Chris Brown is speaking out amid backlash over his upcoming tour with Usher.
“The funniest and the weirdest s*** ever to me is the fact that poeple [sic] have the option to come to my tour and the option not to,” the “With You” singer shared in an Instagram Story on Sunday, April 26. “I know everyone who is a fan of me and USHER will definitely be in the building and it will be PACKED just like last year.”
Brown, 36, continued, “But I’m scrolling through insta and tik tok and I come across rage bait pages and or these fake woke stand up for nothing pages bashing people for wanted to come have a good time. The dudes hating, I can understand that(thinking we gone steal ya girl and shit). BUT THE KARENS, and the self hating hoes be making me LAUGH.”
“I CANT WAIT TO RUB THIS S*** IN YALL FACE,” he added.
Brown and Usher, 47, announced their Raymond & Brown Tour, abbreviated the R&B Tour, on April 10. The joint tour is set to launch on June 26 in Denver and wrap in December in Tampa, Florida.
However, the tour has faced criticism due to Brown’s various legal issues over the years, including allegations of abuse against women. The singer pleaded guilty to the felony assault of then-girlfriend Rihanna in 2009. He served five years probation and agreed to community service and domestic violence counseling.
“I look back at that picture, and I’m like, ‘That’s not me, bro. That’s not me.’ I hate it to this day. That’s going to haunt me forever,” he said in his 2017 documentary, Chris Brown: Welcome to My Life.
Brown and Usher’s coheadlining tour comes three years after the pair allegedly got into a physical altercation at Brown’s 34th birthday party in Las Vegas in May 2023. TMZ reported at the time that Usher appeared to have a bloody nose following the alleged skirmish. The pair later performed at Usher’s Lovers & Friends festival.
Despite the incident, Usher and Brown have collaborated on songs including “New Flame.” During an April 2023 interview with BigBoyTV, Usher said he was open to further collaborations with the “Run It” singer.
“If that ever happens, it’ll be one of the biggest things that anybody has ever experienced in entertainment in celebration of two people who love each other,” Usher said at the time. “I love Chris. I don’t like his music — I love his music [and] I love him. He’s my little brother, and he’s always been there for me, and I’ve always been there with him. Through hard ups and down times, I’ve been there with him. And for us to be able to celebrate what we do together, man, that’ll be crazy.”
