Travis Scott Tells Supreme Court That Rap Lyrics Were Used Unconstitutionally in Death Penalty Case Young Thug, Killer Mike, ...

Brian Steel is putting prosecutors on notice over a courtroom practice that has followed hip hop artists for decades: turning ...

Brian Steel was recently a guest on T.I.'s "expediTIously," and it is here where they had a conversation about rap lyrics.

On July 2, U.S. District Judge Susie Morgan ruled that B.G. must turn in his written lyrics to the government before releasing them. The ruling is the latest setback the rapper born Christopher Dorsey ...

Though multiple bills have been passed and proposed to bar prosecutors from using rappers' lyrics against them, a significant loophole has yet to be addressed. In June 2022, Jeffery Williams, the ...

Why Are the NYPD ‘Hip-Hop Police’ Spying on Rappers? In the midst of calls to defund the police, the NYPD still has a unit dedicated to keeping tabs on rappers. Here’s a closer look at the "hip-hop ...

Rap is often treated as background music for workouts, commutes, or parties. In a classroom context, it can look like “just entertainment.” Yet rap lyrics are built on the same foundations students ...

Hip-hop celebrated its fiftieth anniversary in 2023, and from its early renegade beginnings to becoming a big fish in the mainstream, many a clever lyric has been turned out by talented rhymers who ...

"The portrayal of rap lyrics as literal expressions of criminal intent ignores the longstanding tradition of adopting personas, exaggeration, and hyperbole for artistic effect," writes the NJLJ Young ...

NPR's Adrian Florido speaks with attorney Alexandra Kazarian about the ways in which rap lyrics are used in the criminal justice system. Should the government have the right to police a musician's ...