A sprawling gang conspiracy trial involving US rapper Young Thug is expected to begin Monday, with prosecutors alleging the Atlanta artist’s record label to be a front for a crime ring. | AFP
In its early days, that statute was used to go after the mob, and more recently it took down the disgraced R&B singer R. Kelly for sex crimes.
Defense lawyers insist YSL—also known as Young Stoner Life Records—represents nothing more than a label and vague association of artists. Erik Nielson, a University of Richmond professor and specialist on rap music as evidence in criminal trials, will likely testify as an expert witness on behalf of the defense.
“With increasing and troubling frequency, prosecutors are attempting to use rap lyrics as confessions,” reads the petition. That already exists in California, where last fall Governor Gavin Newsom signed the Decriminalizing Artistic Expression Act. Brad Hoylman—a state senator in Manhattan who co-introduced the New York bill—told AFP that if unchecked, using lyrics as evidence in courtrooms could “chill freedom of expression” and “lead to a miscarriage of justice.”
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