It's not a competition! Chris Brown outshines Fabolous with his muscular chest as he makes shirtless guest appearance in Ready music video

By Leah Simpson

PUBLISHED: 21:38 EST, 10 April 2013 | UPDATED: 07:19 EST, 11 April 2013

His on-off girlfriend has been parading her slender figure online at every opportunity recently.

And Chris Brown appears to be equally as vain as Rihanna in a new music video.

The 23-year-old flaunts his bare muscular chest as he promotes his part in Fabolous’ latest track titled Ready.

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Ripped abs: Chris Brown appears without a shirt in the new music video for Ready

The singer contributes his dulcet tones to the tune about a man changing his ways for the right girl.

Chris doesn’t hesitate about getting his top off and dons only a dark open sheer jacket in a scene where he sings to camera, flaunting his six-pack stomach and of course the many tattoos all over his front.

The star draws further attention to his sculpted form by draping his body in gold necklaces, for the track which comes from Fabolous’ album Loso Way 2: Rise To Power.

Body artwork: The singer belts out the track showing off his inked chest

Competing for attention: Chris collaborates with Fabolous for the track

In the shadows: The 35-year-old covered his upper body with a leather top

Chris Brown shirtless in new video

Meanwhile his collaborator conceals his upper body by fashioning a leather top and also is styled in chains like Chris.

Oddly enough, the 35-year-old lyricist – whose real name is John Jackson – rocks sunshades over his eyes despite filming in a very dark room.

The storyline of the short film sees the men on vacation in the Dominican Republic where a beautiful lady is the subject of their attention.

Covered up: Chris appears in a sleeveless white shift for one scene with a view of the landscape in the distance

Cool shades: The star keeps his sunglasses on for most of the video

Besotted beauty: Fabolous woos a hotel room maid in the storyline to accompany the tune

Exotic location: The video is filmed in the Dominican Republic

Ride with me: The musician takes his girl to see the sights

Fabolous embarks on various antics inside his hotel with a maid while Chris croons with the beautiful blue skies in the background, smartly dressed in a sleeveless shirt fastened up to the top button.

Chris’ partner singer Rihanna was filming a music video on Wednesday when she shared playful snaps of herself with model Amber Rose via her Instagram account.

The 25-year-old – who is no stranger to the popular ‘selfie’ image on her various social networking platforms posed next to the fiancée of rapper Wiz Khalifa after she gave birth to their son Sebastian in February.