Rihanna says Chris Brown assault liberated her!

Rihanna has revealed that ex-boyfriend Chris Brown's assault on the popstar in 2009 gave her music a new edge.
The bajan singer was left battered and bruised when the 21-year-old attacked her before the Grammy Awards.
Talking to Vogue, she said: "It actually gave me a lot of liberation. I was able to tap into the personal part of my music. I started to tell stories through my music that were actually my stories.
"My album before that, there was still a little bit of protection, there was still an innocence to me. And what that time in my life did was kind of wake people up - it's not all a bed of roses. My life is like yours."
The 23-year-old said that the experience made her a stronger person.
She added: "It made me look at the world in a much bigger way because my life was suddenly super-duper magnified - all eyes were on me. I needed that in my life to know how to say, 'F**k off!' 
"To know how to keep my head high even in the worst of situations. I keep using the word unapologetic, but there's a freedom that has come with all of that. Where you feel like you don't have to make an excuse for being yourself."