of chris brown begins community service for beating rihanna

Chris Brown begins community service sentence for beating Rihanna with stable work in Richmond: Chris Brown begins serving 180 days of community labor. He was photographed picking up trash.

His records have gone platinum, but Wednesday, singer Chris Brown was wearing fluorescent orange to pull weeds.

The disgraced 20-year-old R&B star began serving 180 days of community labor at a Virginia police-horse stable for beating up his ex-girlfriend Rihanna.

Brown donned 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.

'Check out my outfit,' Brown said in an afternoon Internet 'tweet' that included a picture of himself in his work duds.