The 2024 NBA Celebrity All-Star Game also featured some big names outside of the basketball world. However, it appears that one of music’s most prestigious artists has been disinvited.
Friday’s game featured NFL stars Micah Parsons, Puka Nacua, CJ Stroud and Super Bowl hero Mecole Hardman, as well as music artists Jennifer Hudson, Walker Hayes and Adam Blackstone.
Lil Wayne and 50 Cent also participated as coaches in the contest, along with Stephen A. Smith and Shannon Sharpe.
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Chris Brown attends Ant Ta Ladies Man Birthday Celebration at Sound Nightclub on June 17, 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Prince Williams/Wire Image)
Chris Brown apparently received an invitation to the game, but the game’s sponsors didn’t like his presence.
Brown posted a screenshot of an email he received on January 22 with the subject line “NBA All-Star 2024 Welcome x Chris Brown.”
“Welcome to the 2024 NBA All-Star Weekend. We’re excited to be a part of the weekend,” the intro said.
Brown was also given a design for the uniform he would wear. She added a “shrug” emoji to the post.
His next post appears to place the blame on one of the event’s sponsors.
Chris Brown performs on stage at the Lovers & Friends Music Festival held at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds on May 6, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Aaron J. Thornton/WireImage)
“The NBA asked me to play in the All-Star Game this year! Only to get a call later and say I couldn’t play because of sponsors like RUFFLES,” Brown wrote about his story. . combined sports. “At this point, I’m tired of people bothering me and I’m tired of living in the past. I posted an email for everyone to see. The NBA is still trying to get me to come and sit courtside. “…That’s not going to happen. ”
Although Brown’s music history is decorated, he has always lived in the shadow of negative headlines stemming from his 2009 domestic violence incident with then-girlfriend Rihanna and other legal issues.
Singer Chris Brown (left) and Rihanna attend the 55th Annual Grammy Awards held at Staples Center on February 10, 2013 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images, NARAS) (Christopher Polk/Getty Images, NARAS)
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Most recently, he faced backlash for partying with Kanye West, forcing him to insist he is not an anti-Semite.
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