Once upon a time not long ago, Slick Rick's Children's Story became one of the greatest tracks in hip-hop. Now, almost 28 years since its premiere, the song is being refashioned as a kids book for the April 22 re-release of The Great Adventures of Slick Rick, Okayplayer reports.

Slick Rick, an iconic emcee who established himself as one of the most acclaimed storytellers in the history of hip-hop, recently turned 50 years old.…

Okay, so this might be one of the coolest ideas ever. Rappers always rep where they’re from, so why not put up street signs at…

For Black Music Month Jermaine Paul, the season 2 winner of “The Voice,” spoke to TheUrbanDaily about his favorite old school hip-hop album, The Great…

David Carter was all about the badge. The 46-year-old Bronx, NY native came from a long line of law enforcement officers. His father was one…

The Ruler is back! Our dude, Slick Rick, shows these new age rappers how to make everyday mundane topics interesting on the song, “Need Some Bad.” Boasting production from the legendary DJ Premier, Slick Rick exercises his trademark narrative rhyme techniques throughout Premier’s updated drums lifted off “The Show.” The song turned up on Premier’s […]

If one more sing-song rapper makes one more song about being famous, I may have to cut my ears off. I expect rappers to boast about the luxuries that come with fame. But when an artist’s catalog contains multiple songs dedicated to explaining just how famous he or she is, and when mind-blowing beats are […]

While partying at Club Tempo, MC Slick Rick took a minute talk about who inspired him to become an MC in this installment of Way Black When. Kyte.Embed.path=”http://media.kyte.tv”;Kyte.Embed.altpath=”http://www.kyte.tv”;window.kyteplayer=new Kyte.Player(“”,{appKey:”default”,width:416,height:436,p:”s”,s:1121162,tbid:”7″});

Via: Allhiphop Slick Rick and Doug E. Fresh will reunite on stage next during “The Show,” a concert which is slated to take place next week in the Bronx, New York.

Via: Eurweb.com It’s now official – former Fugees member Lauryn Hill has joined the lineup of the 2010 Rock The Bells Festival. Organizers made the official announcement on Tuesday (June 8). Each artist on the 2010 Rock The Bells bill will perform one of their classic albums in its entirety. Hill will rock “The Miseducation […]