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Hip-hop on trial: When can a rapper's lyrics be used as evidence in a criminal case?

  • Written by Taifha Natalee Alexander, CRT Forward Project Director, University of California, Los Angeles
Hip-hop on trial: When can a rapper's lyrics be used as evidence in a criminal case?Brooklyn rapper 6ix9ine's lyrics were used against him during his criminal trial in 2019.John Parra/Getty Images

When police arrested Nevada rapper Kenjuan McDaniel on a murder charge in August 2023, they cited a music video he posted on YouTube that they say includes details of a 2021 killing that had not been made public.

McDaniel, who uses the...

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