 On February 8 , 2009 , Rihanna was reported to have been involved in an altercation with her boyfriend , Chris Brown . He allegedly punched Rihanna and threatened to kill her . Brown turned himself in to the police and pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault during the trial . August Brown called the murder ballad theme an apparent " warning " to Chris Brown and a response to his song " Deuces " ( 2010 ) , which denounces an ex @-@ lover . Kitty Empire of The Guardian wrote that Brown 's assault on Rihanna gives the song lyrical context , and sings it with a " bittersweet menace " tone . When asked by HipHopDX about how he reacted to listeners of the song saying that it condones violence , Sham dismissed the accusations : 
 On February 8 , 2009 , Rihanna was reported to <a href='been_done' title='1'><mark>have</mark></a> been involved in an altercation with her boyfriend , Chris Brown . He allegedly punched Rihanna and threatened to kill her . Brown turned himself in to the police and pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault during the trial . August Brown called the murder ballad theme an apparent " warning " to Chris Brown and a response to his song " Deuces " ( 2010 ) , which <a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>denounces</mark></a> an ex @-@ lover . Kitty Empire of The Guardian wrote that Brown <a href='null_genetive' title='3'><mark>'s</mark></a>assault on Rihanna <a href='uninflect' title='4'><mark>gives</mark></a> the song lyrical context , and <a href='uninflect' title='5'><mark>sings</mark></a> it with a " bittersweet menace " tone . When asked by HipHopDX about how he reacted to listeners of the song saying that it <a href='uninflect' title='6'><mark>condones</mark></a> violence , Sham dismissed the accusations : 
On February 8 , 2009 , Rihanna was reported to done been involved in an altercation with her boyfriend , Chris Brown . He allegedly punched Rihanna and threatened to kill her . Brown turned himself in to da police and pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault during the trial . August Brown called the murder ballad theme an apparent " warning " to Chris Brown and a response to his song " Deuces " ( 2010 ) , which denounce an ex @-@ lover . Kitty Empire of TdaGuardian wrote that Brown  assault on Rihanna give the song lyrical context , and sing it with a " bittersweet menace " tone . When asked by HipHopDX about how he reacted to listeners of the song saying that it condone violence , Sham dismissed thdaccusations :