Chris Brown Nude Photo and Photos of Rihanna Causing Major Pre-Album Release Drama

A nude photo and video of Chris Brown was leaked on the internet yesterday by the website WorldStarHipHop.com. The man in the photos and video is undoubtedly Chris Brown (he can be identified by his tattoos), but they're just the latest photos causing drama before his new album "F.A.M.E." hits store shelves on March 22nd.

The nude photos and video were reportedly leaked by an ex-girlfriend, and Chris Brown hasn't responded too negatively to all the attention they are getting online, simply tweeting, "WTF!!! Here we go!!!" before deciding to delete the tweet later.

Last week another photo of Chris Brown caused a stir on the web, but this one wasn't quite as scandalous. The singer posted a picture of himself with blonde hair on Twitter last Sunday, perhaps trying to drum up a little publicity for his album by trying out a new look. He is also sporting blonde hair in the nude photo and video, meaning that the relationship with the ex-girlfriend that leaked them couldn't have lasted very long at all.

Chris Brown also recently made headlines for another incident involving Twitter and photos when he responded to new leaked photos of his ex-girlfriend Rihanna on the web. Late last month disturbing photos of Rihanna's injuries taken after the 2009 altercation right before the Grammys when Brown badly beat her hit the web, and he just couldn't help responding to them by tweeting, "It's ironic how 'somebody' put this out right around my album time! Wow! I guess that's supposed to be strategic chess move. Unbelievable." These posts were also later removed from his Twitter page.

And Rihanna also seems to be unable to escape photo scandals of her own. In January nearly-nude photos of the singer hit the web, but Rihanna chose to respond to them as soon as she was questioned about them on Twitter. She confirmed that the photos were of her by making a lighthearted quip that they were taken "when I was skinny!" She previously dealt with a nude photo scandal in 2009.

So will Chris Brown's photo and video scandal negatively affect sales of "F.A.M.E.?" Well, he's weathered the media firestorm that followed the Rihanna beat down, so it's more likely that the leak will just help garner a little more interest in the album.