Birth certificate for Richard Walters (Slick Rick)
date: label: Date
content: January 19, 1965
name: label: Issued by
content: General Register Office, British
label: Subject of
content: Slick Rick, British American, born 1965
notes: label: Description
content: 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: label: Place made
content: Merton, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Europe
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Hip-hop (Music)
label: Topic
content: Identity
label: Topic
content: Immigration
label: Topic
content: Musicians
label: Topic
content: Rappers (Musicians)
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Documents and Manuscripts
label: Exhibition
content: Musical Crossroads
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 053
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Ricky Walters, professionally known as Slick Rick
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.203.1
objectType: label: Type
content: birth records
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 6 3/8 × 13 7/8 in. (16.2 × 35.2 cm)