THE DOLOIST

"Ricky Powell, aka the Rickster, has seen a lot of history. He has
worked variously as a busboy, bike messenger, Frozade vender,
substitute teacher, columnist, cable television host, comic, and dog
walker. But he is best known as a wisecracking, self-described
'playground rat' who used his beat-up Minolta and party-crashing
skills to become a nightlife fixture and a chronicler of the then-
exploding world of hip hop." -The New York Times