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Iceberg Slim is the nom-de-poon of Robert Beck, author of the classic underworld novel Pimp: The Story of My Life, and creator of the urban “mack daddy” aesthetic. He was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on this date, in 1918.

The effect of Pimp on worldwide culture has been profound, to say the least.

Blaxploitation, hip-hop and even the use of the word “pimp” in every day human discourse owe their origins to Iceberg Slim.

For Mr. Skin this has meant numerous, awe-inspiring sexual superheroes in some of the most erotically provocative films ever made – ass-whoopers on the order of The Mack, Vice Squad, Streetwalkin', and the Angel series.

Get the skinny on Slim, and see evidence of how he forever changed Hollywood heat, after the cut.