His records may have gone platinum, but singer Chris Brown was wearing fluorescent orange to pull weeds. The disgraced 20 year old RnB star began serving 180 days of community labor at a police horse stable for beating up his ex-girlfriend Rihanna. Brown wore a red cap, work gloves and a fluorscent orange vest over a white 'wife-beater' t-shirt - in contrast to the designer suits he's accustomed to.

The California judge who sentenced Brown in August granted his request to do his community labor near his home in Richmond after receiving assurances from Virginia officials that he would be doing hard work. Brown's schedule will be flexible and include assignments like washing government cars, picking up trash and cleaning up graffiti. Besides doing roadside work, Brown also must undergo a year of domestic violence counseling.

The singer pleaded guilty in June to felony assault stemming from an incident in February in which he hit, choked and threatened to kill Rihanna after leaving a pre-Grammy Awards party in LA.

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