@ Slick Rick Wins Freedom

It took long damn time - I first wrote about it back in August of 2002, but The Ruler - Slick Rick is finally being released by the INS. They've been holding him for somethin like 17 months tryin to deport him back to England, but a judge finally made a damn decision.

Manhattan Federal Court Judge Kimba Wood said that the Board of Immigration Appeals erred when it overturned its own decision that declared the British-born Rick, aka Ricky Walters, was a legal U.S. resident. The immigration board's reversal allowed authorities to arrest the rapper last year in the Sunshine State and attempt to deport him.