In a cryptic message posted on photo-sharing website Instagram, singer Chris Brown said that while `it is easy to hate someone, it is difficult to love`.

The 26-year-old uploaded an image, which read: "It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the whole scheme of things works. All good things are difficult to achieve, and bad things are very easy to get."

The "Loyal" hitmaker's cryptic message on his Instagram account on Tuesday, led to speculation suggesting he was hinting at his split from model Karrueche Tran or his current child support battle with Nia Guzman, the mother of his daughter Royalty, reports femalefirst.co.uk.