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Slick Rick, a Rare card
Ricky Martin Lloyd Walters, known professionally as Slick Rick, is a British and American rapper, songwriter, and record producer based in New York City.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 70
- DEF
- 70
- Power
- 140
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 240,000
Power 140 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
Slick Rick quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Slick Rick card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He rose to ______ as part of Doug E. Fresh & the Get Fresh Crew in the mid-1980s.
Answer
prominence. He rose to prominence as part of Doug E. Fresh & the Get Fresh Crew in the mid-1980s. From the Slick Rick article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
As Slick Rick, Walters became the third artist to sign with Def Jam Recordings in ____.
Answer
1980s. As Slick Rick, Walters became the third artist to sign with Def Jam Recordings in 1986. From the Slick Rick article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
James Newton Howard. James Newton Howard 83 · Lee Trevino 79 · Ian MacKaye 73 · Slick Rick 70 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He rose to prominence as part of Doug E. Fresh & the Get Fresh Crew in the mid-1980s.
- His songs "The Show" and "La Di Da Di" are considered early hip-hop classics, and "La Di Da Di" is considered one of the most sampled songs in history.
- As Slick Rick, Walters became the third artist to sign with Def Jam Recordings in 1986.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Slick Rick article was read about 240,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 70 and blocks with 70: each hit it takes is cut by 28 %.
How to get Slick Rick
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Slick Rick (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Brett Hammond, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
