Slick Rick, the legendary MC and hip-hop icon, was born in London, England, in 1965, and moved to New York City when he was 11, a time when hip-hop culture was just beginning to form.
In the 1980s, Rick’s ability to tell a story earned him fame as Slick Rick (born Ricky Walters), the gold-draped rapper, also known as Rick the Ruler, with an eye patch and an English accent, whose adventures propelled him to stardom. That was followed by prison time for a shooting, immigration problems and — to his relief — a 2008 pardon from Gov. David A. Paterson of New York.
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