- On View
- Musical Crossroads Gallery
- Museum Maps
- Objects in this Location
- Exhibition
- Musical Crossroads
- Issued by
- General Register Office, British
- Subject of
- Slick Rick, British American, born 1965
- Date
- January 19, 1965
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 6 3/8 × 13 7/8 in. (16.2 × 35.2 cm)
- Description
- A birth certificate for Richard Walters (Slick Rick) dated January 19, 1965. The certificate is oriented horizontally with red ink printed on a white background. The registration fields are filled out with handwritten black ink: "478 / Fourteenth / January / 1965 / Wilson / Hosptial / [illegible] / Ricky / Martin / Lloyd / Boy / Mellton / Lloyd / Walters / Veronica / [illegible] / Walters / formerly / Hyman / of 3 Durnsford / Court / Wimbledon / [illegible] 9 / Metal / trimmer / (foundry). / V. L. Walters / Mother / 3 Durnsford / Court/ [illegible] 9 / Nineteenth / January / 1965 / Moleman / Deputy."
- Place made
- Merton, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Europe
- Classification
- Documents and Manuscripts
- Type
- birth records
- Topic
- Hip-hop (Music)
- Identity
- Immigration
- Musicians
- Rappers (Musicians)
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Ricky Walters, professionally known as Slick Rick
- Object number
- 2014.203.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




