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What's his birth name? Where was he born? -- Zoe

what about his 1999 album "the art of story telling"?

How did he lose his eye?

He's listed as an African American musician. But he's British-born. Anyone have a comment on this? --130.245.212.202 16:09, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

Why is there a see also for Macy Gray?

He was pretty American, and I think if they made a new "African-British" musician category he would be the only one in it.

Can someone fix the fact that everyone is using Walters and Slick Rick interchangably? --Casezilla (talk) 21:50, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

His parents were borin in the Bronk, USA. They went to England to get work, while there he was born. They returned to the USA when he was 10-11. All this information and much more is avaialbe at the Allmusic website. Why doesnt anyone here do any research?

there are some albums missing from the list

Contents 1 fix this shit 2 one eye 3 nationality 4 Announced Unitled Project (2006) 5 Fair use rationale for Image:Artstoryrick.jpg 6 Fair use rationale for Image:Behindbars.jpg 7 ?Question? 8 Doug E. Fresh

[edit] fix this shit

that bio is complete shit | BonefPAA (talk) 17:43, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] one eye

Blinded: say if one eye or two.

"Children's Story" was also used as the template for Eminems "Canabitch"

[edit] nationality

why does this describe the guy as English if he moved to the US when he was ten? I'm sticking a contradiction tag on this page, not to mention an unverified one. I'm guessing his parents weren't originally English either, so the guy's probably got about three nationalities and the article should reflect this. mgekelly 04:34, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

English is an indication of having some sort of English cultural heritage - and is not applicable to all British people (for example those with Scottish, Welsh, Cornish, Carribean or Asian heritage). I feel the term, 'British-born' would be more appropriate since he's spent much of his life in the USA. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Erdles (talk • contribs) 2006-06-08

He is considered a Brit even more now since charges brought up against him threated to deport him back to England. From my understanding his parents are originally Jamaican. I'm removing the contradiction tag.

--64.12.116.74 18:15, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Announced Unitled Project (2006)

IS he really releasing a new album this year? Where did u get ur info from... cuz i aint heard anything yet. Source please! —Preceding unsigned comment added by JoeMK (talk • contribs) 2006-07-14

cant find anything on an upcoming cd--TommyZ 02:24, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

Man Slick Rick is definitely one of the best rappers in existence. He blows all these current wannabes COUGH COUGH Kanye West 50 Cent COUGH COUGH out of the water. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.173.158.195 (talk) 04:06, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Artstoryrick.jpg

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[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Behindbars.jpg

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[edit] ?Question?

Is Slick Rick going to make a new album my buddy and I loved that guy and we listened to "Children's Story" countless times. All we got to love now from that guy now is Kill Niggaz, will he ever bring his storytelling rap to another album or is he done and retired?

~Ya Boi Krakerz~ (talk)

[edit] Doug E. Fresh

Seems kind of ridiculous that a biography of Slick Rick would include zero mentions of Doug E. Fresh. This article mentions "La-Di-Da-Di" more than once as if it were a Slick Rick single when in fact it was a Doug E. Fresh and the Get Fresh Crew release. What's the deal? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Boris Tripod (talk • contribs) 19:11, 23 March 2008 (UTC)