Slick Rick Says Today’s Hip-Hop Is “Altered And Diluted”
Last month, Slick Rick turned 50 years old. Today, The New York Times ran a profile on the revolutionary Bronx rapper as he passed the half-century mark. He is as unique as ever--always a few degrees left of his contemporaries, Rick recalls in vivid detail his formative years on Fordham Road, posited as an alternative to those locals commonly cited as hip-hop's birthplaces. (Of the ...