Ricky B grew up in the St. Bernard projects in New Orleans' 7th Ward. "In high school, the rappers had a circle and one day, I just jumped into it and started freestyling," he recalls. When the Mardi Gras Indians and second line brass bands would parade through his neighborhood, Ricky B would join in with his own lyrical commentary. Those New Orleans cultural touchstones inform his mid-90s jams "Ya'll Holla" and "Shake It Fo Ya Hood" (which happens to also sample "I'll Take You There," recorded...
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