Rappers have a way of making their celebrity peers feel good, or bad. As long as the culture of hip hop has been, our favorite lyricists have made a habit of assessing pop culture – at least the good ones have.

It was no different when Young Money rapper Nicki Minaj stood in a cypher at the 2009  BET Hip Hop Awards and used Michael Vick’s disgraced image to get her point across.

“And I’m killin’ these bitches/ Mike Vick’n it up…”

She said… Since being released from prison for having served upwards of 22 months in Leavenworth for animal abuse charges, Mike Vick is back amongst his peers and in the limelight. As such, he sat down with BET and expressed his feelings on Minaj’s tribute?

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So we got news that Katt Williams wasn’t hosting the Awards about an hour into the the show and needless to say, we didn’t believe it. The skits, the Jay Leno appearance, the history, the unmitigated anticipation… we just figured it was unnecessary drama. Well, unfortunately we were mistaken.

After confirming T Pain did indeed take his place – and performed very well according to Mistah Fab and Damani of Dubb Union – there are three different reasons looming as to why he either skipped it voluntarily or was forced to against his will. (continue reading…)