Note: “This Blog Entry has been written by Portland’s own DJ Wicked.
After hearing about this years Halloween performance of DJ Wicked dressed up as one of Hip-Hop’s legendary emcees, I invited him back into my studio to capture his creative exhibition for digital memories. A brief short story was also foretold of the acquired Crown adorning his scalp. So upon request Wicked came through to share his experiencce with us as a guest author. Hopefully you will all enjoy and appreciate the candor of Wicked’s story telling.”

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Now if you call yourself a true HipHop fan, yet you don’t know which legendary HipHop icon I’m portraying in these photos, then you should be ashamed of yourself. For those of you that recognized it right off the bat, kudos to you. But if you’re one of those people that are still trying to figure it out, then you really need to go and do your HipHop homework! I mean, the eyepatch alone should be enough of a clue to aid any HipHop fan in deciphering which oldschool HipHop artist I’m emulating here, as the eyepatch was the main gimmick that made this artist so renowned and unforgetable. Not to mention his classic songs such as “Children’s Story”, “Treat Her Like A Prostitute”, “Mona Lisa”, “Hey Young World”, and of course the oldschool anthem “La Di Da Di” alongside beatbox legend Dougie Fresh.

Still baffled??? Seriously?!?! Do I really need to spell it out for you??? How sad! YOU SHOULD KNOW THIS!!! Ok, ok, ok…It’s “SLICK RICK” you muh’fuckas! A.k.a. “Slick Rick the Ruler”, a.k.a. “MC Ricky D”. Ya better recognize!

Now not only did I sport this Slick Rick attire as my Halloween costume this year, but there’s also a fun story behind why I chose to dress as Slick Rick for Halloween.…a story that’s almost as fun as the costume itself!

(Slick Rick // Copyright Janette Beckman)

“Now heeeeeeeerrrre we go.…”

So back in March of this year, me and a buddy of mine were spinning at an event in downtown Portland at this club called Bar XV. It was a Saturday night and the place was completely packed from wall to wall. Everyone was having a great time and the evening was going perfectly, that is until this group of about 8 to 10 drunken frat boys showed up acting as if they were fresh out of a rowdy-ass football game or something?! Anyway, when the frat boys first walked into the club, I noticed that one of them was wearing this gold crown on his head (the same gold crown shown in the photos above). As soon as I saw the crown I thought to myself “wow, that looks like something that Slick Rick would wear back in the day”. And so as the night progressed, the group of frat boys continued their obnoxious behavior, hassling people, being loud, harassing girls, and just being out of control in general. Then right at 2am as the lights came on and it was time for everyone to leave, the frat boys started a huge fight with another goup of guys that were inside the club. At first it was just sort of a shoving match, but as soon as one of the frat boys shoved this guy into the DJ booth so hard that it sent my buddies turntables and mixer flying onto the floor, we knew it was about to be ON! I don’t care who you are, you don’t fuck with a DJ’s equipment. That’s a golden rule! Make a mental note of it for future reference. Fucking with a DJ’s equipment is like slapping someone elses kid…you just know that there’s nothing good that could possibly come of it. Anyway, the first thing I did when I saw the turntables hit the floor was bumrush the guy wearing the crown and slugging him right in his mouth! It was a textbook, running “haymaker” punch too, and you better believe I gave it my all! It was beautiful. I can still visualize that very moment in my head, replaying it over and over in slow motion as if it just happened 5 minutes ago. It was as if the dudes entire body just turned into silly puddy as he melted to the floor, sending his gold crown sailing across the room. Needless to say, knocking this dude out didn’t manage to stop the rest of his frat boy buddies from whaling on the back of my head and lumping me up a little bit, but I was definitely holding my own! You try fighting 8 dudes at once.…it’s not as fun as everyone says it is, trust me!

Long story short, after the police and an ambulance finally show up to the club and haul the dude off on a stretcher, I find his gold crown in the corner of the room and I’m like “I know what I’m going as for Halloween!”

-DJ Wicked a.k.a. “Slick Wick”

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For more info on the legendary Slick Rick…
Wikipedia
myspace.com/mcrickyd1

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