Did you know that Chris Brown and Snoop Dogg are banned from entering Australia?

Snoop and Chris Brown. Photo: Courtesy

No sooner had news of Chris Brown’s concert in Mombasa been announced, than Kenyans got excited to welcome the R n’ B megastar with some even pledging part of their salaries for the Sh10,000 per person ticket. Women were even more excited, needless to say. The irony, according to someone who commented online, was lost on them.
“The same Kenyans who had demanded for Koffi Olomide’s deportation welcome Chris Brown so warmly despite his previous domestic violence records.”
Perhaps Kenya is rather flexible in regards to visa allowances and regulations for celebrities checking in for concerts, but the script reads different in countries like Japan, Australia, Britain and Canada – where Chris Brown has been banned before - and many other nations where bans are strictly enforced.

Chris Brown. Photo: Courtesy

Chris Brown
His assault on then celebrity girlfriend Rihanna left the world in shock with female activists across the world demanding for harsh punishment against him. Despite a fast rising career back then Chris encountered so much backlash that countries like Britain and Australia cancelled his concerts on account of his record.
“If you are going to commit domestic violence and you want to travel around the world there are going to be countries that say to you: ‘You cannot come”,” Australia’s minister for women said at the time.