Jay-Z Addresses Chris Brown 'Situation'

Music mogul Jay-Z speaks out to "The Insider" on the Chris Brown situation, while Magic Johnson and other celebs also give their opinions on the controversy.

Johnson says "everybody makes mistakes" and hopes Chris Brown learned a "valuable lesson" from the incident. The basketball great also expresses hope that the R&B singer and Rihanna will "get back together."

Click the video to also hear what funnyman Chris Tucker has to say about Chris Brown and why actress/singer Gabrielle Union believes the incident can teach youth that "violence is not the answer."

Published 2/17/09 by the Insider

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  • HE SHOULDHAVE LEARNED FROM HIS MOTHER'S FRIEND NOT TO HIT HE SAW IT SO GROW UP BE A REAL MAN BECUASE REAL BLACK MEN DON'T HIT THEY WALK AWAY
    Anonymous 8/25/09 Reply
  • I think Chris was protecting himself and is being a gentleman and taking the blame to protect that lil spoiled Rihanna. We should continue to support him because it is her words and just being female does not make her innocent.
    Mother of Boys
    Anonymous 6/9/09 Reply
  • I THINK THAT BOTH CHRIS AND RIHANNA HAD TO LEARN FROM WHAT HAPPEND AND IM GLAD THAT THEY ARE BACK AS A COUPLE NOW.
    Anonymous 5/22/09 Reply
  • much love to both chris and rihanna!
    Anonymous 5/15/09 Reply
  • How can that person say it was a mistake. Hitting a women is not a mistake! WRONG
    janice072687 5/8/09 Reply
  • i do think that chrish brown made a mistake and that you guys should cut him some slack because no is perfect
    tanesha 5/8/09 Reply
  • please leave these people alone. rhianna is not the first and wont be the last to be beat up by sum dude.youall act like it started with them i got abused 4 years where is my 15 minutes of hollywood nobody cares ooops get real get over it already!
    Anonymous 5/7/09 Reply
  • All these guys who are making excuses for Chris Brown need to re-look at their own values. They probably consider that it's OK to beat up a woman. when she may have slapped him first, and if she did then he did or said something that provoked her...
    JamesB37 4/26/09 Reply
  • i love chris brown and rihanna needs to stop acting stank and stop treating him like a piece of garbage and start treating him like she loves him because she does not because she act like a dog and she is a dog so she need to stop and thats my word!...
    Anonymous 4/24/09 Reply
  • thanks M.Johnson,for your point of view concernig this, many guys love to make people falling donw,as he is a shiny rose sprouted in the concrete yes the kid sprouted on the concrete,which is not easy to come up.hey don't be shame with this bro no...
    Anonymous 2/26/09 Reply
  • He beat her up when no one was looking.... that is the sign of a BULLY... a man who was not safe to be with...by getting MAD because he wants to control.. Get serious - a relationship based on FEAR doesn't cut it.
    Anonymous 2/26/09 Reply
    • hey human don't judge what you getta do is trying to give ur help 'cause both did mistake,right
      Anonymous 2/26/09
  • I totally agree with some of you all when it comes to minding our own business and stop judgeing but at the same time I don't condone males hitting females at all regardless of who you are. I am too a HUGE Chris Brown fan and I will continue being...
    Anonymous 2/19/09 Reply
  • a mistake is not considered a mistake unless its repeated
    alphilok 2/18/09 Reply
  • a mistake is not considered a mistake unless its repeated
    alphilok 2/18/09 Reply
  • a mistake is not considered a mistake unless its repeated
    alphilok 2/18/09 Reply
    • I KNOW
      Anonymous 5/11/09
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