Beaumont
(Texas) rapper Ivory P (real name Ivory Charles Pantallion III), aka “Ivory
Pimping” was arrested in Lake Charles for human trafficking and, surprise, pimping. Ivory is not a wanna-be rapper. At one point he was signed to Port Arthur
record label, UGK (short
for Underground Kingz) Records. UGK Records was founded in 2005 by the late Chad Butler,
aka “Pimp C”. Pimp C was half of the duo Grammy-award winning, UGK, which was
formed in 1987 with his partner Bernard Freeman, aka “Bun B.” While Pimp P met
a tragic and untimely death in 2007, Bun B seems to be doing quite well these
days. Bun B is set to release another album soon, he recently released a children’s
coloring book , he is a lecturer at Rice University, and also he has a
pretty popular texting and
driving PSA with Houston Mayor Annise Parker.
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| Ivory Pimping: Kept it Real, Now in Jail |
Ivory P
on the other hand, doesn’t seem to be fairing as well. Ivory Pimping seems to
be right in line to be the next poster child for the Chris Rock “when
keeping it real goes wrong” campaign.
Last
week, Ivory, and a female accomplice, lured a 19-year old woman out of
Huntsville, Alabama down to Beaumont.
Once there, Ivory took her cell phone, gave her a prepaid phone and showed
the woman her escort page advertising her services. After one trick, they moved her to Lake
Charles against her will (trafficking and kidnapping), where another escort
page had been set up. The victim,
fearing for her life, called her mom in Huntsville, who called the police, who
found Ivory pretty quick. Now he’s in
jail with a $1 million bond and plenty of time to work on new lyrics. I doubt
this is life imitating art. This seems like his raps (which I haven’t heard to
be able to judge) being pretty autobiographical. Interesting question about whether they’ll be
able to be introduced at trial.
I
wonder if Mayor Parker, who has launched the “Shine
a Light” taskforce to deal with human trafficking in Houston, ask
the Bun B to make another PSA speaking out against human trafficking.
Full story: Houston Chronicle
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