Slick Rick believes his voice still resonates in hip-hop. He said the subjects he tackles have grown with him. “Can’t always be children all the time,” he said.

It marks Slick Rick's first album since 1999's “The Art of Storytelling.” This new project is largely self-produced, with the rapper handling 95% of the production and sharing executive ...

SLICK RICK: In my creative process, I need to have a lot of input or it's not going to be authentic Rick. Too many hands, it's not going to pop. So many hands is going to distort stuff.

SLICK RICK: We met at a party and then we clicked. His people reached out to me, and they wanted to make an album. They flew me to England and France.

SLICK RICK: In my creative process, I need to have a lot of input or it’s not going to be authentic Rick. Too many hands, it’s not going to pop. So many hands is going to distort stuff.

SLICK RICK: In my creative process, I need to have a lot of input or it’s not going to be authentic Rick. Too many hands, it’s not going to pop. So many hands is going to distort stuff.

Slick Rick will soon drop off his first new body of work since 1999. On Thursday (May 15), Rick announced he'll be delivering the follow-up to The Art of Storytelling on June 13.

You’d be forgiven for thinking Slick Rick was an American. He’s one of hip-hop’s founding fathers, and penned some of the hits that helped bring rap to the mainstream—”Children’s Story ...

1988: London-born rapper Slick Rick made a monumental hip-hop masterpiece when he delivered his debut album The Great Adventures of Slick Rick on Nov. 1, 1988. The Great Adventures of Slick Rick ...