Yanking out weeds and clearing debris, this is Chris Brown on the first day of his community punishment for attacking ex-girlfriend Rihanna.
Using his hands and garden tools the 20-year-old R&B star cleaned up rubbish at police horse stables alongside two other crooks.
Many thought he should have been locked up for the vicious assault on Rihanna. But the closest he got to being behind bars was when he lugged a huge metal gate away from the site.
Dressed in an orange high visibility vest, white top, baggy jeans and red baseball cap, Brown waved to a few fans who turned up to watch him grafting as part of his 180-hour community order in Richmond, Virginia.
His schedule, including work hours and days, will be flexible, and he will be performing different types of manual labour, according to Richmond police spokesman Gene Lepley. He said officers would not be releasing details of where the singer would be sent each day, fearing security problems.
Brown took along a bodyguard at his own cost, but did not need him.
He was sentenced last month to five years' probation, six months of community labour and a year of domestic violence counselling for February's attack on Rihanna in California.
The pictures of Brown working come as the singer admitted to be pining for his ex-girlfriend on Twitter. He said: "My heart is incomplete...I'm missing someone or something."
He then posted a link to a video for his song Changed Man, which shows him with Rihanna.
But the 21-year-old singer showed no signs of missing her ex and yesterday was out and about in New York in a see-through black top.
And earlier this week she also partied at the MTV Awards.
Vanessa Hudgens, who recently turned 21, was seen cruising around Burbank, California on December 18. 
Meanwhile, Vanessa is lined up for EckoRed promotional duties at Universal CityWalk on December 20 at the Skechers store. She’ll be signing for the first 300 guests only from 1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
