No the function of pimps might have dissipated with the move away from streetwalking (there are still guys taking girls on multi-city circuits where they book individual clients online, that’s the closest real thing to a lot of “human trafficking” boogeymen)

But I’m talking about the figure, like Snoop Dogg as a sybaritic smooth-talker with a gaudily velvet car and wardrobe offering a good time and even things like inter-pimp rivalry or “pimp slapping” a girl while asking “where’s my money, bitch?” was just part of the charming performance