Editing Slick Rick (section)

{{Short description|English-American rapper and record producer (born 1965)}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = Slick Rick
| image              = Slick Rick - The Ruler.jpg
| caption            = Slick Rick performing in 2009
| image_size         = <!-- Only for images narrower than 220 pixels -->
| birth_name         = Richard Martin Lloyd Walters
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1965|01|14}}
| birth_place        = [[Mitcham]], London, England
| alias              = {{flatlist|
* Rick the Ruler
* MC Ricky D
}}
| citizenship        = {{hlist|United Kingdom|United States}}
| occupation         = {{flatlist|
* Rapper
* songwriter
* record producer
}}
| years_active       = 1984–present
| spouse             = {{marriage|Mandy Aragones|1997}}
| children           = 2
| module             = {{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians -->
| embed              = yes
| origin             = [[New York City]], U.S.
| genre              = [[Hip hop music|Hip hop]]
| discography        = [[Slick Rick discography]]
| label              = {{hlist|[[Def Jam Recordings|Def Jam]]|[[Columbia Records|Columbia]]}}
| website            = 
}}
}}

'''Richard Martin Lloyd Walters'''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.complex.com/music/2012/10/the-30-biggest-criminal-trials-in-rap-history/slick-rick |title=The 30 Biggest Criminal Trials in Rap History: The People of the State of New York v. Richard Walters (1991) |work=Complex |author=David Drake, Insanul Ahmed |date=October 19, 2012}}</ref> (born January 14, 1965),<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rose |first=Mike|date=January 14, 2023|title=Today's famous birthdays list for January 14, 2023 includes celebrities Dave Grohl, Carl Weathers |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/01/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-january-14-2023-includes-celebrities-dave-grohl-carl-weathers.html |access-date=January 14, 2023 |website=[[Cleveland.com]]}}</ref> better known as '''Slick Rick''', is an English-American rapper and record producer. He rose to prominence as part of [[Doug E. Fresh|Doug E. Fresh & the Get Fresh Crew]] in the mid-1980s. Their songs "[[The Show (Doug E. Fresh song)|The Show]]" and "[[La Di Da Di]]" are considered early [[hip hop]] classics. "La Di Da Di" is one of the most [[Sampling (music)|sampled]] songs in history.<ref name="sample">{{cite web |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-la-di-da-di-a-b-side-from-1985-became-one-of-musics-most-sampled-songs-11558522800 |title=How 'La Di Da Di,' a B-Side From 1985, Became One of Music's Most-Sampled Songs |work=The Wall Street Journal |author=Michael Driscoll |date=May 22, 2019}}</ref>

As Slick Rick, Walters became the third artist to sign with [[Def Jam Recordings]] in 1986.<ref name="Biography of Slick Rick">{{cite web|url=http://www.ricktheruler.net/biography/|title=Biography of Slick Rick|website=Ricktheruler.net|access-date=April 11, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160323142215/http://www.ricktheruler.net/biography/|archive-date=March 23, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> He released four albums with the label: ''[[The Great Adventures of Slick Rick]]'' (1988), ''[[The Ruler's Back]]'' (1991), ''[[Behind Bars (Slick Rick album)|Behind Bars]]'' (1994) and ''[[The Art of Storytelling]]'' (1999). His music has been sampled and [[Interpolation (popular music)|interpolated]] over 1,000 times,<ref name="sample"/><ref>{{cite web |url= https://blog.whosampled.com/2014/01/28/top-10-all-time-most-sampled-records-in-hip-hop/ |title= Top 10 All Time Most Sampled Records in Hip Hop |author= Who Sampled Blog |access-date= January 29, 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160420105007/https://blog.whosampled.com/2014/01/28/top-10-all-time-most-sampled-records-in-hip-hop/ |archive-date= April 20, 2016 |url-status= dead }}</ref> in songs by artists including [[Eminem]], [[Beyoncé]], [[Mariah Carey]], [[Beastie Boys]], [[TLC (band)|TLC]], [[Nas]], [[Miley Cyrus]], [[Kanye West]], [[MF Doom|MF DOOM]], [[Czarface]], [[Black Star (group)|Black Star]], [[The Notorious B.I.G.]], [[Snoop Dogg]], [[MC Ren]], [[Montell Jordan]], [[Tech N9ne]], [[Lloyd (singer)|Lloyd]], and [[Color Me Badd]]. Walters is one of the most-sampled hip-hop artists of all time and many songs based on Slick Rick samples have become hit singles.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pixelvulture.com/2015/04/top-10-most-sampled-songs-of-all-time/|title=Top 10 Most Sampled Songs of All Time|website=PixelVulture.com|access-date=April 11, 2016|archive-date=August 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809040106/http://pixelvulture.com/2015/04/top-10-most-sampled-songs-of-all-time/|url-status=dead}}</ref>  Walters was one of the 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 uncommon for rappers to record covers of each other's material.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.29812/title.dana-dane-says-snoop-doggs-la-di-da-di-cover-completely-changed-rap#/|title=Dana Dane Says Snoop Dogg's "La-Di-Da-Di" Cover Completely Changed Rap|website=hiphopdx.com|date=July 18, 2014 |access-date=August 16, 2021}}</ref>

A [[VH1]] ''Hip Hop Honors'' honoree, [[About.com]] ranked Slick Rick {{Abbr|No.|number}}&nbsp;12 on their list of the Top 50 MCs of Our Time,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://rap.about.com/od/toppicks/ss/Top50Emcees_8.htm |title=50 Greatest MCs of Our Time (1987 - 2007) |publisher=Rap.about.com |date=February 15, 1999 |access-date=August 13, 2015 |archive-date=April 5, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150405155411/http://rap.about.com/od/toppicks/ss/Top50Emcees_8.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> while ''[[The Source (magazine)|The Source]]'' ranked him No.&nbsp;15 on their list of the Top 50 Lyricists of All Time.<ref>[http://www.thisis50.com/forum/topics/the-source-s-top-50-lyricists-of-all-time-complete-list-inside "The Source's Top 50 Lyricists Of All Time ,"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231000719/http://www.thisis50.com/forum/topics/the-source-s-top-50-lyricists-of-all-time-complete-list-inside |date=December 31, 2013 }} Thisis50.com, July 7, 2012.</ref>