![]() ![]() Publisher: Cash Money Content (March 12, 2013) Length: 192 pages ISBN13. He published six more books based on his life and Slim died at age 73 in 1992 one day before the Los Angeles riots. The Naked Soul of Iceberg Slim Long White Con Death Wish Mama Black Widow Long. Airtight Willie & Me by Iceberg Slim - Iceberg Slim breaks down some of the coldest, capitalist concepts I’ve ever heard in. Slim died on April 28, 1992, he was 73 years-old.Īre you the author profiled here? Email us your official website or Let us host your primary web presence. Active Filters Death Wish Mama Black Widow Trick Baby: The Story of a. Pimp was eventually translated into German, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch, Swedish, Finnish, and Greek. His wife encouraged Slim to write the story of his life as a novel.īentley Morris of Holloway House recognized the merit of Pimp, and it was published in 1967.īy 1973, it had been reprinted 19 times and had sold nearly 2 million copies. He met his common-law wife while he was working as an insecticide salesman. He moved to Los Angeles and changed his name to Robert Beck, taking the last name of the man his mother was married to at the time. It is the smells, the sounds, the fears and the petty triumphs in the world of the street pimp. When verbal instruction and psychological manipulation failed to keep his women in line, he beat them with wire hangers in his autobiography, he fully concedes he was a ruthless, vicious man.Īfter serving time in prison, Iceberg Slim believed he was too old for the life of pimping, unable to compete with younger, more ruthless pimps. Robert (Iceberg Slim) Beck’s first book is told without bitterness and with no pretense at moralizing. Iceberg Slim Books in Order (10 Book Series) Pimp Trick Baby Mama Black Widow The Naked Soul of Iceberg Slim Death Wish Long White Con Airtight Willie &. ![]() He said he was known for his frosty temperament, and at 6’2" and 180 lbs, he was indeed slim, and he had a reputation for staying calm in sticky situations, thus earning the street name Iceberg Slim. The book claimed that during his career, he had over 400 women, both black and white, working for him. It is because the books were so mysterious, intriguing, shocking and different for a young mind to read that I would want to read any type of book I can get my hands on for the rest of my life. was born in Chicago, Illinois.Īccording to his memoir, Pimp, Slim started pimping at 18 and continued until age 42. After reading my first 2 real books my father asked me did I know why he gave me such a book as Iceberg Slim first then Greenwich second. Iceberg Slim born Robert Lee Maupin or Robert Moppins, Jr. The tone of his fiction has been acknowledged as an influence by, Ice T. Iceberg Slim (Aug– April 28, 1992), was a pimp who subsequently became an author. Iceberg Slim is a Top 100 Bestselling Author Making Our List 8 Times ![]()
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