Chris Brown has defended his meet and greet packages after their alleged $1,000 price tag caused a stir on social media.
Breezy took to his Instagram Stories on Monday (August 1) to justify the VIP passes and the type of photos he takes with fans, while calling out other artists for not taking the time to meet their supporters.
“PSA!!! WHEN ARTIST (EVERYONE) DO CONCERTS, they all have something called a VIP PACKAGE,” he said. “I HAVENT DONE MEET AND GREETS IN OVER 7 YEARS… I HAVE THE COOLEST FANS ON THE PLANET .. I APPRECIATE THE FUCK OUTTA THEM. THESE ARE MEMORIES THAT WILL LAST WITH THEM FOREVER.”
He continued: “UNLIKE MOST OF THESE LAME ASS ARTIST THAT WONT MAKE EYE CONTACT WITH THE PEOPLE WHO MADE IT POSSIBLE TO EVEN HAVE A CAREER. I ONLY EXIST BECAUSE THESE FANS SAW SOMETHING IN ME I NEVER THOUGHT WAS POSSIBLE.. SO IMA GO ALL OUT FOR MY FANS !!!!”
Chris Brown speaks on his VIP meet & greet package ? pic.twitter.com/qwhtLFwybe
— HipHopDX (@HipHopDX) August 2, 2022
Chris Brown is currently touring North America alongside Lil Baby on their One of Them Ones Tour, with upcoming shows still to come in Chicago, Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, Phoenix, Los Angeles, Las Vegas and more cities.
BLEU is supporting them on the road and recently came to Breezy’s defence over the price tag of his meet and greets.
“1000$ for a life long memory/moment ain’t bad,” BLEU tweeted in July. “Y’all ain’t gone have no memories when y’all get old only thing y’all gone remember is paying bills.”
1000$ for a life long memory/moment ain’t bad . Y’all ain’t gone have no memories when y’all get old only thing y’all gone remember is paying bills ? https://t.co/nf7RP9ZpCp
— BLEU (@_YungBleu) July 21, 2022
They selling Chris Brown meet & greet passes for $1,000.. yall think it’s worth it? pic.twitter.com/JwNgCwW7EQ
— DJ Kam Bennett (@KameronBennett) July 20, 2022
Despite years of experience on the road, Chris Brown admitted he still gets nervous about performing and struggles to sleep thinking about going on stage.
“I still get nervous,” he said. “I’m anxious about it, I have sleepless nights. I’m thinking of ideas. Because it’s the excitement, it’s adrenaline, it’s like a give and take. If you don’t understand that… you know energy, you can feel energy.”
He added: “Like, when I get in work mode or thinking about it, I’m also just putting it in my mind, ‘How are the fans gonna perceive this?’ And say you know what, ‘I didn’t waste my money coming to this muthafucka. I actually had a good time,’ you know what I’m saying? So there’s a lot that goes into that. I just don’t plot it out and say, ‘Look, we have to do this.’ But it’s something internally that I work on.”