The man accused of killing Mizell can’t have his rap lyrics used against him at trial, a Brooklyn judge ordered Tuesday in a 14-page ruling dense with hip-hop history.

Unique evidence in the form of rap lyrics were presented in a Salem Superior courtroom in the trial against two North Shore men accused of killing a man in a 2020 drive-by shooting in Lynn.

The Restoring Artistic Protection Act (RAP Act) seeks to protect artists from the the use of their lyrics against them as evidence in court.

This is about over the last, I would say, a decade, where in 500 separate cases, rap lyrics were introduced as part of indictment and conviction proceedings in comparison to other genres of music.

Fulton County Superior Court Chief Judge Ural Glanville ruled Thursday that rap lyrics can be admitted as evidence in the trial of alleged members of the Young Slime Life (YSL) Gang.

With rap lyrics, there may be circumstances when they are relevant to the case and should be permitted, Nielson said. But they shouldn’t automatically be allowed into evidence with no thought ...

The use of rap lyrics as evidence in criminal prosecutions has been a contentious issue for decades, stirring debates over free speech, artistic expression, and fair trial rights. This practice ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law that limits the use of rap lyrics in criminal court cases in California. 24/7 Live Los Angeles Orange County Inland Empire Ventura County California.

ATLANTA — Atlanta City Council passed a resolution urging the Georgia General Assembly to revisit and "explicitly limit the use of rap lyrics as evidence in criminal trials." This new resolution ...