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>> WELCOME BACK TO TMZ SPORTS.
EVAN HERE.
STRIP HAD BEEN CLUBBING DURING
THE DAY CAN BE A DANGEROUS
THING.
JUST ASK JOHN ABE RAM, THE
ARIZONA CARDINALS LINEBACKER,
WHO WAS ARRESTED A FEW WEEKS
AGO.
HE WAS DRIVING AROUND 4:00 P.M.
WHEN HE WAS -- THE COP FOUND HIM
PASSED OUT IN THE CAR.
WHEN THEY APPROACHED HIM, THEY
SAID WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
HE SAID SORRY, MAN, I WAS AT THE
STRIP CLUB.
A PLACE CALLED THE PINK PONY
OUTSIDE OF ATLANTA AND THINGS
GOT A LITTLE CRAZY.
HE ENDED UP GETTING ARRESTED FOR
D.U.I.
THE THING THAT'S RESONATING
AROUND HERE IS WHO GOES INTO THE
STRIP CLUB DURING THE DAY, 4:00
ON A SUNDAY?
TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION WE WENT
TO AN EXPERT.
WE'VE GOT RAP SUPERSTAR JIM
JONES ON THE PHONE.
JIM, THANKS FOR JOINING US, MAN.
>> YOU JUST WANT TO GET ME IN
TROUBLE WHEN I GET HOME.
I'M AN EXPERT.
>> SO LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION.
YOU RECENTLY, IF I RECALL
CORRECTLY, YOU RECENTLY HAD A
BIRTHDAY PARTY AT A STRIP CLUB.
>> I HAD A FEW BIRTHDAY PARTIES
AT A FEW STRIP CLUBS.
>> SO YOU KNOW WHAT'S UP.
JOHN ABRAHAM GETS ARRESTED.
COPS SAID HE SAID HE WAS
SPENDING HIS WHOLE DAY AT THE
PINK PONY, 4:00 SUNDAY.
FROM WHAT I KNOW, FROM MY
LIMITED EXPERIENCE IN STRIP
CLUBS.
I WAS TOLD LIKE WEEKEND DAY
SHIFT IN THE STRIP CLUB NOT THE
BEST TIME TO GO.
WHAT DO YOU SAY ABOUT THAT?
>> I BEG TO DIFFER.
THE SPICE THAT I LIKE PROBABLY
WOULD BE ONE PLACE CALLED MIAMI
ONE.
THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH OPEN ALL
DAY.
THEIR FOOD IS INCREDIBLE.
>> OH, BLAME IT ON THE FOOD,
JIM.
>> NO, NO, BUT LISTEN TO ME.
ONE THING ABOUT THE STRIP CLUBS
IS THEY HIRE FIVE-STAR CHEFS.
YOU CAN GO IN THERE AND ORDER
ANYTHING YOU WANT.
>> I'VE BEEN HEARING THIS A LOT.
THE STRIP CLUBS ARE TRYING TO UP
THEIR GAME BECAUSE THEY HAVE
THIS REPUTATION FOR DAY SHIFT
STRIPPERS.
IT'S TOUGH TO DRAW PEOPLE IN, SO
THEY'VE BEEN UPPING THE GAME IN
THE KITCHEN.
APPARENTLY THIS IS BECOMING LIKE
A REAL BIG THING.
>> KIND OF BEEN A REAL BIG
THING, BUT NOW THAT "TMZ" GOT
COMMERCIALIZED, IT'S
MORE ON THE DOWN-LOW.
MR. ABRAHAM BLEW IT ALL UP BY
GETTING CAUGHT.
FOR THE MASSES, YES, WE LIKE TO
GO TO THE STRIP CLUB DURING THE
DAY TIME, EAT GOOD FOOD AND
CONDUCT OUR BUSINESS FROM THERE.
>> I FEEL LIKE THERE'S A
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE WEEK END
DAY SHIFT AND THE WEEK
AYANBADEJO SHIFT.
WEEKDAYS YOU SEE GUYS ON THEIR
LUNCH BREAKS.
IS THERE A DIFFERENT BETWEEN THE
WEEKEND DAY SHIFT AND THE
WEEKDAY DAY SHIFT?
>> IT SPENDS ON WHAT PART OF THE
COUNTRY YOU GO TO.
IN ATLANTA IT DON'T MATTER IF
IT'S WEEKDAY OR WEEKNIGHT.
IF YOU'RE IN MIAMI IT DON'T
MATTER.
>> LET ME ASK YOU ANOTHER
QUESTION.
THE STRIP CLUB THAT JOHN WAS
ALLEGEDLY IN BEFORE HE GOT
ARRESTED, THE PINK PONE ONLY HAS
A 3.5 STAR RATING YELP.
DO YOU ONLY GO TO FIVE-STAR
PLACES?
>> SOMETIMES THE HOLE IN THE
WALL SPOTS ARE THE BEST ONES.
>> YEAH, MAN.
>> THAT'S TRUE, THAT'S TRUE.
>> I'VE GONE INTO A TWO-STAR
PLACE SOMETIME AND --
>> YOU'RE A FAMOUS GUY.
WHEN YOU WALK INTO A STRIP CLUB,
PEOPLE KNOW WHO YOU ARE.
DO YOU FEEL MORE OF A PRESSURE
TO JUST GO CRAZY WITH THE
DOLLARS BECAUSE YOU'RE FAMOUS?
>> AT THIS POINT I'M KIND OF
LIKE -- IT'S CHANGED.
WHEN I WALK IN, I'M LIKE NORMAL.
>> YEAH, RIGHT, THAT'S NOT TRUE.
YOU HAVE A WHOLE RAP CREW, A
BUNCH OF DUDES BEHIND YOU AND
YOU'RE DROPPING BIG MONEY.
SO ALL THE GIRLS --
>> THAT'S AT NIGHTTIME, THAT'S
AT NIGHTTIME.
>> YEAH, I GOT YOU.
>> YOU ONLY DROP BIG MONEY AT
NIGHTTIME AND YOU GO IN AND
CHILL DURING THE DAYTIME.
THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE.
>> OK.
SO THE STRAGGLERS ARE DURING THE
DAY AND THE NIGHTTIME ARE THE
TOP-DOLLAR ONES?
>> THERE YOU GO, I THINK YOU GOT
IT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING
US ON "TMZ SPORTS."
ALWAYS A PLEASURE.
>> HAVE A GOOD ONE, APPRECIATE
IT.
>> YOU, TOO.