A new act signed by the Maryland legislature brings long-overdue limits to how prosecutors weaponize art in the courtroom ...

James Broadnax was a teenager when a jury convicted him of capital murder, with his rap lyrics presented as evidence he posed a threat of ‘future dangerousness’ ...

Mural by Kenya D. Lawton of Jam Master Jay (Jason Mizell) Photo by Al Pereira/Getty Images/Michael Ochs Archives) Two men were convicted in federal court on Tuesday in Brooklyn of murdering Jason “Jam ...

The man accused of killing Run-DMC’s Jam Master Jay can’t have his rap lyrics used against him at trial, a Brooklyn judge decided Tuesday in a ruling that doubled as a history-filled paean to hip-hop ...

Rap lyrics have been used by prosecutors in the U.S. for decades as alleged evidence in criminal cases, helping put rappers behind bars. But it wasn't until lyrics were used in the indictment of ...

11 NEWS REPORTER DAVID COLLINS EXPLAINS. A MAJOR MUSIC EXECUTIVE TELLS US THIS IS A FREEDOM OF SPEECH ISSUE. HE ALSO CONSIDERS WHAT’S HAPPENING HERE IN MARYLAND AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY A RACIST ACT.

Some of rap music’s biggest names have come out in support of a Black man, whose rap lyrics were cited during his sentencing in Texas. He is on death row. In 2009, a nearly all-white jury convicted ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law on Friday that limits the use of rap lyrics in criminal court cases in California. The law requires "a court, in a criminal proceeding ...

Too often, creativity in song is presented to a jury as evidence of guilt, writes State’s Attorney Ivan J. Bates and Kevin ...

ATLANTA - Defense attorneys in the YSL RICO trial plan to have several experts testify that rap lyrics are negatively interpreted by most Americans because of racial bias. Lawyers for Atlanta rapper ...