PIMPOLOGY: The 48 Laws of the Game

PIMPIN' KEN

Simon and Schuster, Dec 11, 2012 - Self-Help - 192 pages

The pimp has reached nearly mythical status. We are fascinated by the question of how a guy from the ghetto with no startup capital and no credit -- nothing but the words out of his mouth -- comes not only to have a stable of sexy women who consider him "their man," but to drive a Rolls, sport diamonds, and wear custom suits and alligator shoes from Italy.

His secret is to follow the "unwritten rules of the game" -- a set of regulations handed down orally from older, wiser macks -- which give him superhuman powers of charm, psychological manipulation, and persuasion.

In Pimpology,star of the documentaries Pimps Up, Ho's Downand American Pimp and Annual Players Ball Mack of the Year winner Ken Ivy pulls a square's coat on the unwritten rules that took him from the ghetto streets to the executive suites. Ken's lessons will serve any person in any interaction: Whether at work, in relationships, or among friends, somebody's got to be on top. To be the one with the upper hand, you've got to have good game, and good game starts with knowing the rules.

If you want the money, power, and respect you dream of, you can't just "pimp your ride," you need to pimp your whole life. And unless you've seen Ray Charles leading Stevie Wonder somewhere, you need Ken's guidelines to do it. They'll reach out and touch you like AT&T and bring good things to life like GE. Then you can be the boss with the hot sauce who gets it all like Monty Hall

Contents

• Get a Name in a Game: 2
• Dont Chase Em Replace Em: 3
• Keep a H0 in Arrears: 4
• Prey on the Weak: 5
• When Pimpin Begins Friendship Ends: 6
• Pimp the Game: 7
• Dont Let Your History Be a Mystery: 8
• Learn the Rules: 9
• Plan Your Work and Work Your Plan: 10
• Avoid Gorillas and Godzillas: 11
• Aint No Love in This Shit: 12
• Pimp Like Youre Holess: 13
• Better a Turnout Than a Burnout: 14
• Say What You Mean and Mean What You: 15
• Give Motivation and Inspiration: 16
• Get You a Bottom Bitch: 17
• Cop and Blow: 18
• Turn Ho Ends into Dividends: 19
• Get In a Hos Head: 20
• A Ho Without Instruction Is Headed for SelfDestruction Law 22 Keep Hoes on Their Toes: 22
• A Ho Joins a Stable to Ruin It Law 24 Set the Trend: 24
• Grind for Your Shine: 25

About the author

Born in Chicago in 1964, Ken Ivy was 16 years old when he had the life: money, women, cars, clothes, and notoriety in the streets of Milwaukee and Chicago. He was awarded the coveted "Mack of the Year" title at the annual Player's Ball. Before long, Ivy was approached by HBO to be a consultant on an upcoming project, the now infamous Pimps Up, Ho's Down. Since then, Ken has become a celebrity in his own right—you can hear him on Jermaine Dupri's "Instructions," 2Short's "Chase the Cat," Lil Jon and the East Side Boyz's "Kings of Crunk," Lil Flip's "Still Ballin," Mack 10's "Da Hood," and he stars in the video for 50 Cent's "P.I.M.P." He has been written about in The Source, Vibe, F.E.D.S., and on Salon.com.

Karen Hunter is a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist, a celebrated radio talk-show host, and coauthor of numerous New York Times bestsellers, including Confessions of a Video Vixen, On the Down Low, and Wendy’s Got the Heat. She is also an assistant professor in the Film & Media Department at Hunter College.

Bibliographic information

• Title: PIMPOLOGY: The 48 Laws of the Game
• Author: PIMPIN' KEN
• Contributor: Karen Hunter
• Publisher: Simon and Schuster, 2012
• ISBN: 147110365X, 9781471103650
• Length: 192 pages
• Subjects: Self-Help / General