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American Pimp
1999 film
| American Pimp | |
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Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | The Hughes Brothers |
| Produced by | Albert Hughes Allen Hughes Kevin J. Messick |
| Cinematography | Albert Hughes |
| Edited by | Doug Pray |
| Distributed by | Seventh Art Releasing |
Release date | |
Running time | 87 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
American Pimp is a 1999 documentary that examines the pimpsubculture in the United States. It was directed by the Hughes Brothers, the filmmakers behind Menace II Society and Dead Presidents.[1][2][3][4]
The documentary consists of first person interviews of people involved in the pimping lifestyle ("the game"). The interviews are separated by short clips from 1970s blaxploitation films such as Willie Dynamite, The Mack, and Dolemite.
The first portion of the documentary focuses on pimps working illegally. The illegal pimps that are interviewed are from all over the United States, e.g., Charm from Hawaii, Fillmore Slim from San Francisco, and Payroll from Las Veg
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What prompted you to author your first literary work? And, what exactly did you mean by calling it, Pimpology: The 48 Laws of the Game?
Pimpin’ Ken:Well, first of all, I never really wanted to write a book, but about four years ago this guy Jeremy, from the publishing company Simon & Schuster, he was with another company (then), he came to me and asked me to write the book. He was like, “I want you to write this book. A lot of guys love you. You’ve worked with 50 Cent, you’ve worked with Nelly, you done worked with Jermaine Dupri, Too $hort, and all these other rappers, Pimp C.[RIP]” He said, “Man, they love you. Why don’t you write the book, because I know that you can do it ‘cause I seen you in Pimps Up, Ho’s Down, blah, blah, blah.” So, I said, “How much you gonna give me?” So he’s like, “$30,000.” And, I said, “Man, I’m not writing no book for $30,000!” I said, “It’s gonna consume too much of my time.” So, four years later, he got a more prestigious position with a major company, Simon & Schuster, which is owned by CBS, and he said, “Ken do you still want to w
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S1 E41 | Pimpin' Ken
01:03:37
Big Bank and DJ Scream are back with another episode of the “Big Facts” podcast featuring special guest Pimpin’ Ken. The Chicago-born star stopped by to discuss his upbringing, his “management career,” pimpin’ and more.
Like many, Ken found himself in a lot of trouble growing up. He revealed that at an early age, he caught his first federal charge for fraud and was sent away to prison. Ken claims he was one of the youngest inmates at the facility. He said that he managed to stay out of trouble due to his maturity and his ability to relate to the older inmates.
“My first introduction into pimping was when I was 16,” Ken revealed. “So when I got out the little reformatory school, a dude named Star Child came to me. He said, ‘Listen man, you got a lot of flavor.’ He said, ‘I want you to ride with me.’ So I would ride with him everyday. Then one of my partners that I used to jump counters with and steal jewelry with, him and I… and he end up getting his first prosti
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