Chris Brown’s “Forgive Me, Buy My Album!” campaign hits newsstands Dec. 15, in the form of a cover story for VIBE’s relaunch issue.

The embattled crooner — whose third album Graffiti, hits stores Tuesday (Dec. –shares his views on domestic abuse and the dearly-departed King of Pop.

“It’s never okay for a man to hit a woman but it’s [also] never okay for a woman to hit a man,” Brown says. “I think domestic violence is not just men on women.”

In June, Chris plead guilty to one count of assault, following an altercation with ex-girlfriend Rihanna, earlier this year. He was sentenced to 180 days of community service, five years probation, counseling, and an order to stay away from Rihanna.

Chatty Chris also had plenty to say about BET’s tribute to Michael Jackson at the BET Awards in June.

VIBE: You were removed from the BET Awards show when the Michael Jackson tribute was happening. As a supreme MJ fab, that had to hurt.

CB: “It was wack. I’ll keep it a hundred. The BET Awards was horrible. I was watching it, holding my face like, “Oh my God, this is wack.” I didn’t get it. Michael Jackson was such a big entertainer. And I’m not dissing any of the artists who did the songs. But I was expecting a lot more of energy for Michael. And BET Awards usually comes hard. I was exepecting them to have Usher, Omarion and even Justin. And I was expecting Ne-Yo to sance. They were so bent on getting me there that they messed up their own show….”