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Rap Music on Trial - A Dose of Buckley

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When rappers talk about committing crimes in their songs, are they playing a character, or are they writing their autobiography? That's the question behind the "Rap Music on Trial" bill in New York, which looks to stop the courts from using rap lyrics against a performer as if it's actual evidence. BUT, what about when it actually IS evidence? Buckley looks at several rappers, including YNW Melly, Young Thug, and others, who have had their lyrics played back for them in court or entered as evidence, and wonders if this is a first amendment issue, OR a fifth amendment issue?
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