Hip-hop pioneer 'Slick Rick' pardoned by governorAnd I say it's about damn time!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."This has been a long and difficult road a ...more.