As district attorneys across the country have used rap lyrics to build criminal cases against artists with growing frequency since the early 2000s, state lawmakers are looking to implement a legal ...

The bill would be the first of its kind to become law in the U.S. The California state Senate passed a bill that would limit the use of rap lyrics as evidence in criminal proceedings -- a ...

The racial bias of courts using rap lyrics to criminalize artists of color. California is the first state to prevent courts from criminalizing Black and Brown artistic expression, after passing ...