YEAH, IT’S NOT A RED CARPET EVENT – Singer Chris Brown was all smiles and waves to a camera crew filming his first day of community service.

Brown was sentenced to 180 days of labor and five years of probation after an “incident” with his former girlfriend, R & B singer, Rihanna (the incident being he beat her up – bad).

Richmond, Virginia police provided extra officers to supervise the star as he spent the day clearing weeds, brush and trash from the police horse stables. But take heart, taxpayers, Brown will be picking up the tab for the cost of the extra security.