EXCLUSIVE VIDEO - R&B singer Raz B (real name De'Mario Monte Thornton) and his friends head to Millions of Milkshakes in West Hollywood, in which the star apologises for his public spat with Chris Brown for their online war of words - and he hopes "someone learns something valuable" from the heated exchange.
The former B2K singer and Brown become embroiled in a feud earlier this week, after Raz-B posted a message on Twitter taking aim at his rival's doomed romance with Rihanna. The Kiss Kiss hitmaker, who split from the Umbrella beauty in 2009 after a violent bust-up, hit back with an offensive comment about Raz-B's past, when the singer claimed to have been the victim of sexual assault during his time in B2K, writing, "Tell me this... Why when the money was coming in u won't complaining (sic) about getting bu**plugged!" The barbs escalated, with Raz-B, real name De'Mario Thornton, accusing Brown of being a "homophobe" - an allegation the singer swiftly denied.
Brown has since apologised to his fellow chart star for his remarks and Raz-B has now admitted his own remorse over the exchange. He tells TMZ.com, "I want to publicly apologise for my direct attacks done out of anger. This is now about taking the right approach, so not only my story can be heard, but so someone learns something valuable. "Standing up for yourself does not mean yelling or victimising others and I sincerely apologise for that. I was told that 'you can't hear my message if I'm screaming.'"
In this clip, Raz B explains that his mother was physically abused by his father -- who's now in jail serving 25 to life -- and believes that violence and abuse, whether physical or verbal, are unacceptable for everyone, including himself. He emphatically states, "Rihanna is a beautiful woman."
Ricky Romance reveals that initially, Raz B was only tweeting Rihanna -- not Chris Brown -- but the singer reacted way too much considering that he was not the one to whom any comments were directed. Ricky recommends additional anger management classes, because "he's a talented dude" ... and presumably shouldn't squander his energy in negativity or risk further incrimination with the law. Romance adds that Omarian made some "low blows" in the form of negative comments, but then wisely retracted. At any rate, it looks like everyone's apologized now, so hopefully peace, peace, peace profound can consume us all.
In the words of the great Mr. King: "Can't we just all get along?"