A balance is a bid which must be made to prevent the opponents from taking the contract. For example, after the sequence: 1â  - Pass - 2â  - Pass-Pass) ? this last person has a choice between passing (and hence letting the opponents play 2â ) and bidding (called balancing in this situation).
Answers.comÂ® is making the world better one answer at a time. Slick Rick went to jail because he shot a bystander and hired his cousin as a bodyguard and then shot another person by the name of Walter. 9 people found this useful.
He is known for the use of narrative in his raps and has been called hip hop's greatest storyteller.. Slick Rick rose to stardom in an era known to fans as the Golden age of hip hop.a Di Da Di featured Walters' rapping over Doug E. Fresh's beatbox. Both tracks gained some mainstream attention, they appeared on Top of the Pops and Soul Train with Fresh's Get Fresh Crew. In 1988 Walters' solo debut The Great Adventures of Slick Rick came out on Def Jam Records.