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Editing of this article by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled.If you cannot edit this article and you wish to make a change, you can discuss changes on the talk page, request unprotection, log in, or create an account.This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards.Please improve this article if you can.For the song by 50 Cent, see P.Typically, a pimp will not force prostitutes to stay with him, although some have been known to be abusive in order to keep their prostitutes submissive or to maximize profits.He can also enable a prostitute to work in a particular area under his control.Most people who work managing prostitutes are men, but some women work in this capacity as well, though rarely in street prostitution.Both of the defendants appealed their convictions.There is even a series of pimp videos, produced by pimps themselves, that illustrate how the business should be run.Help and Business sections of most famous booksellers.As to the business structure, at the top there is the pimp who runs the business.Below the pimp is the "Bottom Girl."She acts in a way like an office manager, keeping tabs on the "track" when the pimp is away, keeping the pimp appraised of the law enforcement activity, and collecting money from the prostitutes.The Bottom Girl can be especially important when the pimp is incarcerated.Below that there is the bevy of normal prostitutes.The pimps even recognize a hierarchy among themselves.The rules allow prostitutes to move from one pimp to another by "choosing."In addition, a prostitute may "bounce" from pimp to pimp with out paying the "pimp moving" tax.With rules, inevitably come people who break the rules.Another punishment for unruly prostitutes is to "trunk" them.In the first years of the 21st century, however, a new meaning of the word has emerged in the form of a transitive verb which means "to decorate" or "to gussy."This article is about the television show.For the video game, see Pimp My Ride (video game).Pimp My Ride is a TV show produced by MTV.The original American version is hosted by rapper Xzibit.Worldwide popularity
4 Featured vehicles
4.Pop culture references
6 Legal action
7 Similar programs
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8.Format
The show picks young car owners living in Los Angeles or elsewhere in Southern California.Much of the appeal of the show comes from the personalities involved.Alex
Paint and body expert Buck (Earlier episodes feature paint and body work by Aren Fanning)
Both host Xzibit and West Coast Customs have experienced boosts in business due to the show: Xzibit has gained wider attention for his music career (as well as hosting and movie gigs), and WCC had to expand their facilities, due to the international exposure Pimp My Ride gave their work.Body's Buck was replaced by another person named 2Shae.Ryan Friedlinghaus, the owner of WCC, was featured in Season 4 as the "lead" for discussions on what customizing will be done on the incoming cars.Body Luis,
Accessories specialist Diggity Dave,
Interiors Rick.Ford Escorts welded together to make one car, a "cut and shut" job, and was considered unsafe.Xzibit felt the owner's car, a Nissan Pulsar, was not worth fixing, as heat from the car's engine was leaking into the cab.Worldwide popularity
Pimp My Ride is one of MTV's most popular shows in nearly all of its worldwide viewers (numbering nearly 100), and also in the U.The Real World (which is generally much less known outside of the United States).MuchMusic's sister station in Quebec, MusiquePlus, airs the show subtitled in French under the title Pimp mon char ("char" is Quebec French slang for "car").UK version of the show launched on 26 June 2005, presented by the DJ Tim Westwood (famously known only by his last name).Carisma Automotive are the customisers for the UK version.MTV Central Europe has three adaptations of the show called Pimp My Fahrrad (English: "Pimp My Bicycle") and Pimp My Whatever.Elbcoast Psycles redoes almost the entire bicycle, usually leaving only the frame intact.Similar rules apply in most of continental Europe).It is hosted by German actor Oliver Korittke.ElbCoast Psychos return once more to pimp anything from a bathroom and a doghouse to a birthday party or even someone's brother.The original United States Pimp My Ride is shown in English language with German subtitles.MTV Italy also features a different version of Pimp My Ride, called Pimp My Wheels.The show is hosted by Lil' Jon and Fat Joe.MTV Brazil have started the Brazilian Pimp My Ride version, presented by the rock singer Jimmy London, from the group Matanza.Jet" blue with silver and gray flames.Jet theme, including authentic airliner "fasten your seatbelt" plaques and a large rear spoiler.And when the trunk opened, a shoe rack full of new shoes automatically extended, replacing the pile of old shoes Nile had stashed in her trunk.WCC painted the car with a custom bright green in the front that faded into a dark green from the midpoint towards the rear of the car.The show was in memory of Mr.WCC also installed a small aquarium in between the rear seats.Mary's Ford Mustang (1967)
The fronts seats were made to recline all the way flat so that the custom LCD monitor in the headliner could be easily viewed.Danelle's Pontiac Trans Am (1981)
When the Trans Am was being pimped, some of the WCC crew made references to Smokey and the Bandit.The car has a huge bird decal installed on the new Trans Am's hood.Ezra's Nissan Maxima Station Wagon (1984)
The Nissan was referred to as the "identity crisis" because of the Datsun and Nissan badges.Krissy's Volkswagen Baja Bug (1960)
Brian's Honda CRX (1987)
This was the first car to visually get a brand new engine, as the old engine died before Xzibit could pull it into the shop.Kerry's Ford Escort (1988 and 1989)
This was two halves of two Ford Escorts welded and "gummed" together; therefore the car was considered too dangerous for him to continue to own.Kiearah's Ford Escort (1991)
Turned into a replica of a BMW M3.TV was installed in the back, making it the largest television WCC has ever put in a car.Josh's Acura Legend (1988)
A bowling ball (signed by the WCC crew),a set of bowling shoes and a customized WCC bowling shirt were given to Josh with his pimped ride.Need for Speed: Underground 2, because the owner was a fan of the video game series.Of note is that the game uses a fastback, while the pimped car was a coupe.This is the only time that the car intended to be pimped was returned to the person without being worked on, and the only time in the show's three replacement vehicles (to date) that the person got back the old car and received a new pimped vehicle.Season 3
Nate's Ford Econoline (1985)
Formerly a Municipal Van, turned into a limousine for the band that the owner played for.Features a fog machine under the hood.DVD players were also stuffed into the headrests so the rear passengers could each watch their own movie.Tom's Chevrolet Caprice (1996)
This was a former Police car.The car has been equipped with police lights via microphone.JT's Honda Civic (1988)
Jekara's Chevrolet Bel Air (1955)
Dubbed Big Bertha by the owner.Eric's Mitsubishi Eclipse (1998)
To reflect his job as a baggage handler at the airport, the hatch area had three belts that simulated a baggage claim area.Season 4
Jessica's AMC Pacer (1976)
The owner of the vehicle was studying to become a nutritionist.The car was fitted with a huge cloth sunroof, a rear wing with a solar panel to power the electronics, and a juicer in the trunk.The entire interior of the car was retrofitted with yellow shag carpeting; when he saw it Xzibit promptly joked, "Who killed Big Bird?"Consequentially, Xzibit's gift to the car's owner was a cat, which Jessica named "Pacer".Since being pimped, Josh wrecked the car, as he brought it to the "Where are They Now?"The truck had its brakes nearly completely gone (which emits a very loud screeching sound); the show featured the truck hitting an egg (before the brakes were fixed), then rerunning the same stunt with fixed brakes, where the egg was not hit.The truck also had, for proper weight, cow manure, and hoes (Xzibit frequently told the audience during this episode that the "hoes" were of the gardening kind, not the other kind) in the truck bed before being "pimped".In addition, Tin was given a laptop with wireless internet, a wireless keyboard and a USB compatible microscope.Also, since the driver practiced magic, it also had its sound system concealed, only to be revealed by a secret incantation.Rashae's Ford Taurus (1989)
This car was fitted with memory foam seats for the comfort of the driver, and since the owner had aspirations to be a Hollywood stuntwoman, the trunk was fitted with a professional stunt cushion.Uniquely, due to wanting a retro 1950s nature for the car, this would perhaps be the only car in Pimp My Ride's history to have flat black paint, and alloys replaced with regular steel wheels, whitewalls, and hubcaps.Cristi's Chevrolet Panel Truck (1957)
The owner was of Italian descent.Prior to "pimping", the van had a large bullet hole through the passenger's side windshield.Erin's Volkswagen Thing (1973)
The Thing (known as the VW 181 in other markets) was equipped with a faux alligator and snakeskin interior.Monique's Mitsubishi Galant (1994)
The Galant was painted sky blue with a white sun on the hood and doors.The GAS crew swapped the rear seat for a chaise longue, featuring 6 LCD monitors and a laptop which could be pulled out.Dante's Ford Econoline Ice Cream Truck (1976)
This was the first actual business vehicle to be pimped, which means Dante could receive a tax deduction if he gets taxed for everything put into it.He still sells ice cream in the north side of Long Beach, California.The car also had bullet proof seats.The GAS crew put two LCD monitors and a DVD player on the ATV.TV that flipped up from the roof.In the console, GAS gave Shawna an iPod Nano and a Palm Treo cell phone, which Shawna did not know how to use, as she had never owned a computer or a cell phone.Tad's Land Rover Range Rover (1989)
Xzibit finds the graphics on the SUV and he does not know what kind of graphics these are.The Range Rover was given an orange paint job with a white stripe.On the roof GAS installed a satellite dish which could connect to the internet from anywhere in the world.This pimped vehicle is seen on the intro episode of "Where are they now?".Gerald's Chevrolet Monte Carlo (1978)
Gerald's Monte Carlo was given the Southern "Box" treatment.It was painted black with leopard flames on the front.This is a GAS record for the largest rims installed on a car.Ellyn's Ford Contour (1996)
Xzibit finds a car marked with claws that Ellyn explains was attacked by a bear while she and her friends were camping.GAS also installed a 450 hp Roush racing motor.Metallic purple paint job with yellow flames.Also includes a propane grill and Wunder Bar condiment dispenser.In addition, Tyler received tickets to the 2006 Oakland Raiders season opener, as well as a Randy Moss NFL jersey.Tyler's grandfather had won this car playing poker and had given it to him.Lawanna's Volkswagen Bug (1968)
Car's body parts placed with the Porsche and Ferrari body kits by the GAS crew.The car's theme was "Hair Force One".This is due to the fact that Lawanna was a hair stylist who was about to enter the air force.In the trunk in the car's front was installed a sink with shampoo and conditioner dispensers, as well as waterproof speakers and an iPod nano.Ford Mustang GT to be pimped.This is only the third time in the series history, and the first time using GAS as the customizer, that the vehicle was replaced rather than pimped.This is a PMR record for most monitors installed (twenty total).Two of the rides were seen in the intro part of this episode are: Tad's Range Rover and Nate's Econoline.Tenita's Ford Thunderbird (1965)
Equipped with a new Ford Racing Engine, Kumho racing tires that makes pink smoke if the driver does a burnout, windows that roll up by snapping, and a trunk that takes pictures when the trunk lid is opened.The back of his car contained a chandelier, a couch, a surfboard, a TV, and a Super NES; making it the first car on the show that had a video game system in the car before it was pimped.Xzibit said the Super NES was the first Nintendo, it was actually the second.It was equipped with GM's 6.Mercedes symbol off and made a big "S" made out of diamonds (actually rhinestones).Monitors were put in all of the head rests (Facing forward for some strange reason, making it so people in the front seats would have to turn their head around to watch them).Also, it included fake beaver skin seats.At the end they gave her custom made pink Roller Skates.GAS crew equips with a special "crunk trunk", which opens and closes repeatedly.Mad Mike then tests it out, and Jason's arm becomes amputated.Jason says that it's "only a flesh wound".Craps table floor and a keyboard piano with a Roulette table built inside of a baby grand piano replika were installed as well.XBox setup inspired by The Thing.He was also presented with a custom "Silver Surfer" surfboard.GAS also gave him a hot dog maker in his dash when he gets hungry.The headrests had custom embroidered "Mr."Surfboards were resting on a new roof rack, and since Bethan was "really into" photography the garage install a laptop, printer, digital camera, plus a cell phone to upload pictures on the go.Jay Rotheram's Ford Granada Hearse (1983)
The funeral car was pimped for Jay and his band to perform gigs in.Sean Egan's Ford Capri (1986)
The interior was decorated with over one thousand Swarovski crystals.Also the car is not owned by him anymore.The sound and video system included a DJ turntable, twenty speakers, eight amps, two DVD players, fifteen TV screens and a camera on the grill linked to one of the screens.The sign on top of the car saying "TAXI" was changed to say "PIMP".Instead of answering the door, Westwood had to wake him up!Lana's Volkswagen Polo (1991)
Lana had been a flight attendant and was trying to earn a Private Pilot License at the time of the filming.Jamie's Suzuki Swift GTi (1991)
Jamie was given a hand cast of his favourite actor, and of course Westwood.An American style diner was installed in the boot.It was advertised for sale in the March 2007 issue of Custom Car Magazine and the May 2007 issue of Retro Ford.Danny's Bedford Rascal (1990)
Jono's Volkswagen Type 2 Pickup (1979)
No fewer than 12 panels were replaced before paint, then a hot tub, complete with colour changing (chromotherapy) jets was added.Season 3 (2007)
LDV 400 Series Minibus (1994)
This was pimped as part of the 2007 Comic Relief appeal, the "Community Volunteer Transport" of the Staffordshire Moorlands.Oli's Renault Clio RT (1991)
Robin's Ford Transit (1992)
The van was used as a tourbus for Robin and his band.Marek's Trabant 601 (1981) (Presented by Fat Joe)
The chassis of the car was completely rusted out, and needed a donor car to replace many of its parts.Ronny's Datsun 310 Cherry (1981) (Presented by Lil' Jon)
Painted in cherry red with two racing strips down the middle of the car.The car was modified to give a goth appearance.Unique touches included plastic human body parts embedded under leather on the car's bonnet and roof, and a grille to scare off forest trolls.Carolin's Opel Kadett Cabrio (1990) (Presented by Lil' Jon)
This car was a rigged convertible top and hatches of spiders inside the car.In Episode 26 of the Movies.Businesses using the names Pimp My Pet and Pimp My Snack have been threatened with legal action for an alleged breach of a trademark owned by Viacom.Similar programs
Thematic variations:
Monster Garage: Also features outrageous custom engineering of vehicles, albeit within an entirely different program format.Although ostensibly a competitor of Pimp My Ride, one episode featured a WCC paint job.Ride with Funkmaster Flex: Produced by MTV, reviews interesting cars.Pimp My Room (MTV, The Netherlands) features some friendly competition between three students to see who will win the university student bedroom or apartment overhaul.Subsequently the room is "pimped".Pimp My Wheels (MTV, Italy) in which mopeds and motorcycles are customized.Pimp My Whatever (German) where anything can be pimped.Official links
Pimp My Ride at MTV.Ups Game
West Coast Customs
Galpin Auto Sports
Pimp My Fahrrad (Pimp My Bicycle) at MTV.This page was last modified 15:11, 21 January 2008.All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.The new major features include searching, generators, ratings, image uploading, and new graphics daily.The sexual arts if you will.Create Your Own Pimp Text!Check out the full episode now.Play: Crowd Magnet
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Check out these highlight shots from the very best of X's escapades.Once again, rap superstar and car enthusiast Xzibit and car customization specialist Mad Mike take aim on the biggest clunkers on the road.Taking car customization to the next level, together Xzibit, Mad Mike and the crew at GAS create unheard of pimped out masterpieces.Create a configuration object and add the keywords to the conf.Use CTRL + C to copy; CTRL + V to paste into your Profile.XXTRA LARGE Pimp cup with 2 Lines!One of the things most hype about being an elevated player is having a name that
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