He briefly attended the tuskegee institute but dropped out to return. Robert beck, more commonly known by his streetearned nickname iceberg slim. The story of my life audiobook written by iceberg slim. Iceberg slim download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. Iceberg slim, also known as robert beck, was born in chicago in 1918 and was initiated into the life of the pimp at age 18. Signin to download and listen to this audiobook today. While bringing brutal and difficulttoswallow tales from the underground, this book exposes the authors inner workings unlike any of iceberg slims other works. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. Internet archive contributor internet archive language. In the preface, slim says it best, in this book, i will take you, the reader, with me into the secret inner world of the pimp. In hopes of escaping the racial bigotry and economic injustice of the south, otis family. This isnt a book you read because you want eroticism.
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On todays show we learn about robert beck aka iceberg slim whose pimp sold more copies than any other book written by an african american author. Written by iceberg slim, audiobook narrated by cary hite. He spent much of his childhood in milwaukee and rockford, illinoisbefore. Iceberg slim s last book, doom fox written in 1978 but not published until 1998, contains an introduction written by icet. The story of my life iceberg slim dances on that thread between unapologetic and remorseful. Pimp the story of my life by iceberg slim audio book duration. As real as you can get without jumping in, this is the story of iceberg slims life as he saw, felt, tasted, and smelled it. Written in 1967, pimp has played a major role in the shaping of gangsta rap as well as actual pimping.
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He briefly attended the tuskegee institute but dropped out. Portrait of a pimp shows slims transformation from pimp to the author of 7 classic books. Being one of the most popular and talked about pimps of the last century, there are many stories surrounding the character of iceberg slim, some extraordinary and unbelievable, but this. It is a trip through hell by the one man who lived to tell the talethe dangers of jail, addiction, and death that are still all too familiar for todays black community. Listen to pimp the story of my life by iceberg slim available from rakuten kobo. Picking up where trick baby left off, we dive into the world of johnny obrien, better known as white folks. Start a free 30day trial today and get your first audiobook free. In reading the street i resist the critical tendency to play the real robert beck off the authorial and narrative personas known as iceberg slim.
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