Chris Brown's daughter Royalty pictured for the first time as hermother takes baby to visit him on tour bus

She's just nine months old, but Chris Brown's daughter Royalty got the VIP treatment as she visited her father on Monday.

With the controversial rapper performing in Houston for the night, he fitted in a private pre-show meeting with his infant and her mother and older sister.

Royalty was pictured for the first time being carried by one of Brown's assistants as the group boarded Brown's tour bus, after earlier being picked up from a nearby hotel.

She's Royalty: Chris Brown's infant daughter is carried onto his tour bus by an assistant before the hip hop star performed a gig in Houston, Texas on Monday.

The big occasion saw the toddler dressed in yellow pants, a floral sweater and a mini pair of colourful Nike trainers. Tiny gold studs could be seen in her ears, while a gold bracelet hung on her wrist.

Her model mother Nia Amey, 31, showed her post-baby body in a blue and white floral dress as she carried a baby blanket and a bottle of milk inside.

With a sign in the bus' window clearly stating that no shoes were to be worn, the petite former nursing student had removed her sky high heels, replacing them with some unflattering pool sliders.

Nia's 13-year-old daughter, whose father filed for divorce after 11 years upon hearing of the pregnancy, helpfully carried a large bag packed with baby gear.

While Chris and Nia have been friends for years, both were apparently surprised to discover he had fathered her child.

Indeed when Nia celebrated her baby shower last year a man named Brazil, who was then thought to be the father, was among the guests. 

However a DNA test later established that Chris was the lucky man, and he is said to have embraced his new role.

What a cutie: The big occasion saw the toddler dressed in yellow pants, a floral sweater and a mini pair of colourful Nike trainers; tiny gold studs could be seen in her ears, while a gold bracelet hung on her wrist.

Since learning he fathered a child, the Loyal singer 'calls Nia regularly and now says he wants to openly participate in raising the baby.'

Nia and Chris kept his parentage of the child secret at first, with the 25-year-old not even telling his long-term girlfriend Karrueche Tran.

Indeed she was blindsided by the news - responding to it by publicly dumping her on/off partner of five years with the words: 'One can only take so much.

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It can't have helped that Nia was a friend of Karrueche's, with the two once pictured partying with Chris.

After news broke of Royalty's parentage, Brown was said to have furiously accused Nia of leaking stories to the press.

But Nia's tour bus visit makes it appear that any animosity between the pair has been resolved.

Old pals: The Ayo singer was pictured in this Instagram photo, partying in Sin City in May 2013 with both Nia and Karrueche and a bunch of other bikini clad women.