Dave Chappelle, from his Netflix special The Bird Revelation. In Pimp, Iceberg Slim breaks down some of the coldest, capitalist concepts I’ve ever heard in my life. I don't know how he spent the rest of his life besides getting a wife and children, but I sure hope that he did something worthwhile with it. 11.59 58 Used from 4.73 38 New from 7.00. In it, Iceberg Slim explains the rules of being a successful pimp. There are a few sentences where he says that he is ashamed of his criminal life, but the prideful sentences seem to outweigh them 100 times. Well, it turns out that theres a classic American primer about the laws of pimps and pimping written in 1968, Iceberg Slims Pimp: The Story of My Life. So read this book, which is engrossing while shocking, and see if you don't think that these criminals who were the author and his friends, would not have been better off receiving the electric chair right away instead of enslaving women and funding the drug cartels for many decades. If you thought Hustle & Flow was the true pimp story, this book is where it all began. Only he could tell this story and make the reader feel it. Iceberg Slim’s autobiographical novel sent shockwaves throughout the literary world when it published in 1969. As real as you can get without jumping in, this is the story of Slim’s life as he saw, felt, tasted, and smelled it. This all happened early to mid 20th century. An immersive experience unlike anything before it, Pimp is the classic hustler’s tale that never seems to go out of style. Ice-Ts third album, The Iceberg, was another major homage.

Most of his criminal friends are either murdered or commit suicide. Iceberg Slims last book, Doom Fox, which was written in 1978 but not published until 1998, contains an introduction written by Ice-T. The rest of the book is about how he somehow enslaved young naive bitter women to pay him to be his prostitute and how this guy probably funded millions of dollars to the corrupt drug cartels of the world to feed him and his prostitutes' habits. Apparently the author cleaned up after his third stint behind bars, although he dedicates all of 1.5 pages of it in the epilogue. This guy grew up and hustled his way through a world of no morality where the weak are physically brutalized or killed, and the strong exploit the emotionally or physically weak to their advantage. This Study Guide consists of approximately 30 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Pimp. This book shows you that a pimp is basically a slave owner.

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