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<p>When the St. Louis rapper Nelly announced he was coming out with an energy drink, Najee Ali was ecstatic.</p> <p>"It's important to support young African-American entrepreneurs," said Ali, national director of the activist group Project Islamic Hope.</p> <p>But when Ali and other activists learned that Nelly's drink is named "Pimp Juice," after the rapper's song, "Our mouths just dropped."</p>

AS marketing schemes go, the hip-hop music star Nelly risks sending a lot of mixed signals with the name of the new energy drink he's marketing. It's called "Pimp Juice." I could be wrong, but "Pimp Juice" does not sound to me like something that you want to put in your mouth. Either way, you won't get a chance to find out, if certain leaders of black community organizations have their way. In Los Angeles, three organizations called Project Islamic HOPE, the National Alliance for Positive Action, and the National Black Anti-Defamation League staged a press conference last Tuesday (Sept....