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- Name: Ricky B.
- Type: Actor
- IMDB: 11612500
- Short biography: 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 by fellow Richmond Folk Festival performer Mavis Staples with the Staples Singers). In recent years, Ricky B has been collaborating with live musicians and dancers, creating an immersive New Orleans musical experience. His Richmond show will feature sousaphone/tuba player Jonathan Gross, trumpeter Mario Abney, second line dancer Rene Reynolds, and veteran bounce producer DJ JMK. "With live instruments I can be so much more free than I can be in a track show," says Ricky B.
2004
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