JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — You can fight fire with fire, and a local mother is fighting rap violence with rap. Tonya Love’s 17-year-old died a decade ago after getting mixed up in rap gangs. She’s now ...

The debate around freedom of expression in hip hop is once again front and center in Washington, as lawmakers bring the RAP Act back to the table. On Thursday, Representatives Hank Johnson of Georgia ...

Rapper Travis Scott recently spoke out in defense of a man on death row in Texas, claiming the use of rap lyrics in his sentencing was unconstitutional. Scott is no stranger to the law – he’s been ...

Execution sparks debate: James Broadnax’s execution in Texas has intensified scrutiny over prosecutors using rap lyrics to secure death sentences. Confession twist: His cousin, Demarius Cummings, ...

Some of rap music’s biggest names have come out in support of a Black man, whose rap lyrics were cited during his sentencing in Texas. He is on death row. In 2009, a nearly all-white jury convicted ...

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