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Sidebar: Rap Lyrics, Criminal Prosecutions and the First Amendment

It's a First Amendment fight for the modern ages: the right to free speech versus the pursuit of justice, and the stakes are often someone's freedom. In courtrooms across the country, prosecutors are going after rappers using the artists' lyrics against them. While not a recent development in the law, the issue has entered the spotlight with the arrests of rappers #YoungThug and #Gunna in Georgia on charges of violating the state's RICO Act. Prosecutors allege the high-profile artists directly engaged in criminal activity ranging from drug-related to murder as members of the gang Young Slime Life, and cite some of their rap lyrics as evidence to support the claims. Where do protections for the right to freedom of speech end under the First Amendment? Why do rap music and Black artists seem to be the target of these prosecutions when artists in other genres tell similar tales of crime and violence? We dive into this and more in our 10th episode in this season of Sidebar. Courthouse News' podcast Sidebar tackles the stories you need to know from the legal world. Join our hosts as they take you in and out of courtrooms in the U.S. and beyond. Sidebar on other platforms: https://open.spotify.com/show/0hP2TEY... https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... https://www.courthousenews.com/ Follow us on social media:   / sidebarcns     / courthousenews     / courthousenews     / courthouse-news-service   Hosts: Nina Pullano -   / ninapullano   Amanda Pampuro -   / bright_lamp   Daniel Jackson -   / jcksndnl   Hillel Aron -   / hillelaron   Producer: Kirk McDaniel -   / cnskirkmcdaniel   Editors: Bill Dotinga -   / dotinga_william   Sean Duffy -   / seanduffycns   Jamie Ross -   / jamierosscns   Music: The Dead Pens - https://open.spotify.com/artist/3oOlW...