Rihanna rebels against Roc Nation after her team tells her to stay away from Chris Brown

Rihanna is on a rebellious streak and has warned her management team she wont be kept apart from ex Chris Brown or be held back by their rules.

Management firm Roc Nation, owned by Jay-Z, advised the pop superstar to stay far from Brown, but sources tell us shes defied their orders, after putting Browns voice on her suggestive song Birthday Cake, then tweeting about Brown and his girlfriend Karrueche Tran.

Her management banned her from reuniting with Chris, but she said shell do whatever the hell she wants to, said a source, adding, Rihanna is rebelling. She says they have been working her too hard and she wants some time to herself. They fear shell secretly record an album with Brown, just to defy them.

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But another source said: Rihanna never takes time off. Shes got tons of work lined up, including movie projects.

In Elles May cover story, Rihanna says of any backlash over a re-association with Brown: People end up wasting their time on the blogs ranting away, and thats all right . . . Because tomorrow Im still going to be the same person. Im still going to do what I want to do.

She says following the fallout from Brown assaulting her, she was given an opportunity to express herself more openly: That was my opening . . . one less skeleton in the closet, one less burden, one less secret; now you know that, so you can say what you want . . . I dont have anything to hide.

Rihanna also talks about the thrill of risk-taking, which she did by swimming with sharks (literally) in Hawaii for her film debut Battleship. When you know you like a guy, or when youve been in love . . . Thats the same feeling you have swimming with sharks, she tells Elle. Thats the same feeling you have when doing anything daring, risky, ! spontane ous, or unpredictable. I think having those butterflies is the closest thing to being in love . . . And when you play it safe, you dont feel anything at all.