Pimp: The Story of My Life

Content Warning: This section of the guide includes discussion of racism, sexual violence, sexual content, child abuse, child sexual abuse, death by suicide, substance use, addiction, graphic violence, physical abuse, emotional abuse, and death.

Iceberg Slim is driving his car (which he calls a Hog) with his five sex workers in the back; they are talking loudly, and he finds their smell to be intolerably foul. He craves peace and quiet and his cocaine, and he yells at the women for smelling terrible. It’s the end of the night, and Slim drops the newest worker, Kim, off at a hotel, telling her to be ready for work at noon sharp the next day. Kim asks Slim when he will come to her room and be with her, and Slim retorts that no woman tells him what to do. He threatens Kim, and she goads him, telling him that she is quitting because she is tired of being overworked. The next day, Slim calls her bluff and takes her to the train station, at which point Kim breaks down crying and begs him to take her back. Slim agrees, knowing how hard it is to find a worker as attractive as Kim.