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Slick Rick

1965 - Today

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Richard Martin Lloyd Walters (born January 14, 1965), better known as Slick Rick, is an English-American rapper and record producer. He rose to prominence as part of Doug E. Fresh & the Get Fresh Crew in the mid-1980s. Their songs "The Show" and "La Di Da Di" are considered early hip hop classics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Slick Rick has received more than 3,438,141 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Slick Rick is the 2,734th most popular singer (down from 2,454th in 2019), the 6,400th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,771st in 2019) and the 253rd most popular British Singer.

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  • 3.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.72

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.82

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Slick Rick ranks 2,734 out of 4,381Before him are Sho Sakurai, Jimmy Ruffin, Beverley Craven, Alison Mosshart, Letta Mbulu, and Kendall Schmidt. After him are Ana Johnsson, Mustafa Ceceli, Ryo Nishikido, Randy Travis, Zaho, and Obie Trice.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Slick Rick ranks 682Before him are Chen Longcan, Andrea Zorzi, Yusuke Minoguchi, Kenji Yamamoto, Nílson, and Chuck Behler. After him are Silas Carson, Rafael Paz, Álvaro Cervera, Yuri Savichev, Paul Weitz, and Andrew J. Feustel.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Slick Rick ranks 6,400 out of 8,785Before him are Laurie Lee (1914), E. B. Ford (1901), Agyness Deyn (1983), Virginia Field (1917), Rory Delap (1976), and Shay Brennan (1937). After him are Alex James (1968), Silas Carson (1965), Adam Faith (1940), Elisabeth Lutyens (1906), Walter Nash (1882), and David Sadler (1946).

Among SINGERS In United Kingdom

Among singers born in United Kingdom, Slick Rick ranks 253Before him are Antony Costa (1981), Tina Cousins (1974), Maddy Prior (1947), Florence Welch (1986), Emeli Sandé (1987), and Example (1982). After him are Alison Goldfrapp (1966), Poly Styrene (1957), James Morrison (1984), Ella Henderson (1996), Samantha Ronson (1977), and John Lundvik (1983).