The British rapper Questlove thinks is “the most beautiful thing to happen to hip-hop”
“One of those ‘a star is born’ moments in hip-hop.”
Slick Rick
The verse Slick Rick wrote from the perspective of an Iraq War soldier
“I’m a soldier in the middle of Iraq.”
Slick Rick explains the main difference between England and America
“It was a lot more multicultural.”
The rapper Big Boi called “the coolest on the planet”
Big Boi grew up studying Slick Rick’s tapes, drawn to the swagger, the accent and the storytelling that felt richer than anything else in rap. Years later, he still calls Rick the coolest rapper on the planet, a title earned through style, imagination and a legacy that shaped everyone from Nas to OutKast.
