Mural by Kenya D. Lawton of Jam Master Jay (Jason Mizell) Photo by Al Pereira/Getty Images/Michael Ochs Archives) Two men were convicted in federal court on Tuesday in Brooklyn of murdering Jason “Jam ...

The man accused of killing Run-DMC’s Jam Master Jay can’t have his rap lyrics used against him at trial, a Brooklyn judge decided Tuesday in a ruling that doubled as a history-filled paean to hip-hop ...

Can a criminal defendant's own rap lyrics serve as evidence against him in court? It appears they can be, and the music industry is crying foul. As reported in yesterday's Wall Street Journal, ...

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 ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law on Friday that limits the use of rap lyrics in criminal court cases in California. The law requires "a court, in a criminal proceeding ...

California on Friday enacted a new law limiting prosecutors from using rap lyrics as evidence against criminal defendants. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a series of bills, including AB 2799, which requires ...

ATLANTA — Rap lyrics will be used as evidence against Atlanta rapper Young Thug, whose legal name is Jeffery Williams, and five co-defendants in the high-profile YSL RICO case, a judge ruled Thursday.