Slick Rick, a 43-year-old hip-hop pioneer known for the rap classic “The Great Adventures of Slick Rick” and was convicted of attempted murder in 1991, has received a full pardon from Gov. David A. Paterson. The governor said in a statement that he decided to pardon Mr. Walters, who was released from prison in 1997, to prevent him from being deported to Britain, where Mr. Walters was born and lived until the age of 11.In 2002, The Times chronicled the efforts to deport Mr. Walters and the efforts of his supporters to prevent that from happening. Mr. Walters is currently living in the Bronx and has not been in trouble with the law since his release from prison. We at Hiphopspy think the governor should be commended for pardoning Slick Rick to keep him from being deported.