Chris Brown, Drake Win Lawsuit
Chris Brown and Drake were both recently vindicated after New York City's W.I.P. nightclub attempted to sue both entertainers for $16 million for the damages that resulted from the singer and rapper fighting at their property last summer.
The physical altercation reportedly began when Brown, 24-year-old singer-songwriter and ex-boyfriend to Barbadian entertainer Rihanna, sent a bottle of champagne to 26-year-old rapper Drake's table while the two were in WIP night club. The Sun reported that the bottle was a peace offering to end a feud sparked from Drake's rumored romantic relationship with Rihanna, but the rapper reportedly sent the bottle back to Brown.
The gesture allegedly caused Brown to confront the rapper, who retaliated by punching him in the face and throwing a bottle at his face. The brawl resulted in a number of damages to both the nightclub and its patrons.
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While Entertainment Enterprises, the company that owns the Greenhouse nightclub adjacent to W.I.P. nightclub, attempted to sue the musicians for their tarnished reputation and $16 million in damages, TMZ recently reported that a New York judge ruled in Drake and Brown's favor.
Chris Brown's bodyguard, Patrick Strickland, previously blamed Drake for the incident. Strickland alleged that the nightclub's employee served Brown a note that prompted trouble by referring to the singer's girlfriend Rihanna.
"I'm (expletive) the love of your life," Drake reportedly wrote in a note to Brown, according to Strickland's account in the New York Daily News.
Although Drake was nominated for more awards than any other artist at the BET awards this year, he reportedly backed out of the awards ceremony because of his feud with Brown.
"The reason Drake isn't [at the BET Awards] is 100 percent all about Chris Brown," a source reportedly told Hollywoodlife.com.
Drake has been vocal about not wanting to be thought of in the same respect as Brown.
"I hear he has everything he could want now. I don't want my name to be synonymous with that guy's name," Drake told GQ. "I really don't. I wish we could sit down just like you and me are right now, and talk it out man-to-man. But that's not going to happen."
Brown addressed his own issues with Drake during an appearance on the New York City radio "The Breakfast Club" earlier this year.
"At the end of the day I don't hash on ... dudes can say whatever. I'm not a rapper. I'm gonna say what I want, like who's gonna beat me up," Brown questioned. "Honestly I think he's a cool dude as far as music. It's not even a thought, people just don't like certain people. He don't like me and I don't like him."
