SOURCE: RIHANNA ADMITS CHRIS BROWN BEAT HER UP BEFORE!

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The savage beating Rihanna allegedly suffered at the hands of Chris Brown isn’t the first time the baby-faced R&B star has given her a black eye, the pop princess has told friends.

The ENQUIRER has learned exclusively that the "Umbrella" singer used makeup to cover up a bruised eye last summer, and confessed to pals that 19-year-old Brown had punched her.

Asked why she stayed with him, Rihanna told her friends: “When he hurts me, he’s a beast, but then he turns into my angel!”

The Barbados-born beauty made the shocking admission seven months before the infamous beating she took inside Chris’s rented sports car.

According to LAPD detectives notes from a search warrant in the case obtained by FOX 11 in L.A., that night Rihanna read a three-page text message on Chris’ cell phone from another woman. The couple argued and Chris tried to force RiRi out of the car but she was wearing a seatbelt.

Chris allegedly shoved Rihanna into the passenger window, punched her, bit her and threatened to kill her.

The L.A. County District Attorney is expected to decide Thursday whether to charge Chris.