Hip-hop pioneer `Slick Rick' pardoned
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - May 24, 2008 The pardon is expected to halt efforts to deport Walters to the
United Kingdom, the country he left as a child.
The eyepatch-wearing star behind the '80s rap classic
"La-Di-Da-Di" served more than five years in prison after the
shooting of his cousin and another man. Both survived.
The governor says Walters is now a rap artist and landlord in
the Bronx who hasn't had any criminal problems since his release
from prison in 1997. He also says Walters has volunteered to
counsel youths against violence.
