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Rapper The Game had his friend Chris Brown's back when he was asked on The Howard Stern Show about what he thought of the R&B star's domestic abuse history with on-again, off-again girlfriend Rihanna. The rapper attempted to downplay the 2009 incident where Brown beat up Rihanna so bad she was hospitalized, referring to the dispute as "one of those Hollywood mishaps."

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"I did the best that I could ... counsel him through that," The Game said, speaking to Brown, 23, and Rihanna's domestic dispute the night before the '09 Grammy Awards. Referring to the singer as a "little brother," the rapper added, "I feel like he made it back okay, and they're back together. What I thought of it, I just figured they were young and that was just one of those Hollywood mishaps. I don't think it'll happen again."

However, when Stern's co-host Robin Quivers asked The Game what he would have done if Brown had abused his own daughter, the rapper responded, "Uhh, let's not paint that picture. That's Howard talking. You're trying to get me to kill Chris Brown, it's not going to happen Howard. That was pretty clever, though."

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