rihanna is still away on her Diamonds World Tour. As we reported recently, things seem rather conflicting between the lovebirds considering their recent behavior on their social network accounts, and it also didn’t help that Chris Brown’s father recent said in an interview that he’s not thrilled Chris and Rihanna rekindled their romance. However, just days after Chris unfollowed Rihanna on Twitter and then turned around and refollowed his ex Karrueche, both Chris and Karrueche were spotted partying together in LA on Friday night. The Daily Mail reports:

They recently reconciled their relationship despite the controversy surrounding them, but could things be on the rocks again for Rihanna and Chris Brown?

The Look At Me Now singer celebrated his 24th birthday – which isn’t actually until May 5th – at the Emerson nightclub in LA on Friday night, with Rihanna nowhere to be seen.

Former flame Karrueche Tran was in attendance however, sparking rumours that there might be trouble in paradise for the young couple once again.

…Possibly trying to take his mind off his far-away girlfriend, Chris hit the town to celebrate his upcoming birthday with some famous friends.

The heavily tattooed singer was joined by Christina Milian, David Hasslehoff, Chloe Green and ex-girlfriend Karrueche Tran as he partied the night away.

Karrueche Dating NBA Star John Wall?

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Apr 052013

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By: Amanda Anderson-Niles

Chris Brown has been doing a full week of press and the R&B singer has been talking candidly about his romances with Rihanna and Karrueche. As we recently reported, he did confirm that he was indeed dating Rihanna and Karrueche at the same time. but he claims he was honest with both of them about the situation. In fact, he says he dated both at the same time because he needed one of the to “convince him” of who he needed to commit to. In the end, Chris decided to commit to Rihanna and he broke things off romantically with Karrueche. However, although things may be over between them, Chris says he’d have a major problem with Karrueche dating someone else in the music industry. In fact, he told The Breakfast Club:

“That would be a little close to home. At the end of the day, I think it should be a respect boundary. Now if you go on to an athlete…that’s different but don’t sh*t in my backyard.”

Well, we guess Karrueche is honoring Chris’ request because the latest gossip is suggesting Karrueche is now dating NBA star John Wall. John is the point guard for the Washington Wizards, and he’s been flirting back and forth with Karrueche on Twitter for a while now. Although Karrueche and John aren’t speaking on the rumors, we do think one of his recent tweets is quite interesting:

Shade? Sure it could be innocent, however, the best shade isn’t obvious. For now, we can only label this as gossip, but we won’t be shocked if Karrueche does indeed land another “baller” post all the drama that went down with Chris Brown. It’s not like dudes aren’t checking for her, and perhaps that’s why Chris gave her those ridiculous guidelines to follow on who she can now date.

Chris Brown Recalls the Moment Karrueche & Rihanna Came Face to Face

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Apr 042013

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By: Amanda Anderson-Niles

Chris Brown is an open book these days, and we have to admit his honestly is a breath of fresh air and quite entertaining. The R&B singer is continuing his full week of press and interviews, and he’s opening up quite a bit about his personal life and once very confusing love life. Chris is back on with Rihanna and it’s clear that Karrueche Tran is finally out of the picture. In his recent interview with The Breakfast Club, Chris did admit that our eyes weren’t lying and he was in fact dating both Rihanna and Karrueche at the same time. Chris says he managed to pull it off because he was honest with both women, but in the end he decided to fully commit to Rihanna. In a recent interview with Sway In the Morning, Chris even recalls the moment Karrueche and Rihanna finally met and came face to face. And he claims that despite the reports that the two beauties had beef, when they did come face to face, they kept it classy. Chris says:

“One time I was overseas… in Cannes… I had a girlfriend (Tran) but I was still talking to Rihanna… (There was) a party on this big boat and my girl was there, and maybe 15 minutes later, Rihanna showed up. But I’m on the boat like, ‘Oh, s**t, what am I gonna do right now?’ But you know what? They were cool. They spoke to each other and I was like, ‘Woah’. I was just like, ‘Please, please, please (don’t start a scene)’, but honestly that was the first time I can say I knew they loved me because they were classy.”

Chris even confirmed that the clothing line he has with Karrueche entitled “The Kill” is still on but he’s keeping things strictly professional and friendly these days with his ex.

Watch the interview below:

Karrueche Tran Isn’t Going Anywhere

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Mar 022013

Photo Credit: @karrueche Instagram

By: Amanda Anderson-Niles

The love triangle may be finally over. Chris Brown and Rihanna are back together, and Chris has even proudly claimed that they are in a very happy place in their rekindled romance. We’re not really sure where that leaves the fashion line Chris has started with Karrueche, The Kill, but we can only assume for now that it’s still in the works considering that Karrueche Tran said on the red carpet of BET’s Rip the Runway that the clothing line is still very much on the way. Regardless, Chrihanna is back and many speculate that the reunion means the end of Karrueche’s time in the spotlight.

Regardless of Rihanna and Chris Brown’s “back on” romance, it may not be the end of Karrueche. As we reported recently, there are rumors suggesting that Mona Scott Young has her sights set on getting Karrueche to sign up for the next season of Love and Hip Hop, and Karrueche hasn’t helped rumors since she’s been spotted with season three favorite Tahiry.

Karrueche also has a new modeling contract, and it appears that she’s making lots of new friends in Hollywood. When one of her fans claimed that they felt like she was going to end up like irrelevant like fellow socialite Paris Hilton, Karrueche suggested that she has a plan of using her time in the spotlight to build an empire.

She tweets (read from the top to bottom):

We’re not sure what Karrueche’s plans are, but it’s clear she has some opportunities in reality television, as a stylist and even doing some modeling. But we have to admit, she could bring back the life to the cast of Love and Hip Hop easily considering how dry the current season has been.

Producers Want Karrueche for Love and Hip Hop?

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Feb 142013

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By: Amanda Anderson-Niles

Could Love and Hip Hop be the next move for Karrueche? The up and coming model and ex girlfriend to Chris Brown has made it clear that she is moving on from what was perceived as some sort of twisted love triangle, and she’s even been spotted partying with the likes of Drake and Diddy since Chris Brown and Rihanna confirmed that they are back together. The couple’s recent appearance and snuggling session at the Grammys was a true indicator that Karrueche not only needs to move forward in her love life, but she also needs to move on in her career. She confirmed recently that she did land a modeling contract from a commercial agency in New York, and she’s been doing shoots quite often for the last couple of months. While we’re not sure what the status is on the fashion line she has with Chris (The Kill), it’s being speculated that she’s become a hot favorite for producers of reality shows. Most specifically, it’s rumored that she’s wanted for Love and Hip Hop New York.

According to Gossip We Love, producers of Love and Hip Hop have been trying to reach out to Karrueche and convince her to sign up for the show. Apparently they are hoping that they can get her to tell her story that involves Rihanna and Chris Brown on the reality series. It’s said that Karrueche isn’t sold on the idea as of yet (and may never be) considering that she and Chris are still on good terms. She doesn’t seem to be comfortable with potentially ruining their friendship just for a spot on the show.

Interestingly enough, she still found time to party with current Love and Hip Hop star Tahiry the other night:

Photo Credit: @karrueche Instagram

But we seriously doubt that Karrueche will do the show, but only time will tell.

Moving on? Karrueche Parties with Drake

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Feb 132013

Photo Credit: @karrueche Instagram

By: Amanda Anderson-Niles

Is a Karrueche,Drake romance in the works? The “love triangle” between Rihanna, Chris Brown, and Karrueche Tran may finally be over. After calling things off with Karrueche last October and still being photographed with her in settings that didn’t seem business like, it appears that Chris has made his choice and is now back together with Rihanna. Rihanna even confirmed that she and Chris are giving their romance another shot in her recent interview with Rolling Stone. Although the couple has already been criticized for going with what feels right in their hearts; they do appear to be moving forward with their relationship regardless. They even made a public appearance together at the Grammys, and the body chemistry tells a tale of two happy people.

Karrueche is now forced to pick up the pieces, but her new modeling contract makes it hard for her to walk away from the spotlight, especially when the paps are still following her around sans a romantic relationship with Chris. Perhaps Karrueche is planning to use the extra attention for something beneficial to her career or perhaps she’s thinking about snagging another celebrity because it was confirmed that she was partying the other day with one of Chris Brown’s enemies and Rihanna’s ex Drake.

Here’s the report from The Daily Mail:

“She has been scarcely able to stop talking about her ex Chris Brown in recent months.

“But it seems Karrueche Tran has finally moved on after she showed off her latest boyfriend at the Grammys on Sunday.

“She dragged self-styled public relations mogul J. Ryan La Cour along as they partied with the likes of Drake and Diddy in Los Angeles.”

Karrueche’s hiring of a publicist and new commercial modeling contract may have confirmed that although she may no longer be dating Chris, she has no plans to give up the celebrity life anytime soon. Could Karrueche pull an Amber Rose (as our readers would say) and snag another high-profile celebrity relationship? Only time will tell.

Chris Brown & Rihanna Leave the Club When Karrueche Shows Up

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Feb 052013

Photo Credit: @karrueche Instagram

By: Amanda Anderson-Niles

Now that things have somewhat cooled down and the “love triangle” may now be over, one would think things would now be less awkward for Chris Brown, Rihanna, and Karrueche Tran. While Chris did seem to be spending his time with both ladies after he split with Karrueche last October, Rihanna made no apologies for taking the R&B singer back into her life in a recent interview with Rolling Stone Magazine. Despite that, partying in Hollywood is still complicated for these three. Especially since Karrueche has already confirmed that despite what happens in Chris’ romantic life, they will always have some type of relationship and business with one another.

As we recently reported, the last time Rihanna and Karrueche partied in the same club, it was because Rihanna intentionally crashed her Cover Release party. Although there was no show down or any altercation between the two beauties, many were shocked that Rihanna showed up. Chris Brown played it smart that night and did not show up to the party, causing many to speculate that he intentionally didn’t want to be a part of any possible drama that night.

Well it looks like Chris was forced to face his fears, as it’s being reported my multiple reports that the other night, Chris Brown, Rihanna, and Karrueche all ended up partying at the same nightclub. Apparently things got awkward when Rihanna and Chris saw Karrueche walk in with a male friend.

Here’s the report from StarCrush:

Not long after Rihanna opened up to Rolling Stone about how Chris Brown “doesn’t have the luxury to f— up again,” the bizarre, tempestuous duo were spotted at a club together in the wee hours of this morning (Feb. 4), which isn’t unusual.

What is? Karrueche Tran was there. With another dude.

This made poor widdle Bweezy sad.

It’s unclear exactly what went down, because, well, no one ever really knows what’s going on with this trifecta of fail, but Brown was spotted leaving the Greystone Manor in Los Angeles with in tears in his eyes.

We’re not sure why seeing Tran with another guy would upset him so much considering while he was dating her — you know, before he dumped her publicly — he was heavily rumored to be banging Rihanna.

Speaking of the Bajan beauty that occasionally sings, Rihanna apparently left the club on her own shortly before Brown did. Reports alternate from saying she “stormed out,” which would imply something heated, to saying she was “cool and collected.”

While no one really commented on the situation, Rihanna, in her usual fashion, issued a cryptic tweet: “F—ing problems.”

Despite what happened in the club, Karrueche walked out all smiles with said male friend later on that night.

Karrueche Defends Chris Brown Amidst Frank Ocean Fight Criticism?

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Jan 292013

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By: Amanda Anderson-Niles

Chris Brown has had a crazy 48 hours. The R&B singer and ex boyfriend to Rihanna allegedly got into a parking lot brawl with fellow R&B singer Frank Ocean and left the scene before cops could even ask him any questions. As a result, Frank Ocean was able to give police his side to the story and even told his fans on Twitter that Chris jumped him and injured his finger. However, Chris’ camp told TMZ that Frank and his entourage actually started the altercation, when they blocked Chris and his people from leaving a studio, and balked at Chris’ attempt to make peace through a handshake he initiated. According to Chris’ people, Frank declined the handshake, and that is when someone from Frank’s camp struck Chris.

It has also been reported that Chris is now ready to talk with police and give his account of the story. He and his attorney are confident that video from the surveillance camera located on the property will prove that Chris did not participate in the brawl, and instead the people in his entourage were the ones who threw punches.

Regardless, those close to Frank Ocean are claiming that Frank was the victim (and Chris hit him first) and plans to press charges against Brown for the incident.

Since Chris has a troubled image as a result of his assault of Rihanna in 2009, many publications have already proclaimed him as the aggressor of this incident. And according to his other ex girlfriend Karrueche Tran, she doesn’t think that’s fair.

She even took to her Twitter account to tweet her thoughts on the matter in a very subtle tweet:

Rihanna hasn’t said anything or even tweeted any subliminal messages about the incident, but she has been busy shading Karrueche Tran’s recent photo shoot with Rolling Out since crashing Tran’s cover release party the other day.

Rihanna Crashes Karrueche’s Cover Release Party

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Jan 262013

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By: Amanda Anderson-Niles

Just when you think that the drama between Karrueche Tran, Chris Brown, and Rihanna may finally be coming to an end, someone in this rumored “love triangle” does something to keep the show going with these three. As we recently reported, Karrueche has been having quite the last two weeks, as she’s been getting plenty of publicity with a series of interviews and even a magazine spread with Rolling Out Magazine. Karrueche still won’t give the juicy details on where she stands now romantically with Chris Brown, but as we recently reported, it’s been proven in photographs that Chris is still kicking it with her even when it’s not “business” related. This ultimately didn’t sit well with Rihanna, but somehow Chris was able to win her back over last week, and Rihanna has been getting her quality time with her former boyfriend and posting plenty of it on her Instagram account per usual.

Unfortunately for Rihanna, Chris and Karrueche were spotted together the Thursday night at Basketball Wives star Draya’s star-studded birthday bash. The two were not photographed together, but those in attendance are claiming Chris wasn’t acting like he was exclusively Rihanna’s.

Of course the media had a field day with this and just like we expected, Rihanna responded to the reports.

Karrueche had another party to celebrate her cover with Rolling Out last night and it was a joint party with popular jeweler Ben Baller at the Playhouse nightclub. Apparently, Rihanna crashed the party with her girlfriends when she heard that Chris Brown might be there and hanging out with Karrueche again.

They say Rihanna was hoping to catch Chris in the act, but perhaps he was able to outsmart her because he was a no show. He instead went to the studio to work on some new music and we’re hearing it’s because he somehow found out about Rihanna’s plans and didn’t feel like the drama.

Apparently, no one at the club planned for Rihanna to be there, and even Ben Baller claims he was shocked that she attended considering he admits that they have never met. She decided to hang with the jeweler all night in VIP regardless and he claims she chilled and smoked weed with him all night.

Karrueche stayed at the club and partied with her girlfriends, despite Rihanna’s attendance.

There was no showdown or anything but it was quite the interesting sight for club goers.

By the end of the night, Karrueche kept it positive, despite Rihanna’s party crashing, and thanked her friends and supporters for attending the event.

Karrueche Covers Rolling Out, Talks Chris Brown & Rihanna

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Jan 242013

Photo Credit: @karrueche Instagram

By: Amanda Anderson-Niles

Another day, another Karrueche Tran interview. Karrueche Tran is in heavy promotion mode to get Chris Brown’s unisex fashion line “The Kill” in the forefront of the urban fashion world, and since he’s made her the Creative Director of the line, she’s opening up a little bit more about her personal life, in hopes that the more exposure she gets, the better off the line will do. Karrueche’s very first interview was with Vibe Magazine, and in the interview, she confirmed what most already knew, and that was that her romantic life with Chris Brown has been nothing more than an emotional roller coaster. Although Karrueche did get some perks enduring the ride, the negatives from the situation are pretty obvious.

In her first radio interview with Atlanta radio station 94.5, Karrueche confirmed that she did have to learn how to cope from the constant hate and online bullying from Rihanna’s fans, but she also proved that she’s gotten to a point where things aren’t necessarily getting how down these days.

Karrueche’s cover on Rolling Out Magazine is her very first magazine cover, and she did confirm that there may be more to come now that she has been signed to a commercial modeling agency in New York.

In addition to the sexy spread, she also talked a little about Chris Brown, Rihanna, and of course The Kill.

Here are a few highlights from the interview.

Karrueche recalls the moment she realized that her life had changed due to her relationship with Chris Brown:

“I first realized there was a change [when] more people would talk about me in blogs and such.And the paparazzi would take pictures and follow me when I wasn’t around Chris [Brown]. I was like ‘Chris is not here, why are you following me?’ But I was constantly seeing myself on blogs and websites. It was kind of weird.”

Karrueche also reveals what made the situation with Chris and Rihanna so hard:

“It was very hard. I try my best to just ignore the negativity. Which is hard for me because it’s a lot to deal with. But I try to keep a positive mind and stay strong and not put energy into it.

“The most challenging part about the attention was the negativity and the misconception from some people. People only see you in blogs and they think they know everything about your life. There are things that go public and everything that comes out is not the truth.”

Karrueche claims she feels like she has learned a lot from the situation, especially since it was so dysfunctional. She says all she really wants is happiness in her life and she’s just decided to grow from the situation.

She also wanted to make it clear that The Kill is not a fashion line that was created to copy another brand. We’re assuming she’s referring to the situation that involves fashion line The Kill Brand threatening to sue because they feel like their company name and style has been stolen by Chris’ line. However, still, no legal paperwork has been filed from the company, which makes many think they are just using the situation with Karrueche to sell more merchandise.

On the line, Karrueche says:

“I think the name itself will stand out. Once people see the collection, they will understand our vision. It’s a unisex line and it’s only black and white. We aren’t copying any other lines or brands. We are just combining our thoughts and creativity and putting it all into this line.”

Here are a couple of shots from the issue:

Pretty.

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