Attorneys for a Black man scheduled to be executed in Texas say the introduction of rap lyrics he wrote biased an almost ...

James Broadnax was found guilty of a double murder almost 20 years ago. He's scheduled to die on April 30, but his cousin has ...

The Texas death row case of James Broadnax highlights growing concerns over the use of rap lyrics as evidence in ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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.