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I Run This by Slick Rick
Slick Rick
Artist Biography For Slick Rick
Slick Rick Born Richard Walters On January 14 1965 In South Wimbledon London England Is An East Coast Rapper Known For A Series Of Hip Hop Recordings During The 1980s. He Was Blinded By Broken Glass As An Infant And Took To Wearing An Eyepatch From An Early Age. Walters Moved With His Family To The Bronx In 1975. He Rose To Prominence With Doug E. Fresh & The Get Fresh Crew In The Mid-1980s. Their Songs "The Show" And "La Di Da Di" Are Considered Early Hip Hop Classics. "La Di Da Di" Is One Of The Most Sampled Songs In History. In 1986 Slick Rick Became The Third Artist Signed To Def Jam Records. He Has Released Four Albums The Great Adventures Of Slick Rick 1988 The Ruler's Back 1991 Behind Bars 1994 And The Art Of Storytelling 1999 . His Music Has Been Sampled And Interpolated Over 1 000 Times In Dozens Of Songs By Artists Including Eminem Beyoncé Mariah Carey Beastie Boys TLC Nas Miley Cyrus Kanye West Black Star The Notorious B.I.G. Snoop Dogg MC Ren Montell Jordan Tech N9ne And Color Me Badd. In The Process Slick Rick Has Become One Of The Most-Sampled Hip-Hop Artists Ever. Many Of These Songs Based On Slick Rick Samples Went On To Become Hit Singles. He Was One Of The Very First Hip-Hop Artists To Be Covered When Snoop Dogg Then Snoop Doggy Dogg Rapped Rick's Lyrics From His Record "La Di Da Di" Almost In Their Entirety On The Track 'Lodi Dodi' On His Debut Album Doggystyle In 1993. At The Time It Was Very Uncommon For Rappers To Use Complete Song Lyrics From Another Artist. Slick Rick Has Been A VH-1 Hip Hop Honors Honoree And About.Com Ranked Him No. 12 On Their List Of The Top 50 MCs Of Our Time While The Source Ranked Him No. 15 On Their List Of The Top 50 Lyricists Of All Time. He Has Acted And Cameo-Ed In 10 Movies And Videos.
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