DETROIT, MI

— Detroit

statements boasting of his involvement in illegal cockfighting and dog fighting may have earned him the scrutiny of the Detroit Police Department.

is spreading quickly on the Internet and features the artist discussing involvement in both illegal forms of animal fighting.

The "MTV Cribs"-style video opens with a man holding what appears to be an alligator, as Calicoe says, "We've got an (expletive) zoo over here," and the videographer proceeds to follow Calicoe and others through the property's backyard, a kennel area and garage.

Detroit police on Monday became aware of the potentially incriminating statements made by Young Calicoe after the interview "went viral" and spread quickly via the Internet, appearing websites such as

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"We just received that today so we are looking into it," said Detroit Police Officer Dan Donakowski Monday evening.

Donakowski did not know Young Calicoe's legal name.

According to social networking websites, Young Calicoe lives in Detroit's Brightmoor neighborhood.

Neither Young Calicoe nor his representatives had responded to MLive Detroit's request for comment as of Monday night, but he issued a message

that says:

"If u find a video of me 'FIGHTING DOGS' PLEEEEZE LET ME KNO.

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During the video, Young Calicoe references Michael Vick, the National Football League quarterback who gained infamy and imprisonment for his involvement in a dog-fighting ring.

"I hope we don't get indicted for that, that Michael Vick-type (expletive)," Young Calicoe says to the camera at one point in interview before opening a gate that leads to a backyard containing multiple roosters and pit bulls.

"We've got in the very corner, we've got the pit bull," he says upon entering the gated yard. "We've got the roosters. We fight them too. That's the grand champ right there."

Calicoe and several others pass a pit bull chained to a fence, the sod worn away to dirt in a semicircle to the limits of where the chain can stretch, and head into a kennel area.

"This ain't the country either," Calico says, and the camera points at a young pit bull. "He's a puppy. They champions in the making.

"Anything that's got to do with gambling, put some money up, we do it," Calicoe says in the video as another man unlocks the padlock leading to the garage containing two newborn pit bull puppies and an souped-up, late-model blue sedan.

"They champions in the making, too," an off-camera voice proclaims, as two puppies excitedly jump on the side of their cage.

As people across the Internet have become aware of the bold dog fighting claims made by Young Calicoe, the rapper has begun receiving negative feedback.

On a Reddit.com post titled, "Detroit rapper Calicoe shows off his dog and cock fighting operation. We need to do everything in our power to stop this," readers took aim.

"Just forwarded it to my friend who is a Detroit cop in the vice squad... how great would it be if he got busted less than 48 hours after uploading the video?" a reader using the handle HouselsLive wrote; and Detroitvibe said: "His Facebook page is blowing up right now with hate. I hope the phone lines are blowing up at the Humane Society."

The Young Calicoe Facebook page appears to no longer be publicly accessible.

(Warning: contains graphic language)

Below is the video available at LiveLeak.com

