Criminal cases around the country have seen rap lyrics used as evidence. Los Angeles attorney Alan Jackson and Georgetown law professor Paul Butler weigh in on the fine line between art and evidence.

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Next month, the Supreme Court of New Jersey will hear arguments about whether rap ...

The trial of Grammy Award-winning rapper Young Thug, real name Jeffery Lamar Williams, began on Monday in Atlanta, Ga. The trial is expected to take months and will be pivotal in shaping how the ...

In what is positioned to address a growing issue for music artists, particularly in the hip-hop genre, a new bill has been introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives by Congressmen Hank Johnson ...

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Last week, Future's "Karate Chop" remix hit the Internet. The song featured a new verse from Lil Wayne, which instantly brought controversy because of one particularly disturbing lyric: "Beat that ...

The racial bias of courts using rap lyrics to criminalize artists of color. California is the first state to prevent courts from criminalizing Black and Brown artistic expression, after passing ...