Chris Brown for GQ Middle East

Watch GQ&A: In Conversation With Chris Brown on Dubai, Sneakers and Guilty Pleasures

American R&B legend, Chris Brown spent the last couple of months in the region – friends, family, backup dancers in tow – as he prepped for a triple threat performance across the UAE and Saudi Arabia. 

He took to the stage at Etihad Park in November as part of the Yasalam After Race Concert at the Formula 1 in Abu Dhabi, followed by a performance at MDLBeast’s Soundstorm music festival in Riyadh in December and Dubai’s Coca-Cola Arena gig the same month. 

It was during his stay in Dubai that GQ Middle East caught up with the artist just before his final performance of the year where he discussed Dubai, ultimate go-to sneakers and his guilty pleasures…