New research from The University of Manchester has found that children are being swept up in murder and attempted murder cases - and being tried in adult courts – partly due to rap music culture being ...

Music is a form of entertainment, and yet rap lyrics and videos are being used by prosecutors as “evidence” primarily against young, Black men. Abenaa Owusu-Bempah argues that this blurring of fact ...

they are often able to obtain convictions even when other evidence is lacking.” The letter also cites a study — “The threatening nature of rap music” — where two groups were shown ...

The song was largely recognized for its dark ... But not all prosecutors are gung-ho about rap as evidence. Melba Pearson, a former prosecutor and director of Prosecution Projects at Florida ...

Musicians including Jay-Z, Kelly Rowland and Killer Mike are backing a bid by two US senators to ban the use of rap lyrics as evidence in criminal trials. What is in the Police, Crime, Sentencing ...

Warner Music Group, Sony Music Group ... Gavin Newsom signed a landmark bill restricting the use of rap lyrics as evidence in court, making California the first state to now have such a law.