When rapper Young Thug goes to trial later this month on gang and racketeering charges, prosecutors will be allowed to use rap lyrics as evidence against him, a judge ruled Thursday. Fulton County ...

When rapper Young Thug goes to trial later this month on gang and racketeering charges, prosecutors will be allowed to use rap lyrics as evidence against him, a judge ruled Thursday. Fulton County ...

Lyrics have been used in criminal cases against rappers Snoop Dogg, Young Thug, Gunna and more. California now restricts that practice.

Rap lyrics are currently being used as evidence in the RICO trial against rapper "Young Thug," and defense attorneys in Salem are taking note.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Democratic New York Congressman Jamaal Bowman about the RAP Act, which would bar the use of music lyrics as evidence in court proceedings.

When McKinley “Mac” Phipps got his big break in hip-hop, the rapper had big dreams. But years later his lyrics would help put him behind bars for more than two decades.

Over the past few months, rap fans have placed more and more scrutiny on prosecutors who use rap lyrics as evidence in criminal trials against hip-hop artists. While “hip-hop cops” have long ...

A fifth-grader was expelled from private school over rap lyrics and emojis. Now his parents are suing The parents filed a petition against Curtis School, which charges $38,000 tuition fees, and ...

A California judge vacated the murder convictions of two Black men, ruling that prosecutors' use of rap lyrics as evidence likely injected racial bias into the case.

Now the music industry is speaking out, arguing that rap musicians are being held to a different standard than other artists when it comes to the use of lyrics in court.

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