Don "Magic" Juan

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

Don "Magic" Juan (born Donald Campbell in 1950, aka The Chairman of the Board, Archbishop Don 'Magic' Juan, Bishop Magic Juan, and Bishop) is an American hip-hop artist, fashion designer, and pimp from Chicago. He is often called a "physical manifestation of a stereotype come to life".

Juan's climb to mainstream celebrity began when he met Snoop Dogg backstage at one of his concerts. They soon became good friends, and Juan became Snoop's "spiritual advisor". He also acts as 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, although in 2003, Snoop Dogg stated that he was working on producing Juan's first album. ^[1] Juan did release a compilation album of 70's and 80's soul classics in 2006 titled, Green is for the Money, Gold is for the Honeys.

Juan has had several supporting roles in music, videos, and live stage shows of established rap 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, Girls Next Door, and The Daily Show. Don Juan also appears in the B-Real music video "Los Angeles" directed by Director Hugo V. He also appeared in Pimps Up, Ho's Down, a documentary about the pimping lifestyle, and the Hughes Brothers-directed documentary American Pimp.

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. He also had a small role as a Pimp associated to the character Money Mike, played by Katt Williams in the film Friday After Next starring Ice Cube. He also made a brief appearance on the first episode of Mind of Mencia. The character Silky Johnson from Chapelle's Show is based largely on Mr. Juan.

Don "Magic" Juan is of no relation to Magic Juan, the merengue hip hop artist formerly of Proyecto Uno and now a solo reggaeton artist.