Editing Slick Rick (section)

==Early life==
Walters was born in the South-West London area of [[Mitcham]] to [[Jamaicans|Jamaican]] parents. He was blinded in the right eye by broken glass as an infant.<ref>{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p97|pure_url=yes}} |first=John |last= Bush |title=Slick Rick Biography and History|website=AllMusic|access-date=April 11, 2016}}</ref> In 1976, at the age of 11 or 12, Walters and his family immigrated to the United States and settled in the [[Baychester]] area of [[the Bronx]].<ref name="dgonzalez">David Gonzalez, [https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/09/nyregion/at-50-slick-rick-a-hip-hop-pioneer-still-has-stories-to-tell.html?ref=arts&_r=1 "At 50, a Hip-Hop Pioneer Still Has Stories to Tell,"] ''[[The New York Times]]'', February 8, 2015.</ref> At [[The High School of Music & Art|Fiorello H. Laguardia High School of Music & Art]], he majored in visual art and met [[Dana Dane]]. The pair became close friends and formed the Kangol Crew,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hiphoplegacies.com/profiles/slick-rick/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160427125542/http://www.hiphoplegacies.com/profiles/slick-rick/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=April 27, 2016|title=Slick Rick|website=Hiphoplegacies.com|access-date=April 11, 2016}}</ref> performing in school contests, parks, and small local clubs.

Walters met [[Doug E. Fresh]] at a 1984 talent showcase.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/279586/slick-rick/biography|title=Slick Rick - Biography|website=Billboard.com|access-date=April 11, 2016}}</ref> Doug was Impressed by his talent and made him a member of his Get Fresh Crew (which also included DJs Chill Will and Barry Bee). Doug's beatbox and Walters' fresh flow turned "[[The Show (Doug E. Fresh song)|The Show]]"/"[[La Di Da Di]]" into international anthems that turned rap music on its head and became the launching pad for "Hip Hop's greatest storyteller."<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite web|first=Steve|last=Huey |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-great-adventures-of-slick-rick-mw0000198545 |title=The Great Adventures of Slick Rick - Slick Rick &#124; Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=August 13, 2015}}</ref>