American Pimp

Jun 9, 2000

1h 27m

★ 5.7

Overview

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.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Underworld Pictures

American Pimp Trailers

Cast

Himself (as Rosebudd)

John S. Dickson

Link Brown

Antonio Fargas

Herself (archive footage)

Heidi Fleiss

Payroll the Pimp

L. Hammond

Himself

Dennis Hof

Himself

Bishop Don Magic Juan

Himself

Max Julien

Dolemite

Rudy Ray Moore

Willie Dynamite

Roscoe Orman

K-Redd

Kenny Redd

Too $hort

Himself (as Fillmore Slim)

Clarence Sims

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