Rap on Trial
Race, Lyrics, and Guilt in America
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A groundbreaking exposé about the alarming use of rap lyrics as criminal evidence to convict and incarcerate young men of color
Should Johnny Cash have been charged with murder after he sang, “I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die”? Few would seriously subscribe to this notion of justice. Yet in 2001, a rapper named Mac whose music had gained national recognition was convicted of manslaughter after the prosecutor quoted liberally from his album Shell Shocked. Mac was sentenced to 30 years in prison, where he remains. And his case is just one of many nationwide.
Over the last three decades, as rap became increasingly popular, prosecutors saw an opportunity: they could present the sometimes violent, crime-laden lyrics of amateur rappers as confessions to crimes, threats of violence, evidence of gang affiliation, or revelations of criminal motive - and judges and juries would go along with it. Detectives have reopened cold cases on account of rap lyrics and videos alone, and prosecutors have secured convictions by presenting such lyrics and videos of rappers as autobiography. Now, an alarming number of aspiring rappers are imprisoned. No other form of creative expression is treated this way in the courts.
Rap on Trial places this disturbing practice in the context of hip-hop history and exposes what’s at stake. It’s a gripping, timely exploration at the crossroads of contemporary hip hop and mass incarceration.
©2019 Erik Nielson and Andrea L. Dennis; Foreword 2019 by Michael Render (P)2020 Audible, Inc.Los oyentes también disfrutaron...
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- Reginald Brooks
- 03-21-24
Hidden in plain sight.
I liked how the author explained how the justice system uses so called experts with little understanding of the Musical genre to find defendants guilty and help send him away for a long time. Far to many innocent people have had their lives ruined because of lyrics, and no actual proof of any crimes. Just bias prejudice.
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