Bars on the Page vs Bars Inside a Cage: On Legislation Efforts to Decriminalize Rap Lyrics
There is a push for legislation to be passed in New York that would not allow rap lyrics to be used as evidence in criminal cases. We talk with three experts about its significance.
Murder, murder; kill, kill/shit’s real on the battlefield….
When former No Limit Records rapper McKinley (Mac) Phipps was penning the lyrics to the song “Murder, Murder; Kill, Kill” off his 1998 label debut album, Shell Shocked, he never imagined that t…
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