Fabolous plays Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida on April 16, 2017. Credit: Anthony Martino

Chris Brown plays Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida on April 16, 2017. Credit: Anthony Martino

The shitty part about Chris Brown’s eventful night in downtown Tampa’s Channel district is that it distracts from the fact that he brought an impressive slate of openers to warm up Amalie Arena on Easter Sunday.

Anthony Martino was there to point his lens at sets by Kap G, OT Genasis and Mr. F-A-B-O-L-O-U-S. He also got pics of Brown, the embattled domestic abuser who likes to sing every now and then. Have a look below.

Fabolous plays Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida on April 16, 2017. Credit: Anthony Martino

Fabolous plays Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida on April 16, 2017. Credit: Anthony Martino

O.T. Genasis plays Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida on April 16, 2017. Credit: Anthony Martino

Fabolous plays Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida on April 16, 2017. Credit: Anthony Martino

O.T. Genasis plays Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida on April 16, 2017. Credit: Anthony Martino

Fabolous plays Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida on April 16, 2017. Credit: Anthony Martino

Chris Brown plays Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida on April 16, 2017. Credit: Anthony Martino

O.T. Genasis plays Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida on April 16, 2017. Credit: Anthony Martino

O.T. Genasis plays Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida on April 16, 2017. Credit: Anthony Martino

Chris Brown plays Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida on April 16, 2017. Credit: Anthony Martino

O.T. Genasis plays Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida on April 16, 2017. Credit: Anthony Martino

Chris Brown plays Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida on April 16, 2017. Credit: Anthony Martino

Kap G plays Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida on April 16, 2017. Credit: Anthony Martino

Chris Brown plays Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida on April 16, 2017. Credit: Anthony Martino

Kap G plays Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida on April 16, 2017. Credit: Anthony Martino

Chris Brown plays Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida on April 16, 2017. Credit: Anthony Martino

Yo Gotti plays Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida on April 16, 2017. Credit: Anthony Martino

Chris Brown plays Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida on April 16, 2017. Credit: Anthony Martino

Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida on April 16, 2017. Credit: Anthony Martino

Yo Gotti plays Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida on April 16, 2017. Credit: Anthony Martino

Chris Brown plays Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida on April 16, 2017. Credit: Anthony Martino

Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief...