Songwriter/Producer, The Dream went on public record with Billboard and MTV’s rapfix in which he defended Rhianna’s decision to collaborate with Chris Brown on the Birthday Cake remix song. For the record, The Dream makes it very clear that he by no means is justifying the assault that took place between Ri-Ri and Chris three years ago but rather feels that if Rhianna has forgiven Chris then maybe everyone else should do the same and if not; move on from the past.
Sidebar: The Dream produced the remix track between the two.
Dream told Billboard:
For me, it’s just music — two talented people doing a record together, doing two records together, and that’s what it was. It wasn’t about an incident that happened. The true thing really is to forgive, and… you want to believe in people.
It was Rih’s idea. Not only do we work together, but [Rihanna] is a friend of mine. And it’s like, ‘You wanna do something? Then cool, let’s do it.’ I don’t know how she got the logistics and how it happened — maybe she’ll talk about it one day. I showed up at the studio, and it was like, ‘All right, cool, let’s finish this record,’ which we probably should have finished the first time we did it.
The Dream went on to say that because Rhianna was able to forgive Chris Brown he was fine with producing the track and therefore approved the collaboration.
As for him forgiving Chris The Dream says:
I think [the topic] that should be more on the tongues is: how do we proclaim to be a nation of forgiving, and we go by all of these rules and everything, but we can’t actually do it?… It actually makes you look weaker than your adversary — if you don’t have the power to forgive, but you lie and say that you did… Because this is about her… If she can forgive, that’s where she is mentally. As a friend, it’s like, ‘Okay, cool. Let’s roll.
The Dream then appeared on MTV’s rap fix with Sway where he
talked about how the remix ide came about
Very nonchalant. I was in the car actually in Miami and driving. “What’s up? I think I’m going to put Chris on it,” [says Rihanna]. I don’t know which Chris you’re talkin’ about, [but] OK, cool, whatever you say. Then she didn’t say anything else about it and it happened.
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