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Supreme Court Rules In Favor Of The Word "Pimp"
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Supreme Court Rules In Favor Of The Word "Pimp"
By Clover Hope
Date: 1/8/2005 10:25 am
Rappers from Snoop Dogg to 50 Cent and Nelly have used the word "pimp" in both its negative and positive subtexts in their rhymes, but controversy over "pimp" recently spilled into the courts, leading to a decision supporting the term's usage.
The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday (Jan. 4) in favor of ESPN, stating that the sports channel's use of "pimp" on their website was intended as a compliment.
Motorcycle stunt specialist Evel Knievel sued ESPN for libel after a photo of Knievel alongside his wife and another woman appeared on ESPN.com with the caption, "You're never too old to be a pimp."
Judge A. Wallace Tashima declared that readers would have probably viewed the caption as "an attempt at humor." The ruling upheld a federal judge's prior decision to dismiss Knievel's suit.
"Although the word 'pimp' may be reasonably capable of a defamatory meaning when read in isolation, we agree with the district court's assessment that the term loses its meaning when considered in the context presented here," the Court said.
The Supreme Court's ruling substantiates Nelly's assertion that his Pimp Juice energy drink, named after the St. Louis rapper's hit single, was not meant to be offensive.
While Nelly was condemned for using the word "pimp" for his beverage, the rapper has frequently insisted that he spinned the word's negative connotation into a positive, using the acronym Positive Intellectual Motivated Persons.
"These are the words that our children already hear, everyday, on the radio," Nelly defended in an interview. "I might have a nephew come in like, 'What you thought, man? I'm a pimp.' And I'll be like, 'okay, well pimp them books. Lemme see you bring that C up to an A then, pimp.' And he walks in with an A and be like, 'Yeaaa, pimp! That's what I'm talking about.' It's a word. It's a word."
The 2004 winner of Nelly's Positive. Intellectual. Motivated. Persons (P.I.M.P) annual scholarship, which helps two college students with educational expenses, will soon be announced.
Nelly also plans to launch a sugar free version of the energy drink called PJ Tight.
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What a Pimp!
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That's pimp.
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pimperish
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January 13, 2005, 06:26:30 PM »
pimp pimp hooorrrrraaayyyyyyyy!!! dats pimp-o-lisouse
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LOL @ the authors name "Clover Hope"
I'm probably the only one who finds that entertaining.
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