# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/slick-rick
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:26:52.483Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/slick-rick"
name: "Slick Rick"
slug: "slick-rick"
description: "Ricky Martin Lloyd Walters known professionally as Slick Rick, is a British and American rapper and record producer based in New York City. He rose to prominence as part of Doug E. Fresh & the Get Fresh Crew in the mid-1980s. His 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."
tagline: "British-American rapper"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Slick_Rick_-_The_Ruler.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1965-01-14"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           55.13
  momentum:             0
  historical:           21.654804
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/iamSlickRick"
    handle:    "iamSlickRick"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/SlickRick"
    handle:    "SlickRick"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0725428/"
    handle:    "nm0725428"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
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    handle:    "1W9qOBYRTfP7HcizWN43G1"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.slickrickisart.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "سليك ريك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Slick Rick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slick_Rick"
    title: "Slick Rick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Slick Rick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Slick Rick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Slick Rick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Slick Rick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Slick Rick"
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    title: "Slick Rick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "슬릭 릭"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Slick Rick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Slick Rick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slick_Rick"
    title: "Slick Rick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Slick Rick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Slick Rick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Slick Rick"
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    title: "斯利克·里克"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/486af4f0-a79b-468f-be73-527cd4caf6ea"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q708620"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/82431"
    title: "Slick Rick"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump