Chris Brown was fuming Friday night (February 16) after he learned the National Basketball Association (NBA) disinvited him from playing in the upcoming Celebrity All-Star Game. Taking to his Instagram Stories, the controversial singer blasted the NBA, suggesting the league had succumb to cancel culture. Brown, of course, was arrested for the 2009 domestic assault of his then-girlfriend Rihanna.
“I was asked by the NBA to play in the all star game this year!” he told his 145 million followers. “Only for them to call later and say they couldn’t do IT because of their sponsors like RUFFLES. At this point I’m sick of people bothering me and I’m tired of living in the past f###ing past. I POSTED THE EMAILS SO YALL COULD SEE. The NBA still was tryna get me to come and sit court side …. NOT F###ING HAPPENING.”
He added, “I go where I’m appreciated.”
The Ruffles brand responded to Brown’s latest controversy in a statement sent to AllHipHop. It read: “Ruffles sponsored last night’s NBA All-Star Celebrity Game, however Ruffles did not have any involvement in, nor visibility to, any player decisions or celebrity invite discussions.”
Chris Brown frequently rants about what he perceives as unfair treatment by media and other people. Last November, he was slammed for dancing to Kanye West’s “Vultures” while dancing next to West at a party in Dubai. The song addresses West’s 2022 antisemitism controversy and features the line, “How I’m antisemitic? I just f###ed a Jewish b####.”
Brown quickly took to Instagram to insist he’s not antisemitic. Instead, he touted his ties to the Bloods street gang, by claiming he wasn’t Muslim or Jewish—he’s a Piru.
“In no way shape or form am I antisemetic (sic)!!! I’m pro life and I make music for the entire world!!!!!! So please do not get tricked into thinking I spread hate or am kool with it (sic)!” he wrote on his Instagram Stories. “This (is) for the million of young kids that look up to (me) and may be confused.
“Let me make this perfectly clear before yall try to use me as a pawn. Ima Piru. I ain’t Muslim or Jewish so don’t start no s### won’t be no s###!!! I’m trying to be peaceful but please do not wake up the demon in me!”
Find more of Chris Brown’s NBA-related Instagram posts below.
