BORN AS CHRISTOPHER BROWN ON MAY 5, 1989 IN TAPPOHANNOCK, VA (POPULATION OF 2,000), CHRIS BROWN HAS BEEN DRAWN TO MUSIC SINCE HIS CHILDHOOD. HE WAS INFLUENCED BY MICHEAL JACKSON, STEVIE WONDER, ARETHA FRANIKLAND, ANITA BAKER, SAM COOKE, AND DONNIE HATHAWAY. LIKE MOST YOUNG MEN IN HIS GENERATION, HE WANTED TO BE A RAP ARTIST, AS YOU CAN SEE HE DIDN’T BECOME ONE. AT THE AGE OF 11 OR 12 HIS MOTHER, JOYCE HAWKINS, NOTICED HIS WONDERFUL VOICE WHILE HE WAS SINGING AROUND THEIR HOUSE. . MS. HAWKINS STARTED TAKIN CHRIS TO LOCAL PRODUCERS AT THE AGE OF 13.-K3WT33_BRIDG3S AS WE ALL SEE CHRIS BROWN IS ONE OF THE BEST RNB SINGERS EVER BORN.