A Pimp Named Slickback
A Pimp Named Slickback's defining trait is his self-professed name.
He insists that others use the entire phrase when referring to or
addressing him, and disdains any attempt to shorten it (in the episode "Guess Hoe's Coming to Dinner", he says "It's like 't A
Tribe Called Quest', you say the whole thing"). He is a proud
businessman, his primary business is prostitution, and feels no shame in
being a pimp. Known to put many things before a ho (e.g. Money, new
pair of gators, a turkey sandwich with just tomato), his views on a
woman's role in society cause him to take a firm hand with his
"Prostitute hos," and he does not hesitate to use physical force to
discipline them even in public. His credo in this regard is "The Pimp's
Prayer":
The Pimp's Prayer: "Let us pray the Pimp's Prayer. Lord,
please pray for the soul of this bitch and guide my pimp hand and make
it strong, Lord, so that she might learn a ho's place. Amen."
Despite his coarse language, A Pimp Named Slickback often speaks
eloquently, even quoting the Scientific Method when trying to convince
Tom Dubois to strike his wife ("Has not hitting the bitch been
working? I mean, scientifically speaking, has not hitting the
bitch achieved the desired results?"). Appearances in the Show
A Pimp Named Slickback first appears in " Guess Hoe's Coming to Dinner",
seeking a prostitute in his employ, Cristal, who had been dating Robert
"Granddad" Freeman, accepting gifts from Granddad, and living at
the Freeman home, rather than performing her duties as a "ho". While
aspiring gangsta Riley Freeman sees A Pimp Named Slickback as a person
to be respected, Grandda takes offense to the pimp's treatment of
Cristal as property, and stops A Pimp Named Slickback from slapping her.
Rebuffed, A Pimp Named Slickback grants Cristal a mere 45 seconds to
say her goodbyes, driving off just as she leaves the house. She gives
chase, and they are last seen with Cristal still in pursuit, begging her
"daddy" to slow down and pick her up.
A Pimp Named Slickback returns (now on good terms with the
Freemans) in "Tom, Sarah and Usher" to counsel the Freemans' neighbor
Tom Dubois for "chronic bitch dependency", after a
disagreement ends with Tom's wife Sarah
kicking him out of the house. Granddad, concerned that Tom may become a
long-term house guest, takes Riley's advice and hires A Pimp Named
Slickback (paying his $2,500 retainer with Tom's credit card) to deal
with the problem. A Pimp Named Slickback meets with much resistance from
Tom, due to the pimp's profession (Tom being an assistant district
attorney), Tom's wishy-washy personality, and his unwillingness to use
the term "bitch" to describe women. An exercise in role-playing to teach
Tom to "re-assert dominance" ends in a beating at the hands of A Pimp
Named Slickback's bottom bitch, Sweetest Taboo; Tom only shows some
backbone when A Pimp Named Slickback's surveillance woman, Quiet Storm,
discovers that Sarah plans to meet with Usher, whom Tom believes is
having an affair with her. Against A Pimp Named Slickback's advice, Tom
insists to be taken to the meeting place, where, despite A Pimp Named
Slickback's words of wisdom ("remember to hit the bitch"), Tom can't
bring himself to strike his wife and slaps Usher instead. As Tom is
attacked by Usher and his bodyguards (after finding out that Sarah had
merely brought their daughter Jazmine to meet Usher), A Pimp Named Slickback shakes
his head in disappointment and leaves Tom to his fate.