Mural by Kenya D. Lawton of Jam Master Jay (Jason Mizell) Photo by Al Pereira/Getty Images/Michael Ochs Archives) Two men were convicted in federal court on Tuesday in Brooklyn of murdering Jason “Jam ...

A new act signed by the Maryland legislature brings long-overdue limits to how prosecutors weaponize art in the courtroom ...

The man accused of killing Run-DMC’s Jam Master Jay can’t have his rap lyrics used against him at trial, a Brooklyn judge decided Tuesday in a ruling that doubled as a history-filled paean to hip-hop ...

Maryland's new PACE Act makes it the third state to pass laws restricting prosecutors' use of rap lyrics in criminal cases.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law on Friday that limits the use of rap lyrics in criminal court cases in California. The law requires "a court, in a criminal proceeding ...

ATLANTA - Defense attorneys in the YSL RICO trial plan to have several experts testify that rap lyrics are negatively interpreted by most Americans because of racial bias. Lawyers for Atlanta rapper ...

Maryland passed a law restricting when prosecutors can cite rap lyrics as criminal evidence against artists who wrote them.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sisters, Cardi B and Hennessy Rappers use their skill at writing lyrics to create vivid portraits of their experiences. A ...

Rap lyrics have been used by prosecutors in the U.S. for decades as alleged evidence in criminal cases, helping put rappers behind bars. But it wasn't until lyrics were used in the indictment of ...

11 NEWS REPORTER DAVID COLLINS EXPLAINS. A MAJOR MUSIC EXECUTIVE TELLS US THIS IS A FREEDOM OF SPEECH ISSUE. HE ALSO CONSIDERS WHAT’S HAPPENING HERE IN MARYLAND AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY A RACIST ACT.

Can a criminal defendant's own rap lyrics serve as evidence against him in court? It appears they can be, and the music industry is crying foul. As reported in yesterday's Wall Street Journal, ...