The Dream Dishes On the REAL Reason Rihanna Put Chris Brown on ‘Birthday Cake’

Fans from #RihannaNavy and #TeamBreezy were all shocked at the news that singer Chris Brown would be potentially featured  on the extended version of Rihanna’s single, “Birthday Cake” and put her on his remix to “Turn Up the Music”. Some fans were ecstatic, while others felt it was inappropriate because of the domestic violence incident that split the two up in 2009. And while promoting his new single ROC and upcoming album The Love IV: Diary of a Madman, singer and songwriter The Dream (real name Terius Youngdell Nash), spoke on ‘Birthday Cake.’ The Dream, who wrote the single, explained the workings and rationale behind the collaborations.

On how he feels personally about the collaboration:

“At the end of the day my job is to, not only as a songwriter, but as a friend with most of the people I spend time with, Rihanna being one of those friends, is having her back. Not only that, practicing what we was taught as kids, and that’s to forgive. However someone chooses to forgive is entirely up to them… I just feel like if she’s to that point, I don’t consider her insane she’s a very smart girl. The fact that I respect her and that she’s smart, to me, means that I should respect whatever her decisions are. One of her decisions was, ‘I think I want to put Chris Brown on the record.’ Cool! Let’s go.”

On how she told the Dream that Chris Brown would be featured on the song:

“I think I’m gonna put Chris on it.”

He then responded, “I don’t know which Chris you talkin’ about, but [OK] cool, whatever you say.”

[Of course he knew what Chris she was referring to but like many others he was apprehensive as to what the public reaction would be to the situation.]

On if Rihanna was concerned about the public’s reaction:

“It wasn’t ‘Well what about the people… It wasn’t about the people. It’s me, it’s her, there’s a song, let’s do the song. You wanna do it? Aight. Of course somebody’s gonna say this, of course the pictures are gonna come back. She thought of those things probably eight million more times than I did… Everyone knows what took place, cool. Have the power to really forgive if that’s what it is, if not stay on that side of the fence from the beginning… It’s easy to kinda throw Chris under the bus all the time, but c’mon man. OK, we get it.”

What do you think…is the public too concerned about the history of their relationship?

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– @Ayo_Leslo