The tragic story life of Chris Brown part 1

News24xx.com -  Make no mistake, singer Chris Brown has a lot of issues, and he's responsible for his own behavior, especially in light of the recent domestic violence allegations lobbed by his ex-girlfriend, Karrueche Tran.

Brown is an adult. He has agency, and ultimately, he has accountability for his legal problems, career setbacks, and personal troubles.

That said, when you examine the R&B star's past, it's not entirely surprising that his behavior would manifest this way.

Brown's parents separated when he was 7 years old and, according to a 2007 interview in Giant magazine (via Jezebel), his mom remarried and moved Brown into a trailer with her and her second husband.

Brown's stepfather reportedly attempted suicide by shooting himself. He survived but was blinded. In his interview with Giant (via Today), Brown opened up about the abuse he witnessed growing up at the hands of his stepfather.

He says he told his mother at the time, "I just want you to know that I love you, but I'm gonna take a baseball bat one day while you [are] at work, and I'm gonna kill him." Brown explained, "He used to hit my mom…He made me terrified all the time, terrified like I had to pee on myself. I remember one night he made her nose bleed. I was crying and thinking, 'I'm just gonna go crazy on him one day.' I hate him to this day."

Brown said the abuse he endured growing up drove him to be more respectful towards women. Before his 2009 assault on then-girlfriend Rihanna, Brown told Tyra Banks on Tyra, "[The abuse] affected me…especially towards women, I treat them differently. I don't want to go through the same thing or put a woman through the same thing that [my stepfather] put my mom through."

"For the most part, it's changed me because now that I got older, I've realized how to overcome stuff…but I was always scared and timid when I was young," Brown said. "I used to be so scared, I used to pee in the bed! I think it was me being nervous and scared to get up." He added, "My mom used to try to hide it from me and my sister, but we knew what was going on…" He said he kept Bible under his pillow and tried to talk to his mother about the abuse "all the time…but when a woman's in love, you don't look at it like that."

Before the Grammy Awards in February 2009, Brown and Rihanna suddenly canceled each of their appearances at the show. News later broke that Brown had reportedly assaulted Rihanna before the event. The "Umbrella" singer was hospitalized, and the details were grim: punching, biting, choking. Photos of Rihanna's injuries were leaked to the press.

Brown was dropped from several endorsement deals, apologized for what transpired, and said he was receiving counseling. In April 2009, he pleaded not guilty to felony assault, but by June of that year, he'd struck a plea deal and was sentenced to 180 days of community service. Brown expressed frustration at retailers for allegedly not stocking his albums, and he postponed a European tour when the UK refused to grant him a visa.

Rihanna later told Diane Sawyer on 20/20, "It wasn't the same person that says I love you. It was not those…eyes…He had…no soul in his eyes. Just blank…He was clearly blacked out. There was no person when I looked at him."

Perhaps because of his past, when Brown assaulted Rihanna, she still felt like he was a victim too. "I was that girl. That girl who felt that as much pain as this relationship is, maybe some people are built stronger than others," she told Vanity Fair in October 2015.

Brown may not have actually quit using substances when he says he did. In November 2015, TMZ reported that Brown's loved ones were concerned that he may be addicted to sizzurp (a concoction made from codeine cough syrup and soda) and drinking it around his daughter, Royalty. In January 2016, Brown's baby mama, Nia Guzman, accused him of putting their daughter at risk of asthma by allegedly smoking marijuana around Royalty. Guzman also expressed concerns about Brown allegedly using sizzurp.

In May 2016, Brown and his crew were kicked off a private jet for allegedly smoking enough marijuana before the plane even took off to make the entire aircraft reek of weed.