Judges often exclude other forms of creative expression from being used as evidence – but rap lyrics continue to be used ...

Prosecutors Used Rap Lyrics to Help Send a Man to Death Row in Texas. It's Not an Uncommon Tactic When he was 19, James Broadnax jotted down rap lyrics, thoughts and even job leads in a notebook that ...

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Prominent rappers like Travis Scott are weighing in at the Supreme Court about the upcoming execution of James Broadnax in ...

As district attorneys across the country have used rap lyrics to build criminal cases against artists with growing frequency since the early 2000s, state lawmakers are looking to implement a legal ...

Laws against rap lyrics being used in criminal cases follow a years-long effort to limit the controversial practice. Here's a ...

Maryland's PACE Act becomes law, finally stopping prosecutors from using rap lyrics as criminal evidence against artists who ...

A new rap lyrics law was signed by Maryland governor Wes Moore. The legislation will limit the use of these lyrics in criminal cases.

Syracuse, N.Y. – A Syracuse man’s rap music video played for a jury showed him raising his arm and miming firing a gun. The lyrics included a line that a gang expert says refers to a rival gang and a ...