AP - Oct 6, 2008
Even though he s considered one of rap s all-time greats, when Slick Rick is asked about his most significant accomplishment, he doesn t mention having a platinum-selling record, classic hits like Children...
More »AP - May 25, 2008
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — 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...
More »Reuters - May 23, 2008
New York Gov. David Paterson has granted British-born rapper Slick Rick a full and unconditional pardon for attempted murder and weapons convictions to help him avoid deportation. The rapper, whose real...
More »AP - Oct 18, 2006
Rapper Ricky Slick Rick Walters is a married man, a father of two, a taxpayer. Across the last decade, he s earned another distinction: the focus of a long-running legal fight with federal officials who...
More »USRN - Nov 10, 2003
Rapper Slick Rick, whose real name is Ricky Walters, was finally released from a Bradenton, Florida, INS detention center on Friday (November 7) after 17 months of incarceration. Slick Rick was granted...
More »AP - Nov 8, 2003
Rapper Ricky Slick Rick Walters said he still can t believe he was freed from jail Friday, more than 17 months after U.S. officials moved to deport the British-born music star and locked him up. Walters...
More »USRN - Apr 15, 2003
(4/15/03, 1 p.m. ET) -- Rapper Slick Rick, who is currently behind bars fighting deportation, was recently the victim of identity theft by 28-year-old Steven Glenn of Raleigh, North Carolina. Glenn was...
More »USRN - Jan 3, 2003
(1/3/03, 6 p.m. ET) -- Rapper Slick Rick, who has been incarcerated in Florida since June of 2002 while fighting deportation, won a minor victory last Friday (December 27), when Judge Kimba Wood of the...
More »USRN - Dec 6, 2002
(12/06/02, 3 p.m. ET) - Veteran rapper Slick Rick has been incarcerated and facing deportation for more than six months at the Immigration And Naturalization Service (INS) detention center in Bradenton...
More »USRN - Jul 30, 2002
(7/30/02, 5 p.m. ET) -- There s now an online petition fans can sign to support veteran rapper Slick Rick, who s being detained by Immigration And Naturalization Service (INS) and facing deportation....
More »USRN - Jul 19, 2002
(7/19/02, 7 a.m. ET) -- Veteran rapper Slick Rick has been incarcerated and facing deportation for more than six weeks at the Immigration And Naturalization Service (INS) detention center in Bradenton...
More »USRN - May 11, 2001
(5/10/01, 12 p.m. ET) -- The services of respected storytelling MC Slick Rick were recently requested by neo-soul singer Macy Gray. When remaking Slick Rick s song Hey Young World for her fall album release...
More »USRN - Feb 9, 2001
(2/9/01, 10 a.m. ET) -- Slick Rick, Doug E. Fresh, Whodini, Poor Righteous Teachers, and UTFO are among the confirmed performers for an upcoming old-school concert scheduled for March 2 at New York s...
More »USRN - Nov 2, 2000
(11/2/00, 10 a.m. ET) - Hip-hop greats De La Soul and Slick Rick will headline the Invert 2000 Hip Hop Jam at the Anaheim Convention Center Arena in Anaheim, California, on November 17. The show will...
More »USRN - Dec 7, 1998
(12/7/98, 1 p.m. PST) - The only problem with the Hip-Hop Unity Festival, which was held Dec. 4 at the Los Angeles Sports Arena, was that several of the big-name acts originally advertised did not show...
More »USRN - Aug 13, 1998
(8/13/98, 6 p.m. PDT) - The soundtrack to the forthcoming Jackie Chan/ Chris Tucker film Rush Hour , due September 15, features a potent mix of R&B and hip-hop acts, including Dru Hill, the Wu-Tang Clan...
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