Jam Master Jay’s accused killer won’t have his violent rap lyrics used against him, a Brooklyn judge ruled — in a written opinion that referenced 50 years of hip-hop history, spanning genre pioneer DJ ...

SALEM — Should music, specifically rap lyrics, be considered evidence in a court of law? This is a question jurors nationally and in the Salem Superior Court are grappling with. Unique evidence in the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the business and law of music. Two men were convicted in federal court on Tuesday in Brooklyn of murdering Jason ...

NEW YORK (AP) — 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 ...

Young Thug performs onstage during the 2022 SXSW Conference at Waterloo Park in Austin on March 17, 2022. The trial of Grammy Award-winning rapper Young Thug, real name Jeffery Lamar Williams, began ...

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