How'sthisfor controversial: Chris Brown apparently doesn't understand why he is vilified by the press, but Jay Z"gets a pass" for stabbing someone.
That is just one of multiple eyebrow-raising commentsthe 24-year-old R&B star made inthe cover story for the Oct. 14 issue of Jet magazine. When discussing his rocky relationship withthe press, Brown named-dropped Jay Z, who he sees as someone "accepted by White America."
"This is something I've been dealing with for the past maybefiveyears," he told Jet, per CNN. "Anybody with a voice – Tupac, Michael Jackson, the Notorious B.I.G. – gets formatted … except maybe for Jay Z, who is accepted by White America because heshakeshands and kisses babies. No disrespect, because I'm a fan, but nobody bringsup the fact that he stabbed somebody and sold drugs. He getsa pass."
In 2001, Jay Z pleaded guilty to stabbing record producer Lance "Un" Rivera at a 1999 listening party in Manhattan. Brownbelievesthe "Magna Carta" rapper got off easy for this, but he himself still can't move past the 2009 Rihanna assault.
"I got to thepoint where it'sonly so much you can take from the master, you feel me?" he told Jet. "I've taken my fair share of lashings. I'vedealt with the media. Instead of being an artist, I've been called a woman beater; I've been insulted in public and judged. And being able to not want to kill yourself at the end of the day iswhat mademesay, 'F**k it.'"
TheVirginia native even went so far as to compare himself to Trayvon Martin.
"I identify withTrayvon 100 percent as far asliving in 2013 and still dealing with blatant racism," he told the magazine. "Thisgeneration isso used to racism that it's normal; wedon't care. We aren't on drugs or catching AIDS, but they still look at us as ni**as."
Read thefull interview inthe new issue of Jet, on newsstands Monday,Sept. 23
But does chris got a point with the whole jayz issue?
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