Hip-hop pioneer 'Slick Rick' pardoned by governor
First Clipped on May. 26, 2008
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Pioneering rapper Ricky "Slick Rick" Walters, who spent more than five years in prison on a 1991 attempted murder conviction and faced threats of deportation years after rehabilitating his life, was granted a full and unconditional pardon Friday by New York Gov. David Paterson.
