When a rap song leaves the studio and enters a courtroom, the rules change fast. With Lil Durk’s federal murder-for-hire ...

This week the Supreme Court of New Jersey is scheduled to hear final arguments in State v. Skinner, a case that could have a far-reaching impact on the criminal justice system. The case reflects an ...

Should an artist’s words be used against them? Soul Food Cypher's executive director examines the issue of using rap lyrics as evidence in criminal trials. My favorite part of a rap record is a good ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Merely singing about shooting a sheriff would not convict Bob Marley of murder, no more than writing about burying a man under the ...

Federal prosecutors want a jury to hear Lil Durk’s music. His lawyers say that could unfairly decide the case before the ...

A judge overseeing a Sioux City murder trial did not err in letting jurors hear the defendants singing a rap song containing threats to the victim days before he was killed, the Iowa Supreme Court ...

“The way that prosecutors are using these lyrics is really to strip them of any artistic value, to deny them the status of art at all, and treat them as literal confessions,” said Erik Nielson, a ...

Should lawyers be allowed to use song lyrics, performances or creative expression against an artist during criminal prosecutions? That question is at the center of legislation that’s triggering debate ...

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 ...