The Pimp's Rap (1999)

A 1999 small-press story of a pimp called Smooth, credited only to "The Master Pimp" and sold as a true story.

The Pimp's Rap is a 213-page book credited to "The Master Pimp" and published by Old School Pub on May 25, 1999, according to its Amazon listing (ISBN 9780964729889). No author's name appears on the listing.

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The publisher's description calls it "a true story epic" about a pimp named Smooth who turns to the life after a broken relationship. It says his grandmother carries the book's sense that family and moral values still matter. It is marketed to adults as both entertainment and education.

It came out the same year as the Hughes brothers' American Pimp, when pimp stories were moving from small presses toward the mainstream. Whether Smooth is a real person, a composite or the author himself is not stated. This archive files it as a novel presented as a true story.

ALSO KNOWN AS
"The Master Pimp" (author's name not published)

BORN
Published May 25, 1999 (Old School Pub)

STATUS
Listed on Amazon

ERA
1999–present

ASSOCIATED WITH
Old School Publishing; street literature of the late 1990s

STANDING
Documented