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inhumane for me. I had feelings for her, and the idea of her selling her body was not what I wanted.

Near the end of my short stint as a pimp, I had three or four women working for me, and it was strenuous. Pimping is a 24/7 job, and in my mind I was going to be a big star and make more money than all these women put together.

I put an end to the experience quick and vowed never to pimp again.

After this pimping episode, I cut Jimmy loose and hardly ever saw him again. I think he knew that the lifestyle wasn’t for me.

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One thing that I’ve noticed with people such as Rick James and Jimmy Ruffin, who are destined to be superstars, is that they will always find a way to have their name in lights in whatever arena they’re in- regardless of if they used their superstardom for bad, or good.

We see it all the time. For example, how many times have we heard of the drug dealer who has gone to jail for being one of the biggest dope dealers in his region and folks say it was absolutely horrible what he did to his community, but that it’s really sad because he could have been a great businessman, had he channeled the same energy into a legitimate business? Or how many times have we seen mass murderers become ‘superstars’ by eventually having their names in the “spotlight” so to speak? They’re all superstars, no matter how twisted their route to getting what they perceive as superstardom may be. So like I said, people who are destined for superstardom- bad or good- can either end up being a famous serial killer, or the beautiful Harriet Tubman, who is forever an immortalized hero for freeing over 400 slaves.

Rick James and his friend Jimmy Ruffin were clearly searching for their superstardom spotlight when they were attempting to make a name for themselves in pimping, but they were obviously misguided along their journey. I’m glad “Mr. Cold Blooded” realized that lifestyle wasn’t for him early on, or else we probably would have never gotten classics like this…

And this…