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A "I want to meet the white executive who said, 'Yes! Lil' Pimp!'" The pimp game has been rapped about for more than 20 years When he first emerged a decade ago, his style was L Thanks largely to documentaries like HBO's "Pimps Up, Hos Down" and the Hughes brothers' "American Pimp," real and former pimps have become celebrities themselves, appearing in videos, even rapping on songs M "Those are qualities that you get from a pimp that everybody's not really understanding "It's cool to look good, it's cool to have girls on your arm, and get money from them, and that's a good feeling, you dig? There ain't nothing wrong with it," he told The Associated Press in a recent interview "Just the same way rappers want to be gangstas, rappers want to be pimps Bishop tries to import his pimp philosophy to today's hip-hop generation as much as he can Recently, though, pimp appeal is peaking "(It's about) the freedom of the females and the thought of a female getting you money "It's just like gang-banging and doing drugs," says the singer Monica "It's been portrayed negatively through movies and television," says Juan, who despite his new profession has not forsaken his pimp wardrobe "We're teaching people how to hustle and how to look good," he said " Rappers like Lil' Jon bounce through their videos holding jewel-encrusted chalices popularized by pimps "That's where I draw the line gangsta Cripâ€â€? baggy jeans, blue flannel shirts and sneakers G You can move and groove like you want to," he says " And one of Jay-Z's most popular songs remains the 2000 anthem "Big Pimpin' 50 Cent and Snoop Dogg strut in full pimp regalia, surrounded by a bevy of beauties, in their new video "P I always believed in it," he says So the unfair part is our audiences don't get to see the real side of it "Now people are seeing it for what it is rapped: "Pimpin' ain't easy but it sure is fun "Now that I say I don't want to pimp no more, everybody wants to be a pimp!" " Chris Rock was appalled by "Lil' Pimp," a cartoon movie in the works about a child pimp Not that all these rappers are actually selling sex " Not surprisingly, women don't seem to fare too well in the rap pimp world, objectified as booty-shaking nymphets that can be easily replaced or dismissed, as 50 Cent profanely describes in "P Brooklyn's Big Daddy Kane talked about it in the late '80s " is a Top 10 hit on the Billboard chart; rapper David Banner idolizes the lifestyle on "Like a Pimp"; and rapper Nelly pays tribute with his hit song "Pimp Juice I " Yet the self-proclaimed king of pimps, Bishop Don Magic Juan, would disagree with the sentiment that pimping is a bad thing Like much of rap music, almost all pimp lyrics are just talk " "(People) just think it's, take money from a girl and slap her and send her to the corner, but nah, it's other things about this pimpin' that you really don't even know," he adds None more so than Bishop Don Magic Juan, who's even currently in talks to star in his own reality series P "Rappers just always want to be something bad," said producer-rapper Jermaine Dupri, who's touted himself as a "young pimp" in his own lyrics Oakland native Too Short and Los Angeles pioneer Ice-T celebrated it in the early '80s "We built America but never got paid for it, yet we get treated the worse No other major rapper embodies pimp style more than Snoop "When I started seeing those movies in the '70s, like 'The Mack' and 'Superfly,' that helped me to more of less pick who I wanted to be in life, how I wanted to live my life, how I wanted to represent me," said Snoop M Pimps: The new 'gangstas' of rap Jul 23, 2:29 PM EST Ten years ago, it seemed as if every rapper wanted to be a gangsta " But the Bishop is aghast at such talk, instead describing pimping as a world of opportunity And the way some rappers see it, pimping is just an extension of the American way, from the days of slavery onward I M Modeling yourself after figures most people consider among the degenerates of society might not seem like the most respectable path to follow â€â€? but no one ever accused rappers of wanting to be respectable You'd be hard-pressed to find a rap song these days without at least some passing reference to pimps " Such popularity is due partly to a generation of rappers who grew up watching the glorification of pimps in blaxploitation flicks such as "Dolemite," "Superfly" and "The Mack He admits he never thought he'd see the day when a former pimp like himself would be a celebrated figure "People still go to jail for that for long periods of time P "I stayed pimped out for 30 years â€â€? I ain't never let the game down "I wanted to look good and feel good about myself," he says He has bestowed his "famous playas" club card, along with the chalice, on female celebrities such as Lil' Kim, Pamela Anderson and Mariah Carey â€â€? sexy, powerful women who are in control Now, everyone wants to be a pimp People get killed behind that Biggs," right down to his elaborate cane I " Sharply dressed, dripping with money, in control and draped with ladies, pimps were portrayed as the ultimate hustlers I Although he's given up the pimp business for preaching â€â€? he's an ordained minister â€â€? he's still a proud playa who sticks up mightily for his former profession "We've been pimped since we were ripped from the underbelly of Africa," says Banner Even old-school soul veteran Ronald Isley personifies the pimp style with his alter-ego, "Mr "I think it's one of those things that people have started to glorify, and really don't give the real situation of what really happens, the real outcomes Drummer Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson of The Roots says rappers acting like pimps is really no more than "playing dress-up," trying to posture for power " Yet others point out that pimping is actually the business of procuring women and girls as prostitutes for profit "(It's) the jewelry, the style of dressing, the cars, the houses â€â€? to be able to feel like you're doing it your way, nobody tell you what to do That's where I get corny "If you want to talk about really pimping, you've got to talk about a being a government official He's Snoop's "spiritual adviser," part of Snoop's posse and even travels on the road with him sometimes P "I'd rather be a pimp than a gang-banger, because I grew up being a gang-banger, and I tell you, you live longer being a pimp My daughter will not be at the kid pimp movie," says the comedian, whose movie "Pootie Tang" was akin to a pimp fashion show "The only type of people that give you the illusion of control are those who are really not in control," he says ruefully " But the Bishop says anyone, including a woman, can be a pimp, as long as he or she embodies the pimp attitude " Snoop Dogg â€â€? perhaps the biggest pimp purveyor in today's rap game â€â€? agrees Though he still rocks that style sometimes today, the millennium Snoop is more apt to be pimped out â€â€? smooth pink pinstriped suits, flashy shoes, wide-brimmed hat, and curled hair that falls to his shoulders In the '90s, The Notorious B Then there's the ghetto-fabulous pimp fashion â€â€? the canes, the gold-encrusted chalices, the hats, and the fancy threads 50 Cent's "P Snoop says pimp culture showed him how to carry himself with style and pride " Even the seemingly innocuous rap greeting "Chuuch" has pimp origins So pimping has always been a part of our society, so to feel that we're finally the pimps, why not embrace that?" But not everyone sees rap's love affair with pimps as something that should be embraced They hear it on records and see it on TV and they glorify, and it's totally backwards After a four-month investigation, London's Metropolitan Police said Wednesday that the rocker "was not in possession of any downloaded child abuse images," but had accessed a site containing such images in 1999 The musician acknowledged using his credit card to enter a Web site advertising child pornography but said he was doing research for his autobiography The group, founded in London in the early 1960s, was part of the first British rock invasion, alongside the Rolling Stones and The Beatles Townshend was one of The Who's four founding members, along with bassist John Entwistle, singer Roger Daltrey and drummer Keith Moon Their hits included "I Can See for Miles," "Pinball Wizard" and "Won't Get Fooled Again Moon died in 1978 and Entwistle died last year The arrest was part of Operation Ore, an FBI-led crackdown on Internet child pornography But The Who guitarist was warned by police not to access a Web site containing images of child abuse Townshend was arrested in January on suspicion of making and possessing indecent images of children " As part of the cautioning procedure, Townshend's fingerprints, photograph and a DNA sample will be taken by police, and he will be placed on a national register of sex offenders for five years Police said it was not a defense "to access these images for research or out of curiosity The title character in Townshend's rock opera "Tommy" â€â€? a deaf, dumb and blind pinball wizard â€â€? is sexually abused by an uncle, and Townshend said he believed he had been sexually abused as a young boy, while in the care of his mentally ill grandmother " Townshend Cleared of Possessing Kid Porn May 7, 9:06 AM EST Pete Townshend was cleared Wednesday of possessing pornographic images of children |
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