Rapper Jay-Z performs onstage at the 2014 Global Citizen Festival in Central Park on Sept. 27, 2014, in New York City. Credit: Debby Wong/Shutterstock.com Jay-Z Leads Group of Musical Artists Supporting New York's 'Rap Music on Trial' Bill to Change Rules of Evidence
The bill is urgently needed, the letter argued, because "prosecutors are increasingly introducing rap lyrics as evidence in criminal proceedings" in a way that disadvantages the artists, overwhelmingly Black men and Latinos.
January 20, 2022 at 12:26 PM
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Evidence
A group of musical artists including Jay-Z and Meek Mill on Wednesday sent a letter urging New York legislators to pass legislation that would change the rules of evidence to make a defendant's "creative expression," including rap lyrics, inadmissible at trial.
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