Don "Magic" Juan

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Don "Magic" Juan
Don "Magic" Juan on his debut album cover.
Origin	Chicago, Illinois
Years active	2002- present
Labels	Avatar Records
Website(s)	www.thebishop.us http://www.myspace.com/pimpdon

Don "Magic" Juan (also referred to as Donald Campbell, The Chairman of the Board, Archbishop Don 'Magic' Juan, Archbishop Don Magic Juan, Bishop Magic Juan, and Don The Bishop Magic Juan) is an American hip-hop artist, actor, and self-proclaimed (or reformed) pimp from Chicago, Illinois who is an ordained minister in real life (as an ordained minister, he has counseled former pimps where a majority have made the transition out of illegal activity)^{[citation needed]}.

Juan has served in several supporting roles in the music, videos, and live stage shows of better-established artists, including a remix of 50 Cent's "P.I.M.P.", (as well as being featured in the music video), and a spoken-word interlude on Da Brat's album Unrestricted. He is also featured in Twista's song "Pimp on" from the Kamikaze album, and "Bo$$ Playa" from Snoop Dogg's album Paid Tha Cost To Be Da Boss. He can also be seen as part of Snoop's entourage in movies such as Starsky & Hutch and Old School. His TV appearances include the Ice-T episode of Behind the Music and The Daily Show.

Juan's climb to mainstream celebrity began when he met Snoop backstage at one of his concerts. They soon became good friends, and Juan became Snoop's "spiritual advisor". He also acts a "spiritual advisor" to Gina Gershon as seen in an episode of the documentary series Rocked with Gina Gershon. To date, Juan has not released any albums of his own, though Snoop Dogg has stated publicly that he is working on producing Juan's first album^{[citation needed]}. Juan did release a compilation album of 70's and 80's soul classics in 2006.

He was caricatured in Aaron McGruder's comic strip The Boondocks for a November/December 2003 story arc during which Boondocks characters Huey and Caesar were attempting to find then-U.S. National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice a boyfriend.