Prosecutors say Broadnax, 37, confessed to the shooting, telling reporters during jailhouse interviews that "I pulled the trigger" and that he had no remorse.

A North Texas man who claimed he wasn’t the shooter in a fatal robbery that killed two people nearly 18 years ago and who says prosecutors misused rap lyrics he wrote to secure his death sentence has been executed.

Broadnax was executed on April 30 after courts rejected filings related to lyrics, the racial makeup of his jury, and a new confession

With two days away from his scheduled execution, Texas death row inmate James Broadnax remains hopeful.

Texas is set to execute James Broadnax on Thursday for the 2008 slayings of two men at a Garland recording studio, despite a recent claim from his cousin and co-defendant, Demarius Cummings, taking responsibility for the fatal shootings.

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