Get emails on Iceberg Slim: Portrait of a Pimp news, photos & more. Iceberg Slim: Portrait of a Pimp Examines the tumultuous life of legendary Chicago pimp Iceberg Slim (1918-1992) and how he ...
Fast forward some umpteen years, and we’re brought to Iceberg Slim: Portrait of a Pimp, an examination of the tumultuous life and times of legendary Chicago pimp Iceberg Slim (1918-1992) and how he ...
Robert “Iceberg Slim” Beck wrote dozens of cheap paperback novels, which sold millions of copies. His first book, 1967’s “Pimp: The Story of My Life,” made him a literary star. A dozen books followed, ...
'Iceberg Slim: Portrait of a Pimp', examines the tumultuous life of legendary Chicago pimp Iceberg Slim (1918-1992) and how he reinvented himself from pimp to author of 7 groundbreaking books. These ...
Under the pseudonym “Iceberg Slim,” a former pimp revamped his life and became one of the best-selling authors of the 20th century. While his work was vilified in polite circles, Robert Beck ...
According to the rich narrative laid out by the documentary “Iceberg Slim: Portrait of a Pimp,” it’s hard out there for a pimp, not to mention the life that leads to it, and after it. One of black ...
Justin Gifford’s introduction to Iceberg Slim came when some students at the South-side Chicago school where he taught showed him a copy of an autobiography titled “Pimp: The Story of My Life,” ...
One of black literature's most venerated chroniclers of street life and crime is the subject of the documentary Iceberg Slim: Portrait of a Pimp. The author of seven popular autobiographical books ...