American Pimp(2000)
Street pimps, all of them African-American, discuss their lives and work: getting started, being flamboyant, pimping in various U.S. cities, bringing a woman into their group, taking a woman from another pimp, and the rules and regulations of pimping. The men are clear: it's about money.
Movie: American Pimp
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Link Brown
Herself (archive footage)
Himself
Himself
Dolemite
Willie Dynamite
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Albert Hughes: "American Pimp" was the Lowest Point in Our Careers (Part 16)
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