Hip-hop community pushes Supreme Court to end practice of using rap lyrics to justify death penalty warrants

As justices may not understand the parameters of the musical genre and its culture, the coalition decided to help them out.

Travis Scott Tells Supreme Court Use of Rap Lyrics in Death Sentence Was Unconstitutional

Travis Scott, Killer Mike, and others have filed briefs with the Supreme Court in support of a Texas man whose rap lyrics were used in his sentencing.

Killer Mike, Young Thug and others petition Supreme Court in death sentence of man who had rap lyrics used against him in court

The trio of Atlanta rapper were joined by music execs, scholars and more regarding the 2009 case of a man ...

Hip-Hop Icons Tell Justices That Texas Turned Rap Lyrics Into a Death Warrant

Killer Mike, Travis Scott, T.I. and other artists said James Broadnax was sent to death row in Texas based partly on his artistic expression.
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Texas Attorney and Hip-Hop Artists Challenge Use of Rap Lyrics in Dallas Death Penalty Sentencing

A coalition of artists, entertainers, music industry leaders and professors, including Grammy Award-winning rapper Killer Mike, Young Thug, T.I., Blackish ...