Death Wish, written in Slim's typically hard-hitting and highly compulsive prose, tells . Billed as the original Mafia story, this 1977 work is the last novel by longtime pimp-turned-writer Robert Beck (better known as Iceberg Slim)

Death Wish, written in Slim's typically hard-hitting and highly compulsive prose, tells the story of Chicago's Mafia and the power struggle that ensues when the greedy Don, Jimmy Collucci, attempts to become the king-pin of Chicago's ''Honored Society''. Not only is this a portrayal of an organisation whose working details Slim knew intimately but we also see Mafia infighting set against a backdrop of the underworld in its entirety. Billed as the original Mafia story, this 1977 work is the last novel by longtime pimp-turned-writer Robert Beck (better known as Iceberg Slim).

Home Iceberg Slim Death Wish. I feel them Tuinals kicking my ass fuzzy. Ain’t this a bitch! I wish I could cop a few blows of the Miss Pure White Lady stashed under that cushion to clear my skull. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23. Contents. You know you my main man. But damn, you ain’t called. You ain’t been back to the pad since I let my three-way Hawaiian freak blow your mind Thanksgiving night. Pappy, I woulda bet a C-note against a jug of snot you wouldn’ta done me like that. Angelo averted his eyes and hula’ed the wine in his glass.

Robert (Iceberg Slim) Beck's first book is told without bitterness and with no pretense at moralizing. It is the smells, the sounds, the fears and the petty triumphs in the world of the street pimp. Justin Gifford’s Street Poison: The Biography of Iceberg Slim is the biography of an American pimp and author whose writings and lifestyle influenced a generation of hip-hop musicians. Iceberg Slim via Doubleday Books. August 13, 2015 ·. "A Chicago pimp, became the godfather of hip-hop, an integral cog in Hollywood's Blaxploitation era and one of the most-read black authors of the 20th century.

Robert Beck (born Robert Lee Maupin or Robert Moppins J. August 4, 1918 – April 30, 1992), better known as Iceberg Slim, was an American pimp who subsequently became an influential author among a primarily. August 4, 1918 – April 30, 1992), better known as Iceberg Slim, was an American pimp who subsequently became an influential author among a primarily African-American readership. Beck's novels were adapted into movies, and the imagery and tone of Beck's fiction have been acknowledged as an influence by several gangsta rap musicians, including Ice-T and Ice Cube, whose names are homages to Beck.

Iceberg Slim, also known as Robert Beck, was born as Robert Lee Maupin. Novelist and poet whose most famous novel, Pimp, is l. Books by Iceberg Slim. Mor. rivia About Death Wish.

Death Wish, written in Slim's typically . Robert Beck (1918-1992), aka Iceberg Slim, is the best known pimp of all time. He wrote seven books, all published by Canongate, the most famous of which is his autobiography Pimp. Country of Publication.

Death Wish, written in Slim's typically hard-hitting and highly compulsive prose, tells the story of Chicago's Mafia and the power struggle that ensues when the greedy Don, Jimmy Collucci, attempts to become the king-pin of Chicago's ''Hored Society''.

remembered the day before Bama went East to play con with Bulldog Slim, and a week before Rachel’s release from the narc treatment center in Lexington. going into a plush apartment building. Bama frantically blew the car horn. The couple put suitcases down to wave. Bulldog said, Bama, that lady is some pretty, too pretty for a silk stud that’s raggity as Yakima.

For Iceberg Slim - who IS Robert Beck - the illness may have been a detriment, but for us, it’s a gift. His tales serve as a chilling reminder that we are all still inmates of one prison or another, and the time to break free has arrived. Iceberg Slim's story is now depicted in a major motion picture distributed worldwide. Iceberg Slim: Portrait of a Pimp shows Slim's transformation from pimp to the author of 7 classic books.

Iceberg Slim, whose legal name was Robert Beck, burst on to the scene nearly half a. .The new book Street Poison: The Biography of Iceberg Slim, by Justin Gifford, is an exercise in demystification.

Iceberg Slim, whose legal name was Robert Beck, burst on to the scene nearly half a century ago, with his memoir Pimp: The Story of My Life (1967), followed immediately by the novel Trick Baby (1967), which was adapted for the screen by Universal Pictures. We learn that Beck’s oft-quoted claim of having an . of 175 was false, and that Iceberg was just a nom de plume that Beck invented while writing Pimp (his actual street name was Cavanaugh Slim).

Death Wish by Iceberg Slim - This is the original mafia story that spawned all the rest, the story of Chicago’s ruthless . Iceberg Slim, also known as Robert Beck, was born in Chicago in 1918 and was initiated into the life of the pimp at age eighteen

Death Wish by Iceberg Slim - This is the original mafia story that spawned all the rest, the story of Chicago’s ruthless and tireless mafia. Iceberg Slim, also known as Robert Beck, was born in Chicago in 1918 and was initiated into the life of the pimp at age eighteen. He briefly attended the Tuskegee Institute but dropped out to return to the streets of the South Side, where he remained, pimping until he was forty-two. After several stints in jail he decided to give up the life and turned to writing. Slim folded his life into the pages of seven books based on his life.