Claim: Chris Brown collaborated with a rapper.

`` Beautiful People '' is a song by American singer Chris Brown featuring Italian DJ Benny Benassi , released as the third single from Brown 's fourth studio album F.A.M.E. on March 11 , 2011 . It was written by Brown , Jean Baptiste , Marco Benassi and Allessandro Benassi , and was produced by the latter two . Musically , `` Beautiful People '' is an uptempo song which draws from the genres of electro house , dancehall and Europop , and contains influences of R&B . The song 's lyrics revolve around Brown encouraging `` everyone on the dance floor to keep their heads up and discover the beauty inside . ''   In the United States , the song peaked at number forty-three on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number one on the US Hot Dance Club Songs chart . It reached the top ten in Australia , Ireland , New Zealand and the United Kingdom , and the top twenty in Belgium and Denmark . The accompanying music video was released on March 22 , 2011 , and features personal footage of Brown 's everyday life . The video also features appearances from several of Brown 's famous friends , including Diddy , Bow Wow , T-Pain , Nelly , Timbaland , among others . Brown promoted the song with live performances on Dancing with the Stars -LRB- U.S. -RRB- , the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards , and the 54th Grammy Awards . It was also included on the set list of his 2011 F.A.M.E. Tour .