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They don't call him The Ruler for nothing—Slick Rick's style has always been fit for a king, complimenting his British accent perfectly with crowns and a still-unparalleled pile of gold chains. The eyepatch has become his signature, but Ricky's attention to detail and focus on accessories is no gimmick—it's a way of life, as he makes clear on his classic "La Di Da Di" verse: "Clean, dry was my body and hair/I threw on my brand new Gucci underwear/For all the girls I might take home/I got the Johnson's Baby Powder and the Polo cologne/Fresh dressed like a million bucks/Threw on the Bally shoes and the fly green socks/Stepped out my house stopped short, oh no/I went back in, I forgot my Kangol." This is real swagger, kids.
Few fashion accessories are as iconic in popular culture as Flavor Flav's clock necklace. The spastic side of Public Enemy always balanced out the group's military motifs with his colorful style. In the Def Jam days, he established his own uniform—baseball hat shoved to the side, matching sweatshirt, pants or track suit, day-glo sunglasses, screwface. When he knows he's really in the spotlight, at an awards show or a photo shoot, Flav has a flair for the absurd—pajamas, viking hats, or even a white tuxedo with a top hat. But no matter what he's wearing, the oversized clock around his neck always reminds us what time it is.
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