in 2004 ,(idk what year, tht was just a guess lol) chris browns launch of "runit" was BIG, leading to the heap of publicity, he came from a famous to infamous star who started earning millions and millions of dollars. then came out the song "Wall to wall" which was even bigger thn "Run it".
Chris Brown was now very famous and lurved by many. This is how his career began to earn him heaps of money. Then he found Rihanna and they were a couple for quite some time, for now they are just friends.