{"id":216629,"date":"2025-09-23T11:00:38","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T09:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/?p=216629"},"modified":"2025-09-21T09:58:25","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T07:58:25","slug":"slick-rick-idris-elba-badman-generation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/slick-rick-idris-elba-badman-generation\/","title":{"rendered":"Slick Rick &#038; Idris Elba &#8211; Badman Generation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2JsPQt4VPjg?si=cD3iPnTM0yXGqsHy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"500\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Hip-Hop\u2019s most revered master storyteller and record producer, <strong>Slick Rick<\/strong>, and multi-hyphenate creative <strong>Idris Elba<\/strong> have dropped their new collaborative track and music video \u201cBadman Generation,\u201d directed by <strong>Meji Alabi<\/strong>.\u00a0The new release is a powerful extension of the <a href=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/slick-rick-victory-the-film\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;VICTORY&#8221;<\/a> visual experience, marking the first official collaboration between two globally recognized cultural forces, whose creative synergy transcends borders and generations with shared British roots.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"216630\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/slick-rick-idris-elba-badman-generation\/idris-slick-rick\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Idris-Slick-Rick.webp?fit=893%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"893,500\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Idris &amp;#038; 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