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Chris does his time for Rihanna beating

Talk about cleaning up your act.

The roads in Virginia are a whole lot cleaner today — thanks to Chris Brown.

The 20-year-old R&B crooner officially began his 180 days of community service in his hometown of Richmond with a little roadside cleanup.

The slap-happy crooner was ordered last month by a California judge to serve six months of labor as part of a plea-bargain sentence for brutally assaulting her after a pre-Grammy party in February.

Brown is also prohibited from having any contact with his former girlfriend Rihanna until 2014.

Photos released today show Brown picking up trash in a wooded area closely watched by armed officers. He also cleaned up some police horse stables before calling it a day.