Chris Brown and James DeBarge Have Been Collaborating Behind Bars

Whatโ€™s a better way to spend your time behind bars than making music? Apparently Chris Brown and James DeBarge have something in common besides being able to sing. Theyโ€™re both currently locked up in Los Angeles County Jail and are right next to each other in separate cells. Suggested Reading Spades? What Diddy Will Be…

Whatโ€™s a better way to spend your time behind bars than making music? Apparently Chris Brown and James DeBarge have something in common besides being able to sing. Theyโ€™re both currently locked up in Los Angeles County Jail and are right next to each other in separate cells.

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According to TMZ, both singers are being housed in a segregated unit for high-profile inmates and have been collaborating on music. Not only is it alleged that theyโ€™ve already written songs, but theyโ€™ve also made the halls of the jails a little bit merrier with their singing.

Brown is currently behind bars for a probation violation after being thrown out of a Malibu rehab facility. DeBarge, who was married to Janet Jackson in 1984 and was a member of DeBarge, is currently being held on drug possession and assault with a deadly weapon charges.

Whatโ€™s also interesting is that even though the inmates canโ€™t see each other, everyone housed in the unit has been joining in on their singalongs. I guess when you have nothing but time on your hands, a little jailhouse rock can make the days go by a lot faster.ย 

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