Richard Martin Lloyd Walters born January 14 1965 professionally known as Slick Rick is an EnglishAmerican rapper and record producer He rose to prominence with Doug E Fresh the Get Fresh Crew in the mid1980s 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 he became the third artist signed to Def Jam Records He has released four albums The Great Adventures of Slick Rick 1988 The Rulers Back 1991 Behind Bars 1994 and The Art of Storytelling 1999 His music has been sampled and interpolated over 1000 times in dozens of songs by artists including Eminem Beyoncé Mariah Carey Beastie Boys TLC Nas Miley Cyrus Kanye West MF DOOM Czarface Black Star The Notorious BIG Snoop Dogg MC Ren Montell Jordan Tech N9ne and Color Me Badd In the process Slick Rick has become one of the mostsampled hiphop artists ever Many of these songs based on Slick Rick samples went on to become hit singles He has been a VH1 Hip Hop Honors honoree and Aboutcom 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 cameoed in 10 movies and videos
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