Rapper Fabolous, who recently released his new collaborated track, "Ready," (which features Chris Brown and off Fab's new album Loso's Way II), is defending his pal Breezy saying he's a good guy and discusses media scrutiny with PageSix.

Here's what he had to say:

"Brown is really a good guy but someone the public doesn’t understand. “I can’t wager my friendship on a public or media persona of him,”. “Those people who have bad reputations, of course you wouldn’t want to be around. But I don’t believe he’s a bad person. I believe, even if you’re looking at the situation with Rihanna, things happen and you move on.”

He then added:

“Whatever happened in the past is the past . . . even Rihanna’s moved on. The public has perceptions of people off of what they see, not what they know.”

The New York rapper believes while the city’s culture used to dictate the norm, “It’s not always in that light anymore. I have to still be able to represent New York . . . but make my music sound strong and relevant everywhere.”