''Pimps Up, Ho's Down'' is a 1998 television

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about

pimping Procuring, pimping, or pandering is the facilitation or provision of a prostitute or other sex worker in the arrangement of a sex act with a customer. A procurer, colloquially called a pimp (if male) or a madam (if female, though the term "pimp" ...

in the

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as part of the

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documentary anthology series '' America Undercover''. The film features interviews with American pimps and explores the modern pimping lifestyle. The film has received some controversy over some pimps using the documentary as an instructional video for their prostitutes, and HBO paying the pimps for rights to film their businesses and the Players Ball.

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