As reported on Friday, Hip-Hop legend Slick Rick (b. Ricky Walters) was pardoned for the shooting incident of 1990 which has put him under a haze of legal uncertainty ever since. Faced with two jail sentences, Rick had been threatened of deportation by the INS and the Department of Homeland Security; until newly-placed Governor David Paterson stepped in. Known for first speaking out in Rick's defense back in 1995, David Paterson finally gained the opportunity to officially pardon The Ruler: and he did. Kudos to David Paterson. Not let's keep our fingers crossed for a new Slick Rick album, eh?
Saturday, May 24, 2008
David Paterson: New York's New Hip-Hop Governor?
As reported on Friday, Hip-Hop legend Slick Rick (b. Ricky Walters) was pardoned for the shooting incident of 1990 which has put him under a haze of legal uncertainty ever since. Faced with two jail sentences, Rick had been threatened of deportation by the INS and the Department of Homeland Security; until newly-placed Governor David Paterson stepped in. Known for first speaking out in Rick's defense back in 1995, David Paterson finally gained the opportunity to officially pardon The Ruler: and he did. Kudos to David Paterson. Not let's keep our fingers crossed for a new Slick Rick album, eh?
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