Chris Brown says prison for beating Rihanna was a " warning "   Chris Brown , 24, received probation after assaulting his then-girlfriend Rihanna in 2009 , and stressed that the incident meant that he had to get away quickly image of '' wild '' . He told The Guardian : '' probably was the most alert. I had to stop acting like a teenager, a madman , a young wild '' . The singer of Do not Wake Me Up confessed that '' learned '' from the consequences of aggression and had become '' more than a mature adult '' due situations that had to  deal in the following years . Asked if he thought one little teenager '' ,'' Brown replied : '' No, not at all.  Why you may ask for all the girlfriends I had before , and there was never a violent history .'' He added: " at the same time I learned about it, and it was almost like ... I would not say that it happened for a reason , but it was something to awaken my mind to be more than a mature adult .'' The singer recently gave signs that give up artistic career , since he was tired of reading news on the continuing aggression. At the time , he claimed that the public was very attached to his private life to pay attention to your tunes . '' Do not worry, the U.S., the 'X' will probably be my last album . Being famous is amazing when it is for his music and talent . I'm tired of being famous for a mistake I made at 18. I'm fine and I'm over it ! '' , Posted on occasion. However , shortly after he appeared to have changed his mind when tweeted : '' one thing you can not do is more music than I do. I am a robot in the cabin . Limiting yourself is the worst thing you can do . The party never stops , so the show must go on . '' In August this year , the singer was sentenced to more than a thousand hours of community service , for his probation for domestic violence to the singer .