By Molly Chance April 23, 2013 5:09 PM ET Follow @mollychance on Twitter | Google Chris Brown called into Charlotte, N.C. radio station Power 98 to promote his forthcoming album "X" and his plans to unite the world through music. Most interesting, however, is the "Turn Up the Music" singer's plans to cross genres. "When you put genres on music, you segregate it," Brown says. "I want to always be able to do any kind of music I want. When I get older I might want to do a country album. Next year, I ! might want to just do all hip-hop album or alternative album." Brown says he considers whether or not Michael jackson would like something, every time he decides what to do with his music. Chris says he wants to make songs that the whole world will like. "Just making sure that anything that goes down, showing my audience or showing people that have a creative mind that you can do anything you want," he explains. "It's just a

Following accusations of theft, will.i.am admitted to using Arty and Mat Zo's track "Rebound" for his own song "Let's Go" featuring Chris Brown. Arty slammed will.i.am via Twitter after hearing the jacked beat for the first time on YouTube. After a period of silence, the Black Eyed Peas member told KIIS FM, "Arty is a dope producer so I wrote this song to 'Rebound' this last year." he said, "I got in touch with Arty and showed it to him, did a different version to it 'cause I asked him [to] make it newer 'cause I don't just wanna take your song and rap over it," he said. "But in a year's time, time's gone by [and] we preferred writing over and using the [original] rebound. Something happened and the clearance ... hopefully we resolved the issue." Also read: Black Eyed Pea Sues Business Manager -- Claims Fraud It is unclear at this point whether the two artists have settled the dispute. Arty has clamm

Cousart-Rayne/JFXimages/WENN.com Will.I.Am has admitted that the track 'Let Go' taken from his new album '#willpower' breaches copyright but has claimed: We're fixing it. The Black-Eyed-Peas star explained that they are trying to fix the situation after admitting that the track which features Chris Brown does sample parts of the song 'Rebound' performed by Arty and Mat Zo. Will.I.Am Admits Copyright Breach On Chris Brown Collaboration Will.I.Am on the set of his new video #thatpower featuring Justin Bieber (Cousart-Rayne/JFX images/wenn.com) Speaking to Kiss FM, The Voice Judge said: I got in touch with Arty and showed it to him, did a different version to it 'cause I asked him to make it newer 'cause I don't just wanna take your song and rap over it. But we did that, we collaborated. But in a year's time, time's gone by and we preferred writing over and using the original rebound. Something happened and the clearence....hopefully we reso

(Getty Images) Chris Brown might have some difficulty finding acceptance in the country music community, but that doesn't mean he's not going to take a stab at it, someday. In a recent interview with Power 98, the R&B singer explained that he's above genres and that's why he might try his luck with the CMT crowd in the future. "Music is for everyone," Brown insisted. "When you put genres on music, you segregate it. I want to always be able to do any kind of music I want. When I get older I might want to do a country album. Next year, I might want to do [an] all hip-hop album or alternative album. Just making sure that anything that goes down, showing my audience or showing people that have a creative mind that you can do anything you want, it's just about believing and loving what you're doing in a positive way. Well, we can think of at least one person who wouldn't be down with Chris Brown's country album: Recording artist Miranda

Ivan Nikolov/WENN.com Chris Brown's recent reconciliation with Rihanna has not only boosted his personal life but sources say the Bajan songstress has given him the confidence to focus on his career. The 'Fine China' hitmaker, who is gearing up for the release of his new album 'X,' appears to be turning his life around following the 2009 assault on the 'Diamonds' singer, and their reconciliation is said to be the reason for his career boost. Rihanna Romance 'Giving Chris Brown Confidence To Focus On Career' Chris Brown is said to be feeling more "confident" thanks to Rihanna (Ivan Nikolov/WENN.com) Chris was definitely in a tough spot after the assault, a source told HollywoodLife.com. Butpatching things up with Rihanna really gave him the confidence to start focusing on his music again. Now his career is hotter than ever because he feels like he has her blessing to be a star again. The industry is definitely anticipating for him to make a

Rihanna has reportedly boosted Chris Brown's self-esteem and given him the confidence to try to win back all of his fans with a new body of music. The 25-year-old 'Stay' singer rekindled her relationship with the 23-year-old RB star last year, despite the fact he is still on probation for beating her in 2009, and has been hugely supportive as he tries to get his career back on track and prepares to release his new album 'X'. A source close to the 'Fine China' singer told HollywoodLife.com: 'Chris was definitely in a tough spot after the assault. But patching things up with Rihanna really gave him the confidence to start focusing on his music again. 'Now his career is hotter than ever because he feels like he has her blessing to be a star again. 'The industry is definitely anticipating for him to make a big impact with his new album coming out this summer.' Last month Chris admitted he is 'extremely grateful' that Rihanna was able to f

Home Rihanna Chris Brown Chris Brown Will Surprise Rihanna On Tour SplashNews Aww, how sweet! Even though Chris is super busy promoting singles off his newalbumX, he still wants to make an effort to spend some time with the love of hi! s life. A source close to Chris tells HollywoodLife.com EXCLUSIVELYthat the singer is planning on making asurprisevisit to see RiRi on tour really soon. Although Chris Brown , 23, has been on the road non-stop promoting the super hot singles from his album X ,hes feeling a little down in the dumps since he hasnt been able to connect with his love Rihanna lately. But thats not stopping this hip-hop hunk because Chris is planning asurprisevist for the love of his life while shes on her Diamonds World Tour, a source close to the Fine China singer tells HollywoodLife.com EXCLUSIVELY. Chris Browns Hectic Work Schedule Why Hes Missing Rihanna Its a cold, hard world out here in the music business and all Chris wants to do is be successful. But at the sa