Donna Goudeau a.k.a Pimp Squad Baby

About

"Pimp Squad Baby" is a memorable quote uttered by Texas resident Donna Goudeau as she was being arrested for aggravated robbery in 2011.

Origin

On July 20th, 2011, Goudeau, along with accomplices Jeremy Goudeu and Keyron Elmore, allegedly forced their way into the motel room of 73-year-old pipefitter Juan Sustiata in Port Arthur, Texas and proceeded to beat and stab him before stealing his coin collection and debit card. Later that day, Donna Goudeau was arrested and proclaimed her innocence while being filmed by the local news station KBTV, claiming she was "lelgally blind" and could not have driven the getaway car. When being seated in the police car, she blurts up the phrase "Pimp squad baby, for life" (shown below).

According to Texas court records, Goudeau was sentenced later that day to serve 18 years.

Spread

While the video was originally recorded in 2011, it did not begin circulating online until October 2014 when it began appearing on Instagram^[2] and YouTube.^[3] On October 4th, WorldStarHipHop posted a remix by rapper Beat King utilizing clips from the video (shown below). In the first four days, the video gained over 590,800 views and 5,900 comments.

On October 6th, a Facebook^[5] page titled "Pimp Squad" was launched, featuring a screenshot of Goudeau as a profile image. On October 7th, YouTuber Casa Di uploaded an autotune remix of the Goudeau interview (shown below).

Jennifer Hudson even sang over a remix of the video on a segment on the Rickey Smiley Morning show (shown below).