Dream Speaks On Producing Rihanna & Chris Brown's "Birthday Cake" Remix

The-Dream says that "it's just music" and that he didn't get caught up in the controversy.

The Hip Hop world was shaken when Rihanna and Chris Brown reunited earlier this week on remixes to "Birthday Cake"  and "Turn Up the Music,"  their first collaborations since their domestic violence incident in 2009. Speaking with Billboard.com, Terius Nash, who crafted "Birthday Cake," explained that the remixes were Ri's idea and that it wasn't about the controversy to him - it was about the product.

"For me, it's just music -- two talented people doing a record together, doing two records together, and that's what it was," he said. "It wasn't about an incident that happened. The true thing really is to forgive, and… you want to believe in people."

The-Dream explained that Ri came up with the idea, and that the song was only completed a week ago. "It was Rih's idea," he said. "Not only do we work together, but [Rihanna] is a friend of mine. And it's like, 'You wanna do something? Then cool, let's do it.' I don't know how she got the logistics and how it happened -- maybe she'll talk about it one day. I showed up at the studio, and it was like, 'All right, cool, let's finish this record,' which we probably should have finished the first time we did it."

He continued by noting that the collaborations with Brown must have come about because of Ri's ability to forgive her ex-boyfriend for putting his hands on her in 2009. Because she was able to forgive him, The-Dream was fine with moving ahead with the collabos.

"I think [the topic] that should be more on the tongues is: how do we proclaim to be a nation of forgiving, and we go by all of these rules and everything, but we can't actually do it?... It actually makes you look weaker than your adversary -- if you don't have the power to forgive, but you lie and say that you did... Because this is about her... If she can forgive, that's where she is mentally. As a friend, it's like, 'Okay, cool. Let's roll.'"

Lil Wayne, Rihanna Lead AMA Noms

The nominees for the American Music Awards were announced yesterday at a ceremony in Los Angeles. With rappers Nicki Minaj and Pitbull serving as hosts, the list of the artists nominated for AMAs was shared and Lil Wayne and Rihanna were among the leaders in urban music.

Wayne and Rihanna both netted three nominations, along with two each for Kanye West, Nicki MInaj, Chris Brown and Beyonce.

Adele leads all nominees.

Rihanna Supports Chris Brown

Rihanna says that she's in support of her ex-boyfriend Chris Brown and his resurgent music career. The pop star famously split from Brown after the two were involved in a domestic violence dispute in 2009 that led to Brown being put on probation and Rihanna filing a restraining order.

But now, Rih-Rih says the bitterness has passed.

"It's incredible to see how he pulled out of it the way he did," she says. "Even when the world seemed like it was against him, you know? I really like the music he's putting out. I'm a fan of his stuff. I've always been a fan. Obviously, I had some resentment toward him for a while, for obvious reasons. But I've put that behind me. It was taking up too much of my time. It was too much anger. I'm really excited to see the breakthrough he's had in his career. I would never wish anything horrible for him. Never. I never have."