Chris Brown took a momentary break from his cryptic Twitter war with Rihanna to shoot a music video today.

Chris and company crowded a Compton rooftop to film a video for a tribute single to Aaliyah, while fans and passerby alike swarmed to the scene in high numbers. Coincidentally, his rival (and bar brawl partner) Drake has written multiple songs in the late singer's memory. He's also tattooed a portrait of her face on his back.

The R&B bad boy is currently in hot water with his Hollywood Hills neighbors for painting eight-foot tall, brightly colored monsters on a wall along the side of his home. They should be happy he's not shooting a music video on his rooftop.

Chris Brown and a pal with an equally bad dye job partied at Greystone Manor on Sunday night, and the R&B bad boy was also joined by on-again/off-again lover Karrueche Tran! At this point we have to wonder if he's just doing this to annoy Rihanna, especially since their bitter Twitter feud is still raging on.

Over the weekend RiRi tweeted a sexy photo of herself and wrote, "Got a thang for a King, but chu ain't a King!!!" and the day before that Chris wrote on the social media site, "She’s not mine if she’s everybody else’s." Ouch! Chris' tweet has since been deleted, but we're sure Rihanna saw it. Would she really taken him back after all this?

My how things change so quickly!

On and off again couple Rihanna and Chris Brown, who have went their separate ways once again, took some passive aggressive shots at each other via Twitter over the week.

Rihanna kicked things off when she posted a picture on her Instagram account stating, "If I drop all my hoes for you and we still don't work out you owe me some hoes." Really now!

Chris couldn't help but retaliate when he tweeted, "She's not mine if she's everybody elses."

The former couple's Twitter war comes fresh off the heels of reports claiming Rihanna was partying with her ex, New York Knicks star J.R. Smith while Chris has been linking up with his ex Karreuche Tran.

Things could get interesting if this continues!

That's an interesting way to explain things!

Chris Brown put the speculation to rest and confirmed that his relationship with Rihanna is once again dunzo during an interview on The Kyle and Jackie Show, and the bad boy singer offered a good explanation as to why they called it quits!

"Imma do it solo. I mean, at the end of the day, shawty doing her own thang, she on the road. It's always gonna be love. I'm a grown man, just gotta fast forward," he revealed.

The "Don't Wake Me Up" crooner blames personal and professional commitments for his inability to dedicate himself to the Barbadian beauty.

"I'm always gonna love that person. I can't be focused on wife-ing someone that young. I need to be the best Chris Brown I can be," he added.

"Wife-ing" is a new term we haven't heard before!

It's probably a good thing for RiRi to be "doing her thang", because CB partied with none other than ex-girlfriend Karrueche Tran just last Friday!

Chris Brown partied with a bevy of hotties and with ex-girlfriend Karrueche Tran Friday night at Hollywood hotspot Emerson, celebrating his 23rd birthday with a party sponsored by ZING Vodka and Black Pyramid.

While on-again-off-again lover, Rihanna, is in New York for the Met Gala this Monday and for performances on her Diamonds tour, Chris partied it up in LA and X17 has the EXCLUSIVE pix from inside the club as Mr. Brown enjoyed the evening, surrounded by women.

While the cat's away ...

But why does he look like we just caught him doing something he's not supposed to be doing? And what do his neighbors think about the massive mural that can be seen from the street?

On Wednesday Chris Brown and some pals busted out paint and assorted art supplies and worked on an exterior wall of his Los Angeles pad, and the 23-year-old R&B bad boy may have named one of his albums Graffiti, but as it turns out, he's actually a pretty talented artist!

Case in point: Last month Chris put his skills to work on a wall in Miami, and he posted the pic below when he was all done:

Pretty impressive! Think he'll ever do an art show?

Another day, another fancy car for Chris Brown!

Chris was snapped at SupperClub on Tuesday night, and the R&B bad boy showed off his brand new custom Lamborghini, which some sites estimate to cost around $500,000, though that does seem a bit steep for such an obnoxiously painted vehicle!

Chris previously had a custom Lambo styled after an F-86 fighter jet, and we've also spotted him in a black Porsche, a red Ferrari, a red Lambo and a black Viper, among other whips. We simply cannot keep up with his luxury rides!

This is getting ridiculous! Sometimes we think they're doing this just to screw with us...

Rihanna and Chris Brown went shopping at Wild Style by Joyrich in West Hollywood yesterday, and they made no attempt to fly under the radar. In fact, RiRi seems to be rubbing their reunion in everyone's face as she Instagrammed the above photo and wrote, "This sh*t look like a toupee," referencing lyrics from Brown's 2010 hit "Look At Me Now." (Rihanna also snapped another shot of herself and added, "Yellow model chick in my yellow ass dress with my yellow n***a X.")

Despite recent reports that Chris was getting cozy with not one but two unidentified blonde girls earlier this month, a source tells Us Weekly they're still together, but have been fighting a lot. "Every second it's a blow-up and then full on in love," the source says. "She's touring and working her [butt] off, and he's working his off in the studio."

A few weeks ago Chris told Ryan Seacrest how "remorseful and sorry" he was for treating Rihanna so badly, then a few days later he said they weren't together anymore, and just a few days after that he told Matt Lauer that everything was "fine" with the two. Maybe they'll make it to the end of the month without splitting again?

In case you want to see Chris shirtless in his new video with Fabolous, click thru to watch!