Judges often exclude other forms of creative expression from being used as evidence – but rap lyrics continue to be used ...

Syracuse, N.Y. – A Syracuse man’s rap music video played for a jury showed him raising his arm and miming firing a gun. The lyrics included a line that a gang expert says refers to a rival gang and a ...

Federal prosecutors cited a lyric by Luis Rincon, aka Weez Gotti, in which they claim he admits to seven murders, while legal academics who study the issue have warned against taking music literally.

"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 ...

Attorneys for a Black man scheduled to be executed in Texas say the introduction of rap lyrics he wrote biased an almost all-white jury when they decided to sentence him to death ...

Laws against rap lyrics being used in criminal cases follow a years-long effort to limit the controversial practice. Here's a ...

Prominent rappers like Travis Scott are weighing in at the Supreme Court about the upcoming execution of James Broadnax in ...