NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Democratic New York Congressman Jamaal Bowman about the RAP Act, which would bar the use of music lyrics as evidence in court proceedings. The Restoring Artists ...

Titled the Restoring Artistic Protection Act (RAP Act), it seeks to protect artists from the the use of their lyrics against them as evidence in criminal and civil proceedings. As a release ...

Lawmakers in California and New York have also advanced bills this year to bar the use of lyrics in state courtrooms. The Rap Act would be the first measure to do so on the federal level ...

Known for its bar-heavy legends ... Jigsaw: I gotta ask you—because you really spit real lyrics. You can actually rap rap. I noticed you weren’t rapping over your vocals, and there was ...

Though multiple bills have been passed and proposed to bar prosecutors from using rappers ... Like other artistic expressions, rap lyrics are often fictitious and hyperbolic; they cannot be ...