{"id":184,"date":"2003-09-09T12:09:31","date_gmt":"2003-09-09T16:09:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tradermike.net\/movethecrowd\/2003\/09\/pimpin_aint_easy\/"},"modified":"2003-09-09T12:09:31","modified_gmt":"2003-09-09T16:09:31","slug":"pimpin_aint_easy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.michaelseneadza.com\/blog\/2003\/09\/09\/pimpin_aint_easy\/","title":{"rendered":"Pimpin&#8217; Ain&#8217;t Easy&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m surprised this took so long:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nThis morning at 10 (West Coast time) a coalition of black organizations are stepping up to the task.  Led by activist Najee Ali, the coalition is set to launch a national boycott against the energy drink and the stores that carry it.   &#8220;Nelly is selling out because he only cares about making money, just like pimps and drug pushers.  We intend to chase Nelly&#8217;s Pimp Juice out the black community,&#8221; stated Ali, National director of Project Islamic Hope. <\/p>\n<p>The press conference\/boycott will be staged at The Liquor Bank, 3600 Stocker Blvd. (Crenshaw &amp; Stocker)\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>(via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eurweb.com\/\">EURWeb<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m surprised this took so long: This morning at 10 (West Coast time) a coalition of black organizations are stepping up to the task. Led by activist Najee Ali, the coalition is set to launch a national boycott against the energy drink and the stores that carry it. &#8220;Nelly is selling out because he only&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelseneadza.com\/blog\/2003\/09\/09\/pimpin_aint_easy\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Pimpin&#8217; Ain&#8217;t Easy&#8230;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8,11],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":163,"url":"http:\/\/www.michaelseneadza.com\/blog\/2003\/08\/21\/making_breaking_the_band_ii\/","url_meta":{"origin":184,"position":0},"title":"Making Breaking the Band II","date":"August 21, 2003","format":false,"excerpt":"Lots of rumors are flying about Da Band from MTV's Making the Band II. 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