As half of the duos LNR "Work It To The Bone" and Thompson and Lenoir "Can't Stop The House", Rick was at ground zero during the infancy of House Music in Chicago in the mid '80s. Rick served as a DJ at some of Chicago's legendary House music incubators (Candy Store, Rainbo, LaMirage, Resurrection and DaVinci Manor) providing the backdrop of what would blossom into a worldwide phenomenon. Rick has an impressive resume as a Producer, DJ, Remixer and Composer. Working under many aliases, Rick produced or co-produced a number of ground breaking floor movers including Tikkle "Outer Limits", LNR "Reachin", and Two Men on a Struggle "The Projects" As a member of the 4 on the Floor production team with Gary Wallace and Larry Thompson, Rick co-produced the very popular "Black Traxx" series on Night Club Records. Rick has also written/co-written for and/or produced artists such as Ten City, Xaviera Gold, Kathy Summers, Kim English, John Redmond, Reggie Hall and Jolynn Murray.