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It's Hard out Here for a Pimp


Mastered by: Kevin Nix "It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp" is a song written by hip hop group Three 6 Mafia and Cedric Coleman as the theme song to the film "Hustle & Flow". It was ranked #80 on VH1's "100 Greatest Songs of Hip Hop". The song was performed in "Hustle & Flow" by Terrence Howard and Taraji P. Henson as their respective characters DJay and Shug. Three 6 Mafia included their own version of the song with vocalist Paula Campbell on a
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Hustle & Flow


Hustle & Flow is a 2005 American drama film written and directed by Craig Brewer and produced by John Singleton and Stephanie Allain. It was released on July 22, 2005. Terrence Howard stars as a Memphis hustler and pimp who faces his aspiration to become a rapper. The film won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for Three 6 Mafia's song "It's Hard out Here for a Pimp". Howard was nominated for Best Actor. DJay (Terrence Howard) is a pimp and drug dealer who is dissatisfied with
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Hard out Here


stating, "Ever the ambassador for a social critique, [Allen] wasn't going to let 2013 end without having her say on the current objectification of women in pop—and that includes poking fun at that twerking malarky." The Wire viewed the song's title as a "thinly veiled reference" to Three 6 Mafia's Academy Award-winning 2005 song "It's Hard out Here for a Pimp". "Hard out Here" debuted at number nine on the UK Singles Chart, selling 30,213 copies in
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Hustle & Flow


process, singing hooks, and the group eventually records several fixed-length tracks, including "Whoop That Trick" and their primary single "It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp". After their first recording, DJay falls in love with Shug. DJay's friend, Arnel (Isaac Hayes), informs him that Skinny Black (Chris "Ludacris" Bridges), a successful Memphis rapper, will be returning to the neighborhood for a Fourth of July party. DJay gains admittance to the party under the pretext of
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Taraji P. Henson


of the Year for her roles in "Empire" and "No Good Deed." In 2015 Henson teamed up with Howard to produce and host a variety holiday special for Fox, "Taraji and Terrence's White Hot Holidays". The special was produced again in 2016 and 2017, without Howard. Henson made her singing debut in the film "Hustle & Flow", where she provided the vocals for the Three 6 Mafia track "It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp." The song won an Academy Award
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Hard out Here


industry, dubbing the song a "feminist anthem through and through". According to "The Wire", the title is a "thinly veiled reference" to Three 6 Mafia's Academy Award-winning 2005 song "It's Hard out Here for a Pimp". The song topped the Austrian chart and reached the top 10 in the United Kingdom, Germany and Switzerland. To promote the song, Allen performed at YoYos pod in London. The music video for the song was directed by Christopher Sweeney and premiered on Allen
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Shabba Doo


as a choreographer to many singers, such as Lionel Richie, Madonna, and Luther Vandross. He was a primary dancer and main choreographer for Madonna's "Who's That Girl?" Tour in 1987. He served as choreographer for Jamie Kennedy's MTV sitcom, "Blowin' Up". He choreographed Three Six Mafia's performance on the 78th Academy Awards; the group won the Oscar for best original song for their song "It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp". He was featured in the music video
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Craig Brewer


Craig Brewer (born December 6, 1971) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. His 2005 movie "Hustle & Flow" won the Audience Award at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival and achieved commercial success, along with an Academy Award for Best Original Song, "It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp". Brewer is the son of Gail, a teacher, and Walter D. Brewer, an executive who worked for Matson Navigation Co. He is of Irish, English, and Spanish descent. "Hustle
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Paddling Out


commentators characterized lead singer Wyatt's vocals as "sex-less" and "vaguely androgynous", while the chorus features "bubbly" backing vocals. Some critics noted "Paddling Out" melancholic lyrics, and Ailbhe Malone of "NME" observed that it includes a "big beat bounce" and "sing-along melancholy". The chorus begins with the lyric "There's someone here who laughs too hard at everything", followed by the lines "You say isn't it hard / Paddling out, paddling out
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Long Hard Road Out of Hell


was written, the Sneaker Pimps' Kelli Ali was recruited to perform background vocals on it, as the "Spawn" soundtrack featured collaborations between hard rock artists and electronic music artists. The Sneaker Pimps were dissatisfied with the final track and wanted a remix of it to be released as a single instead; conversely, Manson deemed it a personal favorite. "Long Hard Road Out of Hell" received mixed reviews from music critics; some found it heartfelt while others felt it was too indistinct from other Marilyn Manson songs. Commentators
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Long Hard Road Out of Hell


Manson responded by calling the Sneaker Pimps' involvement "a bit of a favor, in a sense, because we had already written the song, and I was interested in finding a girl to sing back-up vocals on it, and [they] were asking to be involved. I wasn't that familiar with them. I thought the girl's voice was great. When we worked on the song, I think they were a little upset because there wasn't much for them to do. The song was already
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DJ Paul


albums: "Da Unbreakables" in 2003 and "Most Known Unknown" in 2005, both peaking in top five of "Billboard" 200. They also created the soundtracks of the movies "Choices" and its sequel "Choices II: The Setup". By 2006, Paul and Juicy were the only members of the group left. In 2006, DJ Paul, Juicy J, and Crunchy Black won an Academy Award for Best Original Song for "It's Hard out Here for a Pimp" from the film "
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Transamerica (soundtrack)


March 5, 2006, Parton gave a rousing performance of the song live on stage. The award went to "It's Hard out Here for a Pimp" by Paul Beauregard, Jordan Houston, and Cedric Coleman. The song was also nominated for the Golden Globe for Best Original Song and for the Broadcast Film Critics Association for Best Song, though it won neither award. According to the "New York Times" website, "Travelin' Thru" won for best original song at the Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards 2005
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Shock Value II


more odious than a sub-Coldplay ballad. [...] That said, it is a mildly entertaining album—as long as you block out most of the lyrics." David Balls of "Digital Spy" agreed saying that "Timbaland dips into his usual bag of production tricks here and many of the supporting cast dutifully return, but never does this quite reach the same excitement levels as its predecessor. [...] it feels as though Tim's trying so hard to impress us with his pimped-up SUV that
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Three 6 Mafia


the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 78th Academy Awards for their song "It's Hard out Here for a Pimp" from the movie "Hustle & Flow". Two of their albums are RIAA-certified Platinum: "" (2000) and "Most Known Unknown" (2005), the latter featured their well-known single "Stay Fly", which itself achieved 2x Multi-Platinum (Double Platinum) RIAA certification status. The group's latest studio album, Last 2 Walk, was released
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Three 6 Mafia


and Rap group to win the Academy Award for Best Original Song with "It's Hard out Here for a Pimp" (which they co-wrote with Frayser Boy) as one of the theme songs for "Hustle & Flow". They were also the first Hip-Hop and Rap artists to ever perform at the ceremony, which they did with "Hustle & Flow" actress Taraji P. Henson reprising her chorus. It was the second hip-Hop and Rap song (and the first Crunk/Dirty South song
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78th Academy Awards


his nominations for both "Memoirs of a Geisha" and "Munich", composer John Williams earned a total of 45 nominations tying him with Alfred Newman as the second most nominated individual in Oscar history. "It's Hard out Here for a Pimp" became the second rap song to win Best Original Song and the first such song to be performed at an Oscars ceremony. Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (). The following individuals presented awards or performed musical numbers.
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It's Hard out Here for a Pimp


of the song's writers are themselves artists in the form of the trio Three 6 Mafia, they were given the opportunity to perform it. Three 6 Mafia became the first hip hop group to win an Academy Award for Best Original Song, and the first hip hop artists to perform at the ceremony. It was the second hip hop song to win an Oscar, after Eminem's "Lose Yourself", from the film "8 Mile" (2002). This song became the third in five years to win the
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Terrence Howard


roles. For the 2005 film "Hustle & Flow", Howard portrayed an aspiring rapper. He performed all the character's tracks himself, including "It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp", which won the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 78th Academy Awards. Howard has also worked as a film producer, as when he was credited for the 2007 film "Pride". In 2008, Howard hosted the PBS series "Independent Lens." Howard was contracted to play Colonel Rhodes in the 2008 film
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Long Hard Road Out of Hell


acts. "Long Hard Road Out of Hell" features backing vocals from Kelli Ali, the front-woman of British trip hop band Sneaker Pimps. Neither Ali or her band-mate Liam Howe felt that the rock bands featured on the soundtrack were very good, but thought that collaborating with one of the bands would give them the chance to, in Howe's words, "polish a turd." Manson would recall that while recording the song, "The guitar player of the Sneaker Pimps had just got hit in
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Juicy J


" Jackson and subsequently launched Hypnotize Minds. In 1995, the group released their first official album called "Mystic Stylez." Since then the group has released 8 albums. On July 2, 2002, he released his solo debut studio album "Chronicles of the Juice Man", under North North Records. In 2006, Juicy J, along with DJ Paul, Crunchy Black, and Frayser Boy, won an Academy Award for Best Original Song for "It's Hard out Here for a Pimp" at the 78th Academy
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It's Hard out Here for a Pimp


2006 special edition reissue of their platinum album "Most Known Unknown". In 2015, Howard and Henson compete against each other in the Season 1 finale of the Spike series "Lip Sync Battle" and, by popular demand, performed the song as the first duet by competitors in the show's history. At the 78th Academy Awards in 2006, Three 6 Mafia and Henson performed the song shortly before it won the Academy Award for Best Original Song. Howard did not wish to perform at the ceremony, and since two
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Grand Hustle Records


of a 1997 drug conviction. He was sentenced to three years in prison. From 2002–2004, fellow Bankhead-based rapper Alfamega, released several mixtapes, gaining local recognition. In 2005, this led to a deal with T.I.'s Grand Hustle Records. In July 2005, the label released the soundtrack to the film "Hustle & Flow". The soundtrack included the song "It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp", which won an Academy Award for Best Original Song. Also in 2005, T.I. added American soul
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Frayser Boy


for "It's Hard out Here for a Pimp" along with Three 6 Mafia members Juicy J, Crunchy Black and DJ Paul. In 2014, Coleman released "B.A.R. (Bay Area Representatives)", a ten years in the making collaborative project with fellow rapper Lil Wyte, and his fourth solo studio album titled "Not No Moe", both through Phixieous Entertainment. Same year, he was featured in the documentary film "Take Me to the River" alone with Terrence Howard, Snoop Dogg, Yo Gotti and
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Gangsta rap


approach unlike No Limit. Memphis collective Hypnotize Minds, led by Three 6 Mafia and Project Pat, have taken gangsta rap to some of its darker extremes. Led by in-house producers DJ Paul and Juicy J, the label became known for its pulsating, menacing beats and uncompromisingly thuggish lyrics. However, in the mid-2000s, the group began attaining more mainstream popularity, eventually culminating in the Three 6 Mafia winning an Academy Award for the song "It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp" from "Hustle and Flow
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Southern hip hop


and Rick Ross from Miami, Lil Wayne and Juvenile from New Orleans, and Three 6 Mafia from Memphis all becoming major label stars during this time. In 2004, OutKast won six Grammy awards for their album "Speakerboxxx/The Love Below", including Best Album, while in 2006 the members of Three 6 Mafia won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for "It's Hard Out Here For A Pimp" from "Hustle and Flow", a Hollywood film about a fictional Southern rap artist. In 2005,
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Trapped in the Closet Chapters 13–22


a pastor, he doesn't want to see Chuck anymore, which angers Chuck, who threatens to reveal their relationship. When Rufus again tries to get Chuck to come see him, Chuck reveals he is recovering at a hospital. Reverend Mosley James Evans and the Peace Within Choir attempt to persuade Pimp Lucius, a pimp with a severe stuttering problem, to stop pimping and to turn his life around. As the choir sings "you can do it Pimp Lucius," Lucius pretends to accept the offer and leaves the church
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Crunchy Black


Darnell Carlton (born August 20, 1977), better known by his stage name Crunchy Black, is an American rapper and Hype man. He was a longtime member of the Oscar-winning rap group Three 6 Mafia from the group’s founding until 2006. At the 78th Academy Awards in 2006, Three 6 Mafia and Frayser Boy won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for "It's Hard out Here for a Pimp". Crunchy left Three 6 Mafia over monetary disputes involving his desire to forward his solo career
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Manuel Corona


pimp) Alberto Yarini (1882–1910), who became famous for introducing French prostitutes (putas francesas) willing to perform more salacious acts than even the Cubans were used to. The francesas cut heavily into the profits of the Cuban putas, and the result was a gang war in which Yarini was killed. Corona was present through all this, playing and singing to the punters, whores and pimps. He and one of the girls developed a love affair, and soon enough her pimp was on his trail. In a line
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Long Hard Road Out of Hell


"Long Hard Road Out of Hell" is a song by American rock band Marilyn Manson and British trip hop band Sneaker Pimps, released as a single from the soundtrack to the 1997 motion picture "Spawn". An arena rock and gothic rock song, "Long Hard Road Out of Hell" was written by Marilyn Manson and Twiggy Ramirez and produced by Manson and Sean Beavan. Its lyrics are about self-loathing and its title is derived from John Milton's "Paradise Lost" (1667). After the track
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Byrdie Green


"The Golden Thrush Strikes At Midnight", featuring Smith on organ on "Goin' Out of My Head," "The Shows of Your Smile" and "Hurt So Bad." "Billboard" said Green is "a soul singer with a lot to say and who says it well with a touch of the blues, jazz and gospel." Another reviewer said, "Miss Green displays here a skill that enables her to revitalize not only hard-core blues numbers, but also tried pop items ... She sings
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Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple


by pimping out Akemi. Matahachi still hangs around the house also and sings a mournful song. At the Yoshioko school Musashi keeps dueling with the students, laying a beating on them one by one. Believing all the students are not powerful enough, he demands a match with Seijuro, the school master. Later Seijuro arrives to see his wounded students, defeated by who they consider a back country fencer. Seijuro prepares for a duel but is stopped by Toji, who says Musashi is not good enough for the master. The
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Hard Candy (Madonna album)


. The tour was described as a "rock driven dancetastic journey". It was divided into four acts: "Pimp", where S&M was the main theme, "Old School" where Madonna's classic songs were performed alongside displays of the work of deceased artist Keith Haring, "Gypsy", a fusion of Romani folk music and dance, with performances ranging from melancholy to joyous, and "Rave", where she performed track's featuring Eastern influences. The show ended with a sing-along of the final
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Antonio Sacchini


. The young Sacchini's talent for music caught the attention of Francesco Durante, who enrolled him in the Conservatorio di Santa Maria di Loreto at the age of ten. Here Durante and his assistant Pietrantonio Gallo taught Sacchini the basics of composition, harmony and counterpoint. Sacchini also became a skilled violinist under the tuition of Nicola Fiorenza as well as studying singing under Gennaro Manna. Sacchini was one of the favourite pupils of Durante, a hard teacher to please. It was said that Durante would point out the young Sacchini to his
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The Movie Out Here


of 5; sharing similar criticisms, Monk described the film as being a product of a "Toronto boardroom" with a cliché plot, and doubted whether its writers were even trying to make it a "real" movie. She concluded that "The Movie Out Here" was not "[a] celebration of British Columbia's culture", but a film which "pimps it out for sudsy profits using boobies, fart jokes and sexist references to slutty girlfriends and casual intercourse." Randy Stein believed that the response to
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Hard out Here


"Hard out Here" is a song by English singer Lily Allen, released on 17 November 2013 as the lead single from her third studio album, "Sheezus" (2014). Allen co-wrote the song with its producer, Greg Kurstin. Musically, "Hard out Here" is a synth-pop song with lyrics revolving around "body image pressures and misogyny in the entertainment industry". "Hard out Here" was critically acclaimed; many critics praised its lyrical content and praised Allen's take on the
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Long Hard Road Out of Hell


done." He also refuted claims that the Sneaker Pimps were never issued with a master recording, suggesting that they had created a remix for the song, but had refused permission for it to appear on the single when they were informed it would appear as a b-side, instead of being released as the main single version. "Long Hard Road Out of Hell" was released as a single alongside its instrumental, a remix of the song called the "Critter Remix" and the instrumental mix of "Kick the
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Mark Brooks (director)


everything else, the group eventually rounded out its lineup with Dave Kerr and Dave Moore. In 1999, Brooks began his animation career in Los Angeles, co-founding the animation studio Gifted Men Productions. It was here where he co-created the animated shows "Lil' Pimp", "Creamburg" as well as directing "The Slim Shady Show" starring Eminem. "Lil Pimp" would go on to become a feature film produced by Revolution Studios/Sony Pictures co-written and directed by Brooks. The
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Soothradharan


Leelakrishnan (Salim Kumar) who acts as a hijada to eke out a living. Devumma (Bindu Panicker) who runs a brothel gives him shelter. Seemingly oblivious of the impending doom, Sivani (Meera Jasmin) a teenage girl lives with Devumma and Ranima (Chitra) She falls in love with Ramesan. Bharathiyakka, an old inmate of the whorehouse fills her wallet with money earned by selling virgins to infamous pimps. She persuades Devumma to sell Sivani to a rich and pompous Zamindar (Mansoor Ali khan)Trapped between dreams of hard
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Moment of Truth: Why My Daughter?


old from Portland, Oregon. Trouble starts when her parents decide to file for divorce, as well as being dumped by her boyfriend. She takes it very hard and begins a relationship with a 23-year-old man named A.J. Treace, even though her mother, Gayle, senses that A.J. is bad news. As it turns out, he is a pimp who abuses Diana and lures her into the world of prostitution, which results in her dropping out of school, quitting her job and estrangement from her family. Gayle is
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List of Bokurano characters


has secretly been making uniforms for herself and the other pilots, but when she finds out that she would be the fifth pilot she is hard pressed for time and money to complete them. She feels the quickest way to attain the necessary money is to prostitute herself and manages to convince her mother's pimp to arrange a John for her. Much to her surprise, the man she meets is an old acquaintance of her mother's who drives her home after buying her dinner. Her mother, having found out about the plan
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Marilena from P7


The boy falls in love with one of the girls, called Marilena (Mădălina Ghiţescu), and finds out that he needs a decent sum of money in order to approach her. Thus, he steals his father's (Gabriel Spahiu) salary and goes to the prostitutes' meeting place. Marilena's pimp (Andi Vasluianu) is also present, and only agrees to send Marilena and another prostitute with the boy to a nearby pub, where the Rom Elvis is singing (played by the singer Elvis Romano, who translated
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Willie Dynamite


Zanuck-Brown Company. Willie Dynamite appears as the film's opening credits begin, with Martha Reeves singing the title song, 'Willie Dynamite.' Willie is driving his 'pimped-out' purple Cadillac on the streets of midtown Manhattan. The front license plate reading the first part of his nickname - 'Willie,' and the back license plate reading the second part - 'Dynamite.' Willie's destination is a midtown hotel, to collect payment from his women - who work the midtown hotels, attracting the
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Long Hard Road Out of Hell


"Long Hard Road Out of Hell" as one of "Spawn: The Album" "standout tracks". MTV News reported in 1997 that the Sneaker Pimps would not be involved in the song's music video. Manson initially approached Jonathan Glazer to direct the video and asked him to watch David Lynch's "Lost Highway" (1997) for inspiration. Glazer watched the film's opening credits, which feature images of a "road rushing beneath the camera" before falling asleep. As the film's opening credits had
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Dead to the World Tour


Dogg, who was still on tour, reaffirmed his interest to work together on a project "and something involving marijuana." Despite this, the rap rock collaboration remix of "The Beautiful People" never materialized. After their Milan performance, the band took time off the tour and headed to a New York studio again. This time with British trip hop band Sneaker Pimps to begin the recording process on "Long Hard Road Out of Hell". Both groups were chosen to collaborate on a song for the "metal meets
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Bad Guy (2001 film)


the silent man attacks the boyfriend in their car. Adjustment to her new life is hard and her innocence is quickly taken away. The silent man, a pimp enforcer named Han-gi, watches her through the one-way mirror installed in her room. When she later sees him and recognizes him she attacks him, realizing that he is the one who trapped her into this life. One of the silent man's fellow pimps also develops a crush on the woman, paying to sleep with her and apologizing for ruining
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Jackie Verdell


considered Jackie Verdell of the Davis Sisters one of the best and most underrated female soul singers of all time" said Franklin in her 1999 autobiography Aretha: From These Roots. ""It was through Jackie that I learned the expression 'Girl, you peed tonight'--meaning you were dynamite. Several nights Jackie sang so hard she literally had a spot or two on her robe from peeing. Singing far too hard, I also peed here and there in the early days; I quickly realized no one should sing that hard."
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The Children of Rosenthal


Traders each sing songs. The clones perform their show. Tanya the prostitute is deeply touched by the show. All clones except Mozart leave for the pub. "Scene 4" Mozart and Tanya sing about their love. Kela the pimp interrupts them. Verdi pays Kela for Tanya, giving him his father's golden clock. Mozart and Tanya call everyone to their wedding: "Love overcomes everything!" (Всё побеждает любовь!). Kela the pimp is disappointed that he lost one of his prostitutes: "The wedding
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Control (Janet Jackson album)


to work with him again." Joseph Jackson resented John McClain for what he saw as an underhanded attempt to steal his daughter's career out from under him, stating, "I've worked hard for my family. The problem comes, though, when others come in behind you and try to steal them away. The wheels have already been set for Janet Jackson. Anyone who jumps on now will be getting a free ride." McClain responded by saying "I'm not trying to pimp Janet Jackson or steal her
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Sheezus


It's Not Me, It's You". "Hard out Here" is a "typically outspoken, sweary" synth-pop song. Lyrically, it speaks about "body image pressures and misogyny in the entertainment industry". "Hard out Here" was released as the album's lead single on 17 November 2013. Upon release, "Hard out Here" was met with critical acclaim, with critics praising the song's feminist themes. The single debuted at number nine on the UK Singles Chart, selling 30,213
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Goin' a Buffalo


a decade. His characters dreamt of Buffalo, but audiences understood the painful reality that their lives would not be any different. As one of the characters puts it, "It's cats like you and your boss who make us all the time have to act like thugs, pimps and leeches just to make it out here in the world." Act I begins in Curt and his wife Pandora's apartment in West Adams, Los Angeles. Curt and his friend Rich drink beer and play chess. Their game is briefly
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Rue d'Aerschot


networks were broken down. The area is now controlled by Romanian and Bulgarian pimps. Each window has a madam who controls the prostitutes that work there. The madam takes 50% of the prostitute's earnings. Madams were traditionally older Belgium prostitutes but these have been replaced with mainly Bulgarian women who work for the pimps. This allows the pimps to stay out of the area and away from police attention. Often they remain in their home country. Although widely tolerated by police and local authorities, this neighbourhood has at times been
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The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan


his most complex songs, "A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall", often referred to as "Hard Rain". Dylan is said to have premiered "Hard Rain" at the Gaslight Cafe, where Village performer Peter Blankfield recalled: "He put out these pieces of loose-leaf paper ripped out of a spiral notebook. And he starts singing ['Hard Rain'] ... He finished singing it, and no one could say anything. The length of it, the episodic sense of it. Every
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Hard out Here


be arriving "soon". "Hard out Here" was written by Allen and Greg Kurstin, with production handled by the latter. Lasting for three minutes and twenty two seconds, musically "Hard out Here" is a "typically outspoken, sweary" synth-pop song. Lyrically, it speaks about "body image pressures and misogyny in the entertainment industry". The song's verses introduce the concept of the song: "You should probably lose some weight 'cause we can't see your bones/ You should probably fix
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Kill Squad


who has become a pimp who learns two of his hookers have been kicked out of their local corner by a rival pimp. After K.C. beats the rival and his two enforcers, Larry and Alan inform K.C. that Joseph needs them. Together, they find Tommy, who works as a gardener for a local rich man who has stiffed him, forcing him to beat him and some local partygoers up. Larry finds Arthur, who has become a con man who swindles investors out of money by coming up with a pet bug project
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Tha Blue Carpet Treatment


here inevitably chooses all of the above. So Treatment gives listeners Dr. Dre and The Neptunes, The Game and Ice Cube, red-hot polygamy enthusiast Akon and old standby Nate Dogg, George Clinton and Stevie Wonder, gangsta shit, pimp shit, and at least one song encouraging pee-wee football players to go hard or go home. With his lush Blue Carpet Treatment, Snoop Dogg finally seems intent on building and expanding his musical legacy, rather than merely coasting on it. "Tha Blue Carpet Treatment" debuted
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Dancing Crazy


Cosgrove singing the song as several children danced around her. As Cosgrove started to sing the final chorus of the song, Greyson Chance, who had opened up for her on her Dancing Crazy Tour, came out onto the stage to sing with her. On March 15, the day of the album's release, Cosgrove performed at the Hard Rock Cafe in Hollywood, California. The tour "Dancing Crazy Summer Tour" added this song for the finale song of the show where Chance came out and sang it with Cosgrove.
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Charles L. Carpenter


, "Hard right rudder, DeLong." I spun the rudder over hard right and started singing out the course changes every ten degrees. I glanced out the porthole as the bow swung past the line of sight to the "Juneau" who had been on our starboard quarter in the formation. The ship was swinging at a rapid speed now and I had no idea what was going on. Suddenly, Comdr. Carpenter hollered, "Hard left rudder." I reversed the rudder, but the momentum was still carrying
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Procuring (prostitution)


of law-enforcement activity and collecting money from the prostitutes. Pimps recognize a hierarchy among themselves. In certain pimp strata, the least respected, or newer pimps, are the "popcorn pimps" and "wannabes". "Popcorn pimps" was a phenomenon which occurred among adolescent cocaine users of both sexes who utilized children younger than themselves to support their habits. A pimp who uses violence and intimidation to control his prostitutes is called a "gorilla pimp", while those who use psychological trickery to deceive younger prostitutes into
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Trill OG: The Epilogue


the days before Pimp C passed and back when UGK were still a going concern, and the idea of Bun B having a successful, and even fruitful, solo career would be somewhere between odd and outlandish, even amongst the Houston hip-hop faithful. After all, the chemistry between the cold, hard Bun and the snaky, snide Pimp was just too good to ignore, but since the release of his first reluctant solo album -- 2005's "Trill", recorded while the Pimp was locked-up on gun
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Sex trafficking in the United States


We believe that number is really an undercount." This is confirmed by SNRG-NYC's New York City population estimate of 2008 which was 3,946. The SNRG-NYC New York City study found that out of 249 underage prostitutes (48% female and 45% male) who constituted the final statistical sample, the average age of entry into the market was 15.29. In pimp-controlled trafficking, the victim is controlled by a single pimp. The victim can be controlled by the pimp physically, psychologically, and/or emotionally
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Darrell C. Scott


his church with a large group of pastors in attendance, the event aired on Fox News Hannity show. In July, 2016, on the third day of the Republican National Convention, Scott was a keynote speaker in support of Donald Trump's nomination for the Republican Party, Scott stated in his speech that the "Democrat party has failed us". After the election, Scott gave an interview to National Public Radio and described the Democratic Party as "pimps" who "pimped out the inner city" like a "pimp
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Prostitution in Kolkata


operates here, mostly college student or housewives or executives. Generally they use hotels booked by client or the flat of their pimp. Male prostitutes often pick up clients in the Maidan, particularly in front of the Victoria Memorial. Call girls operate independently and through pimps or escort agencies. Prostitution is operated from many beauty parlours and massage parlors in the city. Pimps (commonly called agents) in nightclubs, pubs, star hotels and floorboys acting as agents generally keep catalogues with pictures of the call girls. The girls operate in
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Sardari Begum


and storms out of the house after an argument with Sardari. Enraged by this, Sakeena calls out 'Sardari' as an arrogant and selfish woman. After the incident, Sakeena stops talking to her and even stops her singing. Now the film comes to the present where Sardari is practicing her singing when she hears a ruckus and goes out to witness and suddenly a stone thrown from the agitated mob hits her hard. Sardari calls out Sakeena who gets devastated to see her mother dying. Sardari asks Sakeena if she was a
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La Vie en rose (film)


she sings (and drinks) on the streets of Montmartre for supper money with her friend Mômone. He invites her to his club for an informal audition. Impressed, he hires her, after creating for diminutive Édith (1.47m in height) a stage surname of Piaf, a colloquialism for sparrow. Soon, Leplée is shot dead, suspected by the police to be due to Édith's connections to the mafia through the pimp who has demanded a large portion of her street singing earnings. When Édith next attempts a show
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American Pimp


or those who are now in jail. A 2009 HBO drama based on "American Pimp" that planned to examine the world of prostitution in Oakland, California came under fire from then Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums and other city officials before filming had begun. The planned show, called "Gentlemen of Leisure" would have focused on a pimp in his 40s and his attempts to get out of the business. Dellums worried about the impact "Gentlemen of Leisure" would have had on Oakland's image. "It is the mayor
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Soil & "Pimp" Sessions


Soil & "Pimp" Sessions (stylised as SOIL&"PIMP"SESSIONS) is a Japanese club jazz sextet who formed in Tokyo, Japan, in 2001. They are known for their energetic live performances, having coined the term "death jazz" to describe their music. The band was born out of Tokyo's club scene, when Shacho and Tabu Zombie started including live jam sessions in DJ sets. Gradually the other members were invited, the band's line-up was finalised and the DJ sets dropped. The band's live sets
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Pimp (film)


Pimp is a British thriller film in the mockumentary vein of "Man Bites Dog". It had a multi-platform release on 21 May 2010. It is written and directed by Robert Cavanah who also plays the title role, it also starred Danny Dyer, Billy Boyd, Martin Compston, Gemma Chan, Scarlett Alice Johnson, Barbara Nedeljáková. A week in the life of a Soho pimp - Woody (Robert Cavanah) as seen through the lens of a documentary camera team: A week which spirals brutally out of control
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Natasha Falle


was their only remaining option. She said they all tried to stay free of pimps, organized crime, and drugs, but eventually succumbed. Falle later said, "We were prey for every paedophile, pervert, pimp and drug dealer that was out there." The man who had recruited Falle in Chinatown became her pimp. Adults began advertising Falle's sexual services in newspapers. Falle engaged in both indoor and outdoor prostitution, working as an escort, in strip clubs, and at massage parlours. At the legal establishments
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Magical Sentosa


", and compliments Kiki for the wonderful experience. Kiki then sings the song, Here Everybody Lives In Harmony. When he sings the last note completely out of tune, a fireball suddenly shoots up, awakening the Merlion who puts on a stunning laser display for the audience. Kiki performs his last fountain piece, a reprise of Here Everybody Lives In Harmony then bids the audience goodbye and Mr Whamsey completes of what is left of the "Grand Finale" before bowing to the audience and taking his leave. The original,
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List of Bohemian Rhapsody cover versions


you go...let him go!", are replaced with Fozzie Bear begging "Let me joke" to Statler and Waldorf, who state "[We] do not like your jokes". The line "Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me" is replaced with the remaining Muppets who have not been in the video singing "Does anyone know if there is a part for me?" The first two lines of the hard rock section, here performed by Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem, have been replaced
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Constance Towers


murder. Her role as a stripper in the film was described by "The New York Times" as "hard, driving and realistic." In preparation for the role, Towers spent time at exotic dance clubs in Los Angeles. Fuller cast Towers again in a lead role in his following film "The Naked Kiss" (1964), another lurid and hard-edged thriller, in which she plays a crazed prostitute who attempts to assimilate in suburbia after having battered her pimp. The film received some critical acclaim:
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Musical film


of the story was again Orlova, who by this time was the most popular star in the USSR. It was a fantasy tale, but the moral of the story was that a better life comes from hard work. Whereas in "Circus", the musical numbers involved dancing and spectacle, the only type of choreography in "Bright Path" is the movement of factory machines. The music was limited to Orlova's singing. Here, work provided the spectacle. The other director of musical films was Ivan Pyryev. Unlike
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Yvette Laclé


While her mother was out at work, she started to experiment with drugs. When 16, she left home and began to work as a dancer, first at the theatre, later in an Amsterdam nightclub. She was offered cocaine by a pimp, became addicted and worked as a prostitute in return for more and more drugs. During her nine years as a prostitute, she had a child but finally reached the point where she spent three days out of control as a result of the effects of hard drugs, completely forgetting
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Jack Vidgen


performed the song on "Australia's Got Talent" the next day. As of 2014, Vidgen is no longer signed to Sony Music Australia. On 2 June 2019, Vidgen returned to television on "The Voice Australia". In an interview with Who magazine, Vidgen said “"After winning "Australia’s Got Talent" there was Facebook pages with death threats... life was hard..." adding "I stopped singing five years ago. I think I just burnt out. I just fell out of love with singing
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Rosé (singer)


CBN, stated that "it's hard to find an idol [singer] who stands out from the rest" due to their "common singing style", but "you would know it's Rosé singing in a heartbeat". Following Rosé's performance on an episode of "Fantastic Duo 2", South Korean singer Gummy, who Rosé cited as a musical role model, stated that "[Rosé's] voice is so unique, it's the [type of] voice young people love". Rosé has
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Long Hard Road Out of Hell


and a group of models who initially appear to be female but are revealed to be male. The clip garnered acclaim from critics for its imagery. Marilyn Manson's eponymous vocalist told the "Phoenix New Times" that he wrote "Long Hard Road Out of Hell" "while on the road." He said that the song "changes someone's singing and writing at the same time, the rhythm of your vocal." Though it was not written for the film, the song was released on the soundtrack album for
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Lil' Pimp


walked out of the 2003 test screenings held by Sony (who had initially held the rights to the film) and that they (the reviewer) recommended that people stay away from the 2005 DVD release. In contrast, the "Metro Times" gave a positive review for the DVD, stating "In a perfect world, this would’ve came out with an accompanying sound track and DVD extras like the 48 “Webisodic” episodes, but as a stand-alone item, Lil Pimp works its odd little corner of the
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Akitoye


. Kosoko sent his crier around Lagos singing "Tell that little child at court yonder to be careful; for if he is not careful he will be punished". Akitoye, in turn, deployed his crier singing "I am like a pin firmly driven into the ground, which is always hard to root out but ever remains firm". Kosoko retorted "I am the digger who always roots out a pin". The tensions led to an uprising named Ogun Olomiro (Salt Water War) by the Kosoko faction in
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Funny Lady (soundtrack)


the ravening glutton I suspect is lurking in all who are her fondest fans". However, the reviewer did warn that soundtrack did not contain anything for those of a "dispassionate and temperate nature". Also positive was a critic from "Film", who called the album "more satisfying than the film". Initially, AllMusic's William Ruhlmann awarded the album 2 out of 5 stars. He was critical of Caan's singing abilities, finding it hard "to endure the singing of James Caan". In his
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High Maintenance (Miranda Cosgrove EP)


while on tour, the song was also performed live on the March 9, 2011 episode of "The Ellen DeGeneres Show". The performance saw Cosgrove singing the song as several children danced around her. As Cosgrove started to sing the final chorus of the song, Greyson Chance, who had opened up for her on her Dancing Crazy Tour, came out onto the stage to sing with her. On March 15, 2011, the day of the EP's release, Cosgrove performed at the Hard Rock Cafe in Hollywood,
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You Can't Win (song)


". After the song concludes, Dorothy comes out of hiding and releases Scarecrow from the pole. Together, they then dance their way down the yellow brick road in search of The Wiz, singing "Ease on Down the Road" as they go. The song is also heard in "The Wiz Live!", replacing "I Was Born on the Day Before Yesterday". Elwood Watson, author of "Pimps, Wimps, Studs, Thugs and Gentlemen: Essays on Media Images of Masculinity", states that
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Hard Rock Hallelujah


fans who sing the final chorus of the song along with them. As Finland had not qualified for the final in their previous attempts, the song was performed in the semi-final. Here, it was performed sixteenth, following Ukraine's Tina Karol with Show Me Your Love and preceding the Netherlands' Treble with Amambanda. At the close of voting, it had received 292 points, placing first in the 23-strong field and qualifying for the final.br In the final, it was performed seventeenth, following Greece's Anna Vissi with
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Hard-Fi


songs are also based on social realism, "Feltham is Singing Out" is inspired by Zahid Mubarek who was sent to the Feltham Young Offenders' Institution and was murdered by his racist cellmate. Other songs, such as "Better Do Better" and "Move on Now", are centred around the premise of how hard romantic relationships can be. Once Hard-Fi were becoming successful, Richard's mother died and the song "Help Me Please" is about how difficult it was for him having his dreams come true
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Bedford High School, Bedfordshire


teacher, would have none of it: he dragged the first piano out of its glass case, wishing with all his heart for it to be suffocated. Dr Harding was in charge of music for four decades: designing the new organ, and building up a music department with excellent orchestras and choirs. Today there are still those who remember the dreaded Miss Joyce Harding, his daughter, who trained the choirs, and auditioned all junior girls at the beginning of each year. Those who could not sing in tune were labelled
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The Immaculate Collection


snaps, and percussion. Madonna begins singing "I'm talking /I believe in the power of love /I'm singing /I believe that you can rescue me" before engaging in the breathy, spoken word vocals, like on "Justify My Love". She sings "Rescue me /It's hard to believe your love has given me hope /Rescue me /It's hard to believe I'm drowning, baby throw out your rope" over the chorus. At one point of the song, Madonna sings the line "And right while I
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Boogie Pimps


Ten of the UK Singles Chart. The music video for "Somebody to Love" was an instant hit in the UK. It features several infants sky diving out of an aeroplane towards a giant woman (Natasha Mealey) lying on a grassy hill country landscape in her underwear, singing the song. Their second single, "Sunny" was also a cover song. It was originally recorded by Bobby Hebb but the version was covered by Candee Jay. In 2004 they appeared on a white label, which was not widely released
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To Pimp a Butterfly


u", "For Sale? (Interlude)", "Momma" and "Hood Politics". Bilal stated that he and Lamar were initially unsure of how many songs he would be featured on, stating he worked on various tracks, but did not yet know the outcome. "For a lot of the material, Kendrick had a idea of what he wanted. He would sing out the melody and some of the words, and I would interpret what he was telling me." On the songs where Bilal
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Paul Shull


He represented Sondre Lerche, Kyprios, Stabilo Boss and Day Theory. He managed Kitchener alt rock band The Miniatures, Toronto hip hop group Pocket Dwellers and Calgary, Alberta hard rock band Out of Your Mouth, and worked with local acts The Candidates, and Paul MacLeod’s band Hibakusha & Pimp. In 2004 Shull was named president of DC Flag Records. The label's artist MC Chris had a top 10 single on iTunes in the U.S. and sold out 230 live performances. Other artists in the DC Flag family included hardcore
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Chameli (film)


realises they are not there. Each incident further develops the friendship between Chameli and Aman. Chameli's pimp, Usman, has rented her out to Naik, a brutish local politician who has a reputation for injuring prostitutes. Naik's henchmen seek Chameli out, and the pair manage to escape and go to a local bar, to talk to Usman. Chameli reveals that she cannot free herself from her pimp because she still owes him money which she borrowed. At the bar, Aman offers to pay off Chameli's debt
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Trapped in the Closet


to stop pimping and to turn his life around. As the choir sings "you can do it Pimp Lucius," Lucius pretends to accept the offer and leaves the church. However, he then tells his pimpin' partner, Bishop Craig, that he is never going to "s-s-s-s-s-stop p-p-p-pimpin," because "p-p-p-pimpin's for life." Then he tells Bishop Craig "now let's get this mmm
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Procuring (prostitution)


encounters. This has obviated the need for pimps in some contexts, while some pimps have used these sites to broker their sex workers. Some scholars and sex workers rights advocates dispute portrayals of third-party agents as violent and extremely committed to a pimp subculture, finding them inaccurate exaggerations used to foster harmful policies. For example, one study found that pimps tend to drift in and out of pimping, with some of their goals and identities classified as predominantly mainstream, some as predominantly outside of that mainstream, and some as
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Lil' Pimp


Lil' Pimp") is unable to adapt to suburban life, as his only friend is a foul mouthed gerbil and faces constant rejection by his peers. He accidentally meets a prostitute under the name of Sweet Chiffon, who takes him to her working place, a bar named ""the Playground"", where he befriends the pimp "Fruit Juice", who gives him a small amount of "pimp glitter". He decides he wants to become a pimp. The following day at school, during show and
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Prostitution in Nevada


also stated that many brothel prostitutes are controlled by outside pimps: "Despite the fiction that they are "independent contractors," most so-called legal prostitutes have pimps — the state-sanctioned pimps who run the brothels and, in many cases, a second pimp who controls all other aspects of their lives (and takes the bulk of their legal earnings)." In 1998, some pimps from Oregon managed to place at least four underage girls in Nevada's legal brothels; they were arrested and convicted. Detective Greg
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Kim Taeyong (writer)


writer. The narrator who used to be a pimp, goes under inner conflict after learning how to write from a university student who had come out as a volunteer for the elderly with not relatives. The narrator had never even had the desire to think about the meaning of his life as a pimp before learning to write. He confesses that “as I write, I feel that my sin is getting bigger, and heavier. The history of more and more wicked sins concealed among the words is torturing me. Strangely,
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Magna Carta Holy Grail


gives out" and were inspired by the "numerous different cultures and different dialects or sounds." The instrumental for "FuckWithMeYouKnowIGotIt" was started by producer Vinylz, who was inspired by a Pimp C speech he found on YouTube. He sampled Pimp C's voice for the intro and then created the instrumental in a short amount of time. After fellow producer Boi-1da added to the production, the song was sent to Rick Ross who intended to use it for his upcoming album. Jay-Z was meant to add a guest
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To Pimp a Butterfly


embracing the entire history of black American music." Lamar described the release as an "honest, fearful and unapologetic" work that draws on funk, hard bop, spoken word and soul while critics also noted elements of West Coast hip hop and the avant-garde. "Stereogum" described "To Pimp a Butterfly" as an "ambitious avant-jazz-rap statement," and "The Source" categorized the album as an experimental hip hop release. Dan Weiss of "Spin" noted "shades of Miles
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Face Your Fear


Face Your Fear is the second studio album by American singer Curtis Harding, released October 27, 2017, by Anti-. Mark Deming writes, "Curtis Harding can write and sing like a soul man with a mind of his own, and here he sounds even more open, expressive, and fearless than he did on his very fine debut. Face Your Fear ups the ante for Harding, bumping him from promising newcomer to major artist, and if you like good songs played and sung with true conviction, you won't
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Prostitution in Europe


quoted as saying "Prostitution in Moldova is a very well organised crime, there is a precise structure of operation which includes secretary, office, and owner." The secretary is hard to file evidence against because they are most likely to conceal their true activity behind offering exotic services over the phone. Nailing down prostitutes and pimps is easier." In Poland prostitution is legal, but operating brothels or other forms of pimping or coercive prostitution and prostitution of minors are prohibited, as is living off someone else's prostitution. Prostitution
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NYX (comics)


leave town. X-23's pimp, Zebra Daddy, tracks them down with the help of a banger named Felon, but again Kiden's father appears and warns them. During the confrontation at Mrs. Cameron's apartment, X-23 kills most of the pimp's gang before getting gunned down by Zebra Daddy. Mrs. Cameron falls out her apartment window, and Kiden then must decide whether to kill Zebra Daddy (who it turns out was her father's shooter) or save Mrs. Cameron. Remembering how Mrs. Cameron had taken a bullet for
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