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D-Money's Players Ball cross over influences into mainstream
PIMP MY RIDE - Xzibit met the Producers of Pimp My Ride in 2003 at the Ball. Because of this introduction, it led into Xzibit being the host of the show. (The Producer thanked me a couple years ago, I didn't even know that's how it went down)
Ice-T teamed up with D$ to do a site called PimpOrDie.com, a porn website with Ice-T as the host. (it never really developed but we started it together) - It was the first rapper to porn project. Ice-T previously hosted our Ball and loved it, so it opened the door for me.
D-Money and KB influence Money B from Digital Underground to persue porn, they started Sex And The Studio soon after seeing our conventions and Players Ball.
D-Money (with YT Cracker) co-wrote a Too Short tune on Jive Records - His last album, "Married To The Game", I had an idea to take an adult domain name of mine and write a song about it, hoping to drive traffic from mainstream. The song is called, "Pimpandho.com". The hook of the song is "Me and D-Money, smokin' that bomb... If you need a little game, you better log on.."
Wallstreet Journal - Source Magazine - Fox News - Playboy TV - (60 Minutes requested an interview with me once) and many other news sources hit me up over the years, without even sending out a press release.
Dreamworks signed a deal with me to license the use of the Players Ball in their Chris Rock movie, "Head Of State". They even re-created their own Players Ball in the movie
Our Players Ball is also featured in TooRealForTV.com - They made a documentary on real Players and Pimps, somehow we ended up in their "Cross Country Pimping" documentary.
Snoop Dogg changes his image from Gangster to Pimp at our Players Ball. He researched his new gig by contacting Don Magic Juan to get his outfit and pimp glass. They became best friends since then and Snoop has maintained a pimp persona ever since. 3 days before our Ball, Suge Knight was released from prison.
I just rattled these off the top of my head, there's many other scenerios, but these are just fun little trivia bits about what the Players Ball contributed over the years outside of our little circles.
One day I'll do a contest for a Players Card, so these bits might win you one soon.
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