Iceberg Slim’s idea that there’s such a thing as a reformed pimp, if taken at face value, would only have the unworldly convinced. But, with lyricists like Jay-Z, Ice-T, and so many others, one ...

Pod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. Of all the distinguished men of literature, no one, not even William F. Buckley, had as strong a ...

West Coast rap icon Ice-T is taking steps to expand his reach and influence in the entertainment world, by producing an upcoming documentary on the life of former pimp turned writer Iceberg Slim. The ...

A labor-of-love biodoc that nonetheless offers a warts-and-all evaluation of its subject, "Iceberg Slim: Portrait of a Pimp" intrigues and illuminates. A labor-of-love biodoc that nonetheless offers a ...

Iceberg Slim is sending out a cryptic message indicating why his relationship with Juliet Ibrahim might have crashed. The singer took to his Instagram stories on Wednesday, October 24, 2018, where he ...

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 ...

Jorge Hinojosa's debut feature film commands attention for its title alone: "Iceberg Slim: Portrait of a Pimp." But Hinojosa has imbued the film with depth and feeling as he tells the tale of Robert ...

Iceberg Slim is either a name you adore or haven’t heard of. He was a pimp in the early half of the 20th century, then went to prison, got out, raised a family, and in middle-age reinvented himself ...

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,” ...

Iceberg Slim is an influential cult writer who many readers have never read. His vivid and relentless autobiography, “Pimp: The Story of My Life,” from 1967, tells of the quarter century the author ...

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 ...

It’s not everyday that The Toronto International Film Festival features a documentary that honors a pimp, but then not every pimp is Iceberg Slim. Author of the 1969 pulp best seller Pimp: The Story ...