# Michael Vick in trouble (or The Misadventures of Ron Mexico)

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**Created:** [July 17, 2007, 3:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/michael-vick-in-trouble-or-the-misadventures-of-ron-mexico/32852 "2007-07-17T15:14:06Z")
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#### Post date: [July 26, 2007, 12:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/michael-vick-in-trouble-or-the-misadventures-of-ron-mexico/32852/89 "2007-07-26T12:18:02Z")

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Rick, are you serious?

There is a pitbull on the cover.  
Surrounded with barbed wire.  
The album name is Grand Champ.

So it’s just coincidence that Grand Champ is a term for a fighting dog who has won 5 matches, with zero losses?

I’m sorry, but that clearly makes it a hip hop culture thing, unless you classify DMX as classical. As I said in my first post, dog fighting is not a black thing, but it’s the only race who’s culture has actually promoted it.

Unless you can find me a white country singer with a valid reference to dogfighting on his CD cover.

> Rap and other urban music also seem to clearly glorify dog fighting. Jay-Z shows dogs preparing for battle in the uncensored version of his music video, 99 Problems. A powerful-looking pit bull is on the cover of a CD by rapper DMX that’s titled Grand Champ. “Grand Champ” is said to be a reference to a dog that has won five dogfights.

> **[Dog fighting in the United States](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_fighting_in_the_United_States)**
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> Dog fighting in the United States is an activity in which fights between two game dogs are staged as a form of entertainment and gambling. Such activity has existed since the early 19th century in the United States and was gradually prohibited in all states. It continues as an underground activity in both rural and urban locations.
> In the late 20th century, police and animal control law enforcement task forces, primarily of local and state authorities, were formed in many parts of the country ...

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