Rick “Slick Rick” Walters was born in London in 1965 and moved with his family to the Bronx in 1975.<\/p>\n
Charlie Rock of Harlem World Crew<\/a> was very instrumental in bringing “Ricky D” AKA “Slick Rick” and Doug E. Fresh<\/a> together when he was request by Doug to introduce him to Rick after he has seen him win a number of local MC battle contest. It was at a MC Contest at the 369 Armory on 142nd street in Harlem, given by promotion partners Ray chandler & Charlie Rock, The Rick & Doug were formally introduced by Rock.<\/p>\n As a 19-year-old in the summer of 1985 he scored his first big hits, “La Di Da Di” and “The Show.”<\/p>\n Three years later Def Jam Recordings released Rick’s first full-length album, “The Great Adventures of Slick Rick”.\u00a0 Hailed as a showcase for Rick’s extraordinary writing and rapping skills, it quickly achieved “platinum” status for sales in excess of one million copies and has since established itself as a rap classic.<\/p>\n At the height of his fame in July of 1990, Rick shot and wounded two people in an ill-advised attempt to protect himself against a violent predator.\u00a0 Convicted of attempted murder in the second degree, he began serving his sentence of three-to-ten years in 1991.\u00a0 While he was in jail, he released “The Ruler’s Back” (1991) and “Behind Bars” (1994).<\/p>\n After his release in 1999 he released “The Art of Storytelling.”<\/p>\n All three albums were certified gold.<\/p>\nWatch Rick and Doug rock “La Di Da Di”<\/h3>\n